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MEDI11004 - Professional Practice

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Students learn to interact effectively with clients and peers through an understanding of professional and interprofessional relationships. This unit provides an overview of the social, legal and ethical issues that impact on the experience of illness, equity of health care and best practice. It contextualises therapeutic communication and collaborative teamwork skills and introduces the student to evidence based practice, reflective practice and decision making in the health professions.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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 3 - 2021

Term 3 - 2021 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2022 Profile
Mackay
Online
Term 3 - 2022 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Mackay
Online
Term 3 - 2023 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Mackay
Online
Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Mackay
Online
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
Cairns
Mackay
Online

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 Undergraduate 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. Online resource/s 0%
2. Group Work 50%
3. Reflective Practice Assignment 0%
4. Online Test 50%

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

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 13.51% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 16.97% 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
Student expectations were not aligned as learning resources were not recorded lecture videos and PowerPoint presentations.
Recommendation
Investigate creating some video learning resources to align with student expectations.
Action Taken
A small number of videos were created about content and assessment tasks. A few short videos were provided from external sources as complementary supportive direct learning objects into the tutorials. As there are no recorded lectures, there may be further scope to offer recorded learning resources for key content areas that may assist students with their expectations.
Source: Unit Coordinator reflection
Feedback
Students performed well in this unit overall with approximately 80% of students receiving a HD or D grade.
Recommendation
Review marking rubrics and test questions to allow for better discrimination between levels of performance.
Action Taken
New rubric were created and reviewed. This remains an area for ongoing improvement for the next iteration as an even higher proportion gained HDs than previously. The students were intrinsically motivated to demonstrate high performance.
Source: U/C Reflection
Feedback
Several students did not self allocate to scheduled team based workshop activities.
Recommendation
Send frequent reminders and announcements so that attendance and participation in scheduled sessions occurs.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE Feedback U/C Reflection
Feedback
Several students struggled to follow Portfolio Assessment Task instructions
Recommendation
Investigate methods to combine the various elements including templates into a single overarching guidance document for scaffolding purposes with pre, during and post tasks highlighted.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Collaborate with health care students demonstrating an understanding of professional and interprofessional relationships
  2. Discuss the principles underlying effective communication skills in health care settings demonstrating cultural sensitivity
  3. Reflect on experiences to enhance your own personal and professional development
  4. Apply knowledge of evidence-based practice to gather information effectively
  5. Apply knowledge of legal and ethical issues that impact the provision of health care and best practice
  6. Discuss the impact of social determinants, disability and culture on the experience of illness and access to health care for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
  7. Outline national and international health reform initiatives to improve the quality and equity of health care
  8. Discuss the concept of quality patient care and inclusive decision-making in the health professions
  9. Explain social issues and the attributes, motivations, skills, roles and actions that underpin positive social change and impact.

This is a core unit for many of the allied health courses which are subject to external accreditation by a range of professional and regulatory bodies. It introduces a range of concepts and professional competencies at a foundational level.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 - Online resource/s •
2 - Group Work • • • •
3 - Reflective Practice Assignment • • • •
4 - Online Test • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 - Communication • • • •
2 - Problem Solving • •
3 - Critical Thinking •
4 - Information Literacy • •
5 - Team Work •
6 - Information Technology Competence •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • • •
8 - Ethical practice • • •
9 - Social Innovation • • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10
2 - Group Work • • • • • •
4 - Online Test • • • • •
3 - Reflective Practice Assignment •
1 - Online resource/s • •