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CHIR20014 - Advanced Clinical Development 3

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit adds to the student’s research experience by requiring the application of advanced knowledge and cognitive skills within a nominated environment of specialised clinical practice. The student is required to manage and finalise the relevant clinical research plan developed and implemented in Advanced Clinical Development 2 and then present it in this unit Advanced Clinical Development 3.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Corequisite:

CHIR20013 Clinical Practice 6

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2016

Term 3 - 2017 Profile
Mackay
Term 3 - 2018 Profile
Distance
Term 3 - 2019 Profile
Online
Term 3 - 2020 Profile
Online
Term 3 - 2021 Profile
Online
Term 3 - 2022 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Term 3 - 2023 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Term 3 - 2024 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Portfolio 15%
2. Presentation 55%
3. Written Assessment 30%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 3 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was .00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 5.41% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students would appreciate more clarity around the delivery of assessments.
Recommendation
It is recommended that timely information on the delivery of assessments is provided to students.
Action Taken
The content and delivery of assessments was provided to students before week one via the Unit Profile, and at week one in a lecture and in online tutorials throughout the term.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Unit content, resources provided and the volume of material delivered was well received by the students (100%) satisfaction.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit coordinator continue to provide high quality, evidenced based content and resources that support student learning.
Action Taken
With the re-development of all content in CHIR20014 - Advanced Clinical Development 3 in 2022, all content was high quality, evidenced based and supported student learning.
Source: SUTE comments
Feedback
Students felt that research was well presented with links back to real world presentations.
Recommendation
It is recommended the unit continue to use research linked to clinical practice.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE comments
Feedback
Some students would have appreciated additional clarification of the assignment requirements
Recommendation
It is recommended that assessment guidelines and marking rubrics for the assignments are provided to students in Moodle, with additional tutorial time dedicated to discuss the assignment requirements and to provide additional clarification
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate the application of advanced knowledge and expert cognitive and technical skills in a specialised body of clinical knowledge.
  2. Design, implement and manage a research project on the body of specialised clinical practice using cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
  3. Apply your communication and technical research skills to design, evaluate, implement, analyse and theorise about developments in a specialised body of clinical knowledge.
  4. Satisfy the requirements of an evolving chiropractor in terms of advanced skills to demonstrate autonomy, expert judgement, adaptability and responsibility as a practitioner in this specialised clinical field.

This is a specific immersion unit to assist the student develop their individualised pathway towards strengthening the majority of elements and performance indicators of CCEA’s Accreditation Standards for areas considered ‘clinical interest’ as opposed to general practice. In total, this unitwill address aspects of Unit 6 Patient Assessment, Unit 7 Diagnostic Decision Making, Unit 8 Planning of Patient Care, Unit 9 Implementation of Care, and Unit 3 Professional Interaction. There will be some elements addressed from Unit 10 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and Unit 11 Professional Scientific Development.

The student also specifically addresses 4.5 Research Course.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Portfolio • •
2 - Presentation •
3 - Written Assessment •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Knowledge • • • •
2 - Communication • • • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • •
4 - Research • • • •
5 - Self-management • • • •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • • • •
7 - Leadership • • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 - Portfolio • • • • • • •
2 - Presentation • • • • • •
3 - Written Assessment • • • • • •