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Unit of Study HLTH3004 - Transition to Practice (2026)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    This unit must be done in the final year.

Unit description

Offers students, as emerging practitioners, the opportunity to build on their capabilities to enter the workforce as they learn how to profile their career experience, support themselves and others in the workplace, to adapt to continuous change and the rise of new roles and responsibilities in healthcare. Students are given the opportunity to work alongside their inter-disciplinary colleagues in exploring their roles in leadership, education and research in ensuring best practice.

Unit content

  1. Careers: the recruitment process and securing a job
  2. Careers and professional identity
  3. Professional development and learning
  4. Career Pathways
  5. Preparing to practice
  6. Clinician self-care and emotional intelligence

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Summer Term
Term2
Summer Term
Term2
Gold Coast
Summer Term
Term2
Summer Term
Term2
Lismore
Summer Term
Term2
Summer Term
Term2

Learning outcomes

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:

construct professional employment strategies

critically explore career pathways and associated professional development strategies, support and mentoring for life-long learning

integrate capability and experience into employment applications

evaluate the role of the health care professional in developing and maintaining resilience and self-care

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