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SPCH14009 - Speech Pathology Work-Integrated Learning 5

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit you will have the opportunity to work with children and/or adults with a wide range of communication and/or swallowing difficulties in sessional placements. A focus will be placed on the application of your clinical skills within the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework, through a combination of tutorials, and sessional clinical placement/s. During the regular tutorials for this unit, you will further develop your reflective practice skills through group discussions and share your knowledge and experiences with peers. This unit also requires you to complete learning plans for your placement/s. Your sessional placement/s will provide you with work-integrated learning experiences which will enable you to develop and demonstrate entry-level competence across the majority of the Competency-based Occupational Standards (CBOS, 2011) and the generic professional competencies described in the Competency Assessment in Speech Pathology (COMPASS®). From these clinical experiences, you will develop a clinical portfolio that contains emerging evidence of these skills across different range of practice areas and further develop your reflective practice skills. 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 4
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisites:

SPCH12005 

SPCH13006

SPCH13008 

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 - 2019

Term 1 - 2020 Profile
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2021 Profile
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2022 Profile
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Rockhampton

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. Professional Practice Placement 0%
2. Reflective Practice Assignment 80%
3. Portfolio 0%
4. Professional Practice Plans (learning plans) 20%

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 data
Feedback
Students commented that more time was required in the assessment 2 reflective presentation to ensure all content could be included.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit coordinator extends the presentation time allowed for assessment 2.
Action Taken
The assessments tasks were altered in 2023. Assessment 2 was altered to a written assessment.
Source: In-class feedback
Feedback
Students commented positively on the option to complete their sessional placement in term 3.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the clinical education coordinator continues to provide the option for students to complete their clinical placement in term 3.
Action Taken
The clinical education coordinator offered Term 3 work integrated learning opportunities; they were accepted and successfully completed.
Source: Unit Coordinator self reflection.
Feedback
Content in SPCH14009 needs to be refined so that there is no repetition of topics taught in previous WIL units
Recommendation
It is recommended that the the 2024 Unit Coordinator reviews topics taught in previous units and amends content to ensure that there is limited repetition of topics.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit Coordinator self reflection.
Feedback
Content taught on topic of Community Centred Practice need to be enhanced to provide more real-life examples to enhance student understanding.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the the 2024 Unit Coordinator integrates more examples of Community Centred Practice into the content to further develop the students' understanding of the topic.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Demonstrate competence across the majority of the seven Competency-based Occupational Standards (CBOS) and the four generic professional competency units, as described by the Competency Assessment in Speech Pathology (COMPASS®) assessment tool
  2. Provide evidence of competence across different range of practice areas as well as the four generic professional competencies and the seven Competency-based Occupational Standards (CBOS) as described by the Competency Assessment in Speech Pathology (COMPASS) tool
  3. Develop reflective practice skills and demonstrate an understanding of their importance when working as a student clinician

The range of practice areas covered within this unit will depend largely on the nature of each student's clinical placements. However, each placement will allow students to have the opportunity to demonstrate entry-level 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:

Unit 1: Reasoning 

Unit 2: Communication 

Unit 3: Learning

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 - Professional Practice Placement
2 - Reflective Practice Assignment
3 - Portfolio
4 - Professional Practice Plans (learning plans)
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 - Professional Practice Placement
2 - Reflective Practice Assignment
3 - Portfolio
4 - Professional Practice Plans (learning plans)