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Unit of Study HLT10601 - Transition to Professional Practice (2016)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Pre-requisites

    28 units (equivalent to 336 Credit Value) in SCU units required in Occupational Therapy, Podiatry or Speech Pathology

  • Enrolment information

    N/A


Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 strategically analyse a range of professional issues that newly graduated professionals may encounter in their discipline
2 critically evaluate the influence that personal, professional and external contextual factors may have on professional practice
3 prepare curriculum vitae and/or resume suitable for use in job applications (to the relevant discipline) and demonstrate effective job seeking/interviewing skills
4 reflect on personal professional development needs and conceptualise strategies for on-going learning, support and mentoring following graduation
5 consolidate and integrate previous theoretical and clinical knowledge to demonstrate clinical competence within a discipline
6 construct a clinical portfolio, specific to the relevant discipline, to demonstrate professional competence, secure employment and/or address registration requirements.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. strategically analyse a range of professional issues that newly graduated professionals may encounter in their discipline
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  2. critically evaluate the influence that personal, professional and external contextual factors may have on professional practice
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  3. prepare curriculum vitae and/or resume suitable for use in job applications (to the relevant discipline) and demonstrate effective job seeking/interviewing skills
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  4. reflect on personal professional development needs and conceptualise strategies for on-going learning, support and mentoring following graduation
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  5. consolidate and integrate previous theoretical and clinical knowledge to demonstrate clinical competence within a discipline
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  6. construct a clinical portfolio, specific to the relevant discipline, to demonstrate professional competence, secure employment and/or address registration requirements.
    • GA5:

Prescribed learning resources

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