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Unit of Study SCI73020 - Professional Experience in the Biomedical Setting (2020)

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  • Enrolment information

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  • Enrolment restriction

    To enrol in this unit you need to submit a Unit Approval Request (UAR) as this unit contains laboratory activities and/or professional experience learning that require students to fulfil certain vaccination and compliance requirements prior to attending. On receipt of the UAR, the School’s Professional Experience Unit (PEU) will then contact you to ensure you are aware of the requirements and take the necessary steps to be compliant in time for start of session. Failure to comply with requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the stipulated Laboratory Activity and/or Professional Experience Learning which may result in failure of the unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/clinicalplacements.

Unit description

Provides students with the opportunity to integrate university studies with experience of professional practice. Students apply, practise and extend knowledge and skills developed in their previous studies through a supervised professional placement.

Unit content

  • Occupational health and safety issues
  • Work placement learning plans
  • Ethical practice
  • Skills of reflective practice

Other topics in this unit will align with the specific placement.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Session2
Session2

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 develop strategies for achieving set goals in an area of professional practice
2 critically reflect on the workplace learning experience
3 work independently and collaboratively in an ethical and safe manner within the workplace
4 apply discipline knowledge and complex reasoning skills in a workplace context
5 evaluate and disseminate selected competency-based topics combining evidence and workplace experience

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

  1. develop strategies for achieving set goals in an area of professional practice
    • GA2:
  2. critically reflect on the workplace learning experience
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA5:
  3. work independently and collaboratively in an ethical and safe manner within the workplace
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  4. apply discipline knowledge and complex reasoning skills in a workplace context
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  5. evaluate and disseminate selected competency-based topics combining evidence and workplace experience
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Workshop on-site 35 hrs (1 wk intensive)
Community/Professional placement 420 hrs (Across session)
Assessment
Learning Plan 15%
Discussion board 25%
Portfolio 60%
Professional placement SR

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.