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SPCH13001 - Speech Pathology Work-Integrated Learning 3

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit you will have the opportunity to work with adults and/or children with a wide range of communication and/or swallowing difficulties, through the completion of sessional placement/s. These placements will provide you with work-integrated learning experiences which will enable you to develop novice-intermediate level clinical skills across the Competency-based Occupational Standards (CBOS, 2011) described in the Competency Assessment in Speech Pathology (COMPASS®) tool. You will also demonstrate intermediate level skills across each of the generic professional competencies outlined in COMPASS®. You will attend regular tutorials, provide an oral presentation on the learning that occurred as part of your placement/s, and further develop your reflective practice skills. A focus will be placed on the application of your clinical skills within the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework. Prior to the commencement of the unit, you must complete all pre-clinical requirements, as outlined in the Speech Pathology Clinical Education Handbook, and maintain these requirements throughout the unit.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisites:

  • ALLH12006 - Evidence Based Practice for Allied Health
  • SPCH12007 - Speech Pathology Skills and Practice 2
  • SPCH13004 - Communication Development and Disorders Across the School Years
  • SPCH13005 - Acoustics and Phonetics

Co-requisites:

  • SPCH13010 - Dysphagia Across the Lifespan
  • SPCH13003 - Neurogenic Communication Disorders 1

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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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. Presentation 50%
2. Professional Practice Placement 0%
3. Reflective Practice Assignment 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

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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
Feedback
Students reported that their assessment tasks were thought-provoking and practical tasks.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit coordinator continue to offer students a variety of assessment tasks that relate to their real-world practice as future speech pathologists.
Action Taken
The legal/policy impact on practice presentation assessment and the clinical practice reflection assessment were retained.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
One student suggested that instructions for online activities weren't always clear and this impacted contributions during tutorial.
Recommendation
It is recommended that instructions for online activities be reviewed for clarity.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Informal discussions with students, lecturer self-reflection
Feedback
The recorded video presentation and asynchronous online question and answer format supported student performance.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the online, asynchronous format for the presentation assessment be retained.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Demonstrate competence across all Competency-based Occupational Standards (CBOS, 2011) described in the Competency Assessment in Speech Pathology (COMPASS®) assessment tool, during a practicum
  2. Demonstrate competence across each of the four generic professional competencies described in the Competency Assessment in Speech Pathology (COMPASS®) assessment tool
  3. Apply theory to practice and identify and discuss relevant factors that influence the assessment, treatment and management of clients with communication and/or swallowing disorders in a supervised setting.

The range of practice areas covered within this unit will depend largely on the nature of each student's sessional placement/s. However, the practical assessment in a clinical placement will allow each student to have the opportunity to demonstrate an appropriate level (novice-intermediate) of competence with an adult and/or paediatric population across one or more of the following range of practice areas:

  • Voice, Swallowing, Speech, Language, Multi-Modal Communication, Fluency

Students will be assessed across each of the following four generic professional competencies (GPCs) described by the Competency Assessment in Speech Pathology (COMPASS®) assessment tool:

  • GPC Unit 1: Reasoning
  • GPC Unit 2: Communication
  • GPC Unit 3: Learning
  • GPC Unit 4: Professionalism

Students will also be assessed across each of the following seven Competency-Based Occupational standards (CBOS) units:

  • CBOS Unit 1: Assessment
  • CBOS Unit 2: Analysis and interpretation
  • CBOS Unit 3: Planning evidence-based speech pathology practice
  • CBOS Unit 4: Implementation of speech pathology practice
  • CBOS Unit 5: Planning, providing and managing speech pathology services
  • CBOS Unit 6: Professional and supervisory practice
  • CBOS Unit 7: Lifelong learning and reflective practice

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Presentation • •
2 - Professional Practice Placement • • •
3 - Reflective Practice Assignment •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
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
1 - Presentation • • • • • • • •
2 - Professional Practice Placement • • • • • • • • •
3 - Reflective Practice Assignment • • • • • • •