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 - 2026
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 Unit Evaluation
It would be helpful to include more detail about assessment requirements.
It is recommended that the Unit Coordinator will continue to encourage students to attend weekly tutorial or watch the recordings to gain a better understanding of the assessment requirement.
- 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.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Online discussion forum - 20% | |||||
| 2 - Case Study - 40% | |||||
| 3 - Presentation - 40% | |||||
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.
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Module/Topic
What is health?
Chapter
Complete online learning activities
Attend tutorial or view recording
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Australia's health
Chapter
Complete online learning activities
Attend tutorial or view recording
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
Chapter
Complete online learning activities
Attend tutorial or view recording
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Australia's health care system and team care
Chapter
Complete online learning activities
Attend tutorial or view recording
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Person-centred care and communication
Chapter
Complete online learning activities
There is no tutorial due to public holiday
Events and Submissions/Topic
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'Health For All' and Primary Health Care
Chapter
Complete online learning activities
Attend tutorial or view recording
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Vulnerable populations (Part 1)
Chapter
Complete online learning activities
Attend tutorial or view recording
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Vulnerable Populations (Part 2)
Chapter
Complete online learning activities
There is no tutorial due to public holiday
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Cultural diversity
Chapter
Complete online learning activities
Attend tutorial or view recording
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Ethical practice in health care
Chapter
Complete online learning activities
Attend tutorial or view recording
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Integration and Consolidation of Learning
Chapter
Attend tutorial or view recording
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Integration and Consolidation of Learning
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Attend tutorial or view recording
Events and Submissions/Topic
This unit consists of interactive learning material and tutorials. Interactive learning materials provide fundamental knowledge and various types of activities 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 learning material before attending your weekly tutorial.
IMPORTANT:
Tutorials run in Weeks 1–10 to discuss weekly content. Weeks 11–12 tutorials will be delivered as drop-in sessions for content revision and assessment support.
You can attend the weekly tutorials live either in-person (via the Rockhampton campus), or online (via Zoom) or if you are unable to attend the live tutorials, you can engage with the tutorial recording, which is uploaded to the ALLH11011 Moodle page within 2 working days. It is NOT a requirement of this unit that you attend the live weekly tutorials. However, it is strongly encouraged.
1 Online discussion forum
Allied health professionals play an important role in supporting the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities across Australia. Each allied health profession has a specific role and contributes to care in different healthcare and community settings.
For this assessment, you are required to choose one allied health profession and describe its role within the Australian healthcare system.
The word count for this assessment is 400 words (+/-10%). This does not include your title page or reference list.
Please refer to the ALLH11001 Moodle page for additional information, including a detailed task description.
Week 3 Friday (27 Mar 2026) 5:00 pm AEST
You assessment will be returned 2 weeks from the date of your submission.
For this task, you will be graded against the following criteria:
- Overview of the profession
- Academic integrity
- Academic writing
- Formatting and referencing
Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence agents (Gen AI): Within this assessment the use of Microsoft Copilot, Chat GPT or other Gen AI agents can be used to generate ideas and general structures as well as content editing, critique and review. Please reference its use as appropriate. Using AI beyond idea generation, content editing and review (i.e., to write the assessment for you) is not permitted.
Please refer to the ALLH11001 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
2 Case Study
Social determinants of health (SDH) are key to understanding chronic conditions and their functional impacts. This assessment will develop your ability to identify and analyse SDH and classify functional impacts using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11).
You will choose one of the three case studies provided below and complete a written analysis that:
- Identifies relevant social determinants of health
- Explains how they influence health and functional outcomes
- Applies the ICF and ICD-11 frameworks
Please refer to the ALLH11001 Moodle page for additional information, including a detailed task description.
Week 6 Friday (17 Apr 2026) 5:00 pm AEST
You assessment will be returned 3 weeks from the date of your submission.
For this task, you will be graded against the following criteria:
- Identify and discuss social determinants of health.
- Implement ICD-11 and ICF
- Academic integrity
- Academic writing.
- Formatting and referencing
Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence agents (Gen AI): Within this assessment the use of Microsoft Copilot, Chat GPT or other Gen AI agents can be used to generate ideas and general structures as well as content editing, critique and review. Please reference its use as appropriate. Using AI beyond idea generation, content editing and review (i.e., to write the assessment for you) is not permitted.
Please refer to the ALLH11001Moodle page for additional information, including a detailed criteria sheet.
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.
- 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.
3 Presentation
This assessment gives you the opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of the role of allied health professionals, the use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework, and the way interdisciplinary teamwork supports person-centred care.
You are required to prepare and deliver an 8-minute audio visual presentation (approximately 10 slides) based on the same case study you used for Assessment 1.
Please refer to the ALLH11001 Moodle page for additional information, including a detailed task description.
Week 11 Friday (29 May 2026) 5:00 pm AEST
You assessment will be returned 3 weeks from the date of your submission.
For this task, you will be graded against the following criteria:
- Implement The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
- Identify and describe the role of an allied health professional
- Identify and describe the role of an additional health professional relevant to the case study
- Identify and describe two services relevant to the case study
- Identify and describe two strategies for person-centred care
- Referencing
- Academic integrity
- Presentation
Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence agents (Gen AI): Within this assessment the use of Microsoft Copilot, Chat GPT or other Gen AI agents can be used to generate ideas and general structures as well as content editing, critique and review. Please reference its use as appropriate. Using AI beyond idea generation, content editing and review (i.e., to write the assessment for you) is not permitted.
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 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.
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?
