Overview
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to define the role of an Allied Health professional, and outline the importance of Allied Health professionals in delivering primary health care within Australia. This unit will outline the health status of various Australian populations, provide you with foundation knowledge about the health care services and insurance schemes available, and bring awareness to the biopsychosocial impacts of living with an illness, injury or disability. In this regard, you will gain an introductory skillset in the use of The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, applying this classification to various case studies across the semester.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
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).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2024
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).
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.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
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.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
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.
Feedback from Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation (SUTE).
Students appreciated the introduction to various allied health disciplines, but further exploration of other disciplines would be beneficial for interdisciplinary learning.
It is recommended that exploration of other allied health disciplines be introduced to expand student's knowledge of the allied health landscape.
Feedback from Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation (SUTE).
Students appreciate the clear, written feedback on their assessment tasks.
It is recommended that clear, written feedback continue to be provided on the submitted document, to allow students the best opportunity to learn from feedback.
- Define the varied roles, characteristics and scope of practice of Allied Health professionals in Australia
- Describe the communication skills required to promote client-centred and culturally sensitive interaction in a health care setting
- Use The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health to describe the lived experience of a person with a disability, injury or illness
- Explain the relevant legal and ethical framework that support safe health care practice
- Demonstrate knowledge of fundamental allied health concepts.
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Case Study - 40% | |||||
| 2 - Presentation - 40% | |||||
| 3 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 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 | |||||
| 10 - First Nations Knowledges | |||||
| 11 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Zoom (both microphone and webcam capability)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 7th Edition (APA 7th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
d.taylor@cqu.edu.au
Week 1 - What is health?
Begin Date: 04 Mar 2024Module/Topic
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Week 2 - Australia's health: What are our biggest health concerns?
Begin Date: 11 Mar 2024Module/Topic
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Week 3 - The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
Begin Date: 18 Mar 2024Module/Topic
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Week 4 - Person-centred care and communication
Begin Date: 25 Mar 2024Module/Topic
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Week 5 - Australia's health care system and team care
Begin Date: 01 Apr 2024Module/Topic
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Break/Vacation Week
Begin Date: 08 Apr 2024Module/Topic
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Week 6 - Health for all and Primary health care
Begin Date: 15 Apr 2024Module/Topic
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Quiz 1 Due: Week 6 Friday (19 Apr 2024) 5:00 pm AEST
Case Study Analysis Due: Week 6 Monday (15 Apr 2024) 9:00 am AEST
Week 7 - Vulnerable populations: Part 1
Begin Date: 22 Apr 2024Module/Topic
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Week 8 - Vulnerable populations: Part 2
Begin Date: 29 Apr 2024Module/Topic
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Week 9 - Cultural diversity in health care: Part 1
Begin Date: 06 May 2024Module/Topic
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Week 10 - Cultural diversity in health care: Part 2
Begin Date: 13 May 2024Module/Topic
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Week 11 - Ethical practice in health care
Begin Date: 20 May 2024Module/Topic
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Week 12 - Q&A (No new content)
Begin Date: 27 May 2024Module/Topic
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Quiz 2 Due: Week 12 Friday (31 May 2024) 5:00 pm AEST
Oral Presentation Due: Week 12 Monday (27 May 2024) 9:00 am AEST
Review/Exam Week
Begin Date: 03 Jun 2024Module/Topic
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Exam Week
Begin Date: 10 Jun 2024Module/Topic
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This unit consists of lectorials, H5P activities and tutorials. Lectorials are a series of short pre-recorded videos that provide fundamental knowledge. H5P activities consist of various types of activities and are usually situated between lectorials videos, as they are designed to help reinforce your theoretical knowledge and understanding. Tutorials are designed to enable you to apply your theoretical understanding in a practical manner. It is expected that you work through all lectorials and H5P activities before attending your weekly tutorial.
1 Case Study
For this task, you are required to:
- Choose one (1) of the provided case studies
- Discuss the impacted social determinants of health, and how these factors may negatively impact (lead to poor) health outcomes
- Undertake a generic health/functioning analysis by applying the International Classification of Function, Health and Disease (ICF)
Please refer to the ALLH11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice Moodle page for additional information, including a detailed task description.
Week 6 Monday (15 Apr 2024) 9:00 am AEST
Week 9 Monday (6 May 2024)
NOTE: If your assessment is not submitted in accordance with the due date, grades will be returned 3 weeks after submission.
For this task, you will be graded against the following criteria:
- Identify and discuss social determinants of health
- Implement The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
- Academic writing
- Support your case study analysis with appropriate referencing throughout, in accordance with APA referencing requirements
Total weighing of this task: 40% of overall grade. This assessment task has a minimum pass mark of 50%. Thus, you must pass this assessment task to be eligible to pass the unit overall.
Please refer to the ALLH11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice Moodle page for additional information, including a detailed criteria sheet.
- Define the varied roles, characteristics and scope of practice of Allied Health professionals in Australia
- Describe the communication skills required to promote client-centred and culturally sensitive interaction in a health care setting
- Use The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health to describe the lived experience of a person with a disability, injury or illness
- Demonstrate knowledge of fundamental allied health concepts.
2 Presentation
For this task, you are required to:
- Build upon your health analysis carried out in Assessment Task 1
- Conduct a discipline specific analysis on the same case study, and discuss from your future health profession’s perspective, how you might assist the client with reference to specific evidence-based intervention/s
- Identify/discuss the interdisciplinary team
- Present a pre-recorded presentation, using audio, visual and a PowerPoint presentation
Please refer to the ALLH11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice Moodle page for additional information, including a detailed task description.
Week 12 Monday (27 May 2024) 9:00 am AEST
Exam Week Friday (14 June 2024)
NOTE: If your assessment is not submitted in accordance with the due date, grades will be returned 3 weeks after submission.
For this task, you will be graded against the following criteria:
- Implement The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
- Describe the roles of various allied health professionals
- Identify and describe evidence-based intervention/s
- Identify compromised social determinants of health and describe strategies to promote comprehensive and person-centred care ethically within an interdisciplinary team
- Use effective presentation skills to engage your audience
- Support your presentation with appropriate referencing throughout, in accordance with APA referencing requirements
Total weighing of this task: 40% of overall grade. This assessment task has a minimum pass mark of 50%. Thus, you must pass this assessment task to be eligible to pass the unit overall.
Please refer to the ALLH11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice Moodle page for additional information, including a detailed criteria sheet.
- Define the varied roles, characteristics and scope of practice of Allied Health professionals in Australia
- Use The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health to describe the lived experience of a person with a disability, injury or illness
- Explain the relevant legal and ethical framework that support safe health care practice
- Demonstrate knowledge of fundamental allied health concepts.
3 Online Quiz(zes)
For this task, you are required to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of important content delivered throughout the term by completing two online content quizzes in the allocated timeframes, as detailed below:
Quiz 1 - This quiz will assess content covered during weeks 1 - 5: Due Week 6, Friday 19 April 2024, 5:00 pm AEST
Quiz 2 - This quiz will assess content covered during weeks 6 - 11: Due Week 12, Friday 31 May 2024, 5:00 pm AEST
Each quiz will open two (2) weeks prior to the due date, as listed above. You can complete the respective quiz any time within the allocated two week timeframe.
You should engage with ALL learning materials and resources available on the ALLH11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice Moodle page prior to attempting these quizzes. Please refer to the ALLH11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice Moodle page for additional information, including a detailed task description.
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Please refer to the Task Description section above. You will complete your online content quizzes via the ALLH11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice Moodle page.
You will receive an immediate mark upon the competition of each quiz. Further insight (e.g., which specific questions you got correct and incorrect) will be available once the quiz is closed for all students.
Students are required to answer 40 multiple choice or true/false questions per quiz, and will be allocated 60 minutes to complete each quiz.
Total weighing of this task: 20% of overall grade. This assessment task has a combined (cumulative score from Quiz 1 and Quiz 2) minimum pass mark of 50%. Thus, you must pass this assessment task to be eligible to pass the unit overall.
Please refer to the ALLH11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice Moodle page for additional information.
- Define the varied roles, characteristics and scope of practice of Allied Health professionals in Australia
- Describe the communication skills required to promote client-centred and culturally sensitive interaction in a health care setting
- Use The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health to describe the lived experience of a person with a disability, injury or illness
- Explain the relevant legal and ethical framework that support safe health care practice
- Demonstrate knowledge of fundamental allied health concepts.
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
