PMSC28002 - Evidence-based Practice 1

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will allow you to develop an understanding of the processes and theoretical underpinnings required to integrate evidence-based practice with clinical expertise to improve patient care. In addition, you will be able to formulate a clinical question, assimilate the basic principles and skills required to undertake literature searches of evidence-based resources, and interpret data and research findings relevant to the prehospital environment to inform practice.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
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 - 2024

Term 1 - 2025 Profile
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 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. Written Assessment 60%
2. Annotated bibliography 40%

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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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 UNIT COMMENTS REPORT - T1, 2023
Feedback
The lecturer was commended for her delivery of the content and for keeping the students engaged in a unit they thought they would not enjoy.
Recommendation
We will continue to provide contemporary content and attempt to engage the students in evidence-based practice, which sadly is often considered boring and irrelevant to their practice. Hopefully, with time we will positively contribute to changing this mindset within our profession and specialty areas.
Action Taken
We continued to provide contemporary content and attempted to engage the students in evidence-based practice.
Source: SUTE UNIT COMMENTS REPORT - T1, 2023
Feedback
The lecturer was commended for being helpful and knowledgeable. For a distance unit, the students felt that they were well informed of the requirements and were checked up on throughout the term.
Recommendation
We will continue to provide consistent support and feedback throughout the term to the students in relation to their assessments and unit content.
Action Taken
We continued to provide consistent support and feedback throughout the term to the students concerning their assessments and unit content.
Source: SUTE UNIT COMMENTS REPORT - T1, 2023
Feedback
A student had technical difficulties with playing resources through different electronic devices.
Recommendation
Information will be provided on the unit's Moodle page on how to contact technical services in these situations and in future correspondence with the students.
Action Taken
Students were informed about Technical Services.
Source: Self-Reflection
Feedback
Assessment rubrics for this unit will need to be refreshed and updated with more detail relating to artificial intelligence and academic integrity.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the assessment rubrics before the next offering of this unit.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Apply the processes and theoretical underpinnings required to integrate evidence-based practice with clinical expertise to improve patient care
  2. Formulate a clinical question
  3. Assimilate the basic principles and skills required to undertake literature searches of evidence-based resources
  4. Interpret data and research findings relevant to the prehospital environment to inform practice.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Written Assessment • • •
2 - Annotated bibliography • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced 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
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 - Written Assessment • • • • • • •
2 - Annotated bibliography • • • • • • •