Overview
This work integrated learning unit builds on the knowledge, skills and professional behaviour developed in CM18 Master of Laboratory Medicine. Theoretical and technical knowledge will be applied to a professional work environment in a specialised field of diagnostic Medical Laboratory Science. You will develop technical skills and analyse the outcomes to meet the competency and skill required of an entry-level Medical Laboratory Scientist. You will perform, and reflect on, safe operations and quality management in the medical laboratory, with due regard for legislation, regulation and accreditation. Behavioural aspects of professional practice are emphasised and you are expected to reflect on your own communication, decision-making and team-work skills. Critical appraisal of performance will enable you to attain competency in your professional, technical and analytical skills. You will be required to undertake a minimum of 560 hours of clinical placement (16 weeks full-time equivalent) as per the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists (AIMS) accreditation requirements.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-Requisites: LMED28001 Chemical Pathology 1 AND LMED28002 Haematopathology 1 AND LMED28003 Immunopathology 1 AND LMED28004 Infectious Diseases 1 AND LMED29002 Anatomical Pathology 1 AND LMED29001 Genomic Pathology 1 AND LMED29003 Transfusion and Transplantation Medicine 1.
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 18-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 37.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 450 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
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.
- Apply knowledge of pathology, laboratory medicine procedures and quality management to demonstrate competency as a Medical Laboratory Scientist as per the competency standards of the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists.
- Interpret laboratory data from various sources to solve problems, inform decisions and provide advice to other health professionals.
- Behave professionally using appropriate interpersonal skills relevant to diagnostic pathology in accordance with the competency standards of the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists.
- Evaluate new, or adapted, laboratory protocols and procedures to enhance efficiency and efficacy of diagnostic testing in a medical science laboratory.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books - 0% | ||||
| 2 - Portfolio - 0% | ||||
| 3 - Portfolio - 0% | ||||
| 4 - Professional Practice Placement - 0% | ||||
| 5 - Performance - 0% | ||||
| 6 - Portfolio - 0% | ||||
| 7 - Direct observation of procedural skills (DOPs) - 0% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||
| 4 - Research | ||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||
| 8 - First Nations Knowledges | ||||
| 9 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- ZOOM
- Sonia
- Teams
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Vancouver
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
g.burchall@cqu.edu.au
Placement
Begin Date: 09 Mar 2026Module/Topic
This is a Clinical Placement Unit and as such you will be required to attend and complete placement for a total of 560 hours.
Chapter
There are no set texts for this unit.
Events and Submissions/Topic
The actual placement schedule will differ for each student.
Placements will be arranged for each individual student by liaison with the School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences Clinical Placement Coordinator and the WIL officer via the Sonia Placement system.
Zoom 'Drop-in/Q&A' sessions will be scheduled at regular intervals (usually monthly) throughout the placement period to allow for contact with students whilst on placement. A placement site visit or teleconference will also be arranged early in your placement period (at approx. 4-6 weeks into your placement) by the placement coordinator to discuss your placement progress with your Clinical supervisor and yourself.
Assessment items are to be submitted based on time completion of placement, rather than set dates. Please refer to both the Assessments Information section below and the Moodle Assessments for more details on due dates for each assessment task.
Contact information:
The Unit Coordinator for this unit is Genia Burchall and she can be contacted via e-mail, g.burchall@cqu.edu.au.
Pre-placement Checks & Preparation Session/Workshop:
Please note that all pre-placement checks must be completed prior to commencing placement. Please confirm with the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Officer that all pre-placement checks have been completed and approved in Sonia.
Before commencing placement, you will also be required to attend a compulsory pre-placement preparation workshop. During this workshop you will receive relevant information to best support you in preparing for placement, including key aspects of professional behaviour that you are expected to show during your professional placement period.
If you do not attend this compulsory workshop then you will be required to make an appointment with the Unit Coordinator and/or a CQU Careers team member prior to commencing placement. This is to ensure you receive the necessary information on professional behaviour and expectations required of you over the full placement period.
All students will also be required to attend and engage in a pre-placement interview to best assess your suitability for placement, as well as support your placement allocation.
Professional Behaviour and Uniform:
On your placement, you are representing not only yourself, but the University as well as the profession as a whole. Professional representation and behaviour is expected at all times.
Please purchase the appropriate student uniform from the CQUniversity Bookshop (or elsewhere where similar professional clothing can be found).
Black or navy long pants should be worn with a white polo shirt. It is required that all students wear enclosed shoes on placement. Ensure that you have a current student ID card, and if needed you can also purchase a clear badge holder from an office supply store to fit your ID card. Place your student ID card into the badge holder and wear this as your name identifier during the placement.
Absenteeism:
Work placement is an integral part of the course. If you are unable to attend your scheduled placement for any reason, please advise the Work Integrated Learning Officers of the School of Health, Medical and Applied Science as soon as possible before the start of the scheduled placement.
Medical certificates and illness during placement:
In case you are unable to attend any part of your placement due to sickness, please submit a medical or health related certificate to the Unit Coordinator as soon as practical (& ensure you communicate with your Clinical supervisor in the laboratory as soon as possible via phone, preferably on the morning of the day you cannot attend, to indicate you are unwell).
Medical or health-related certificates must be in the approved formats articulated in the CQUniversity Assessment Policy and Procedure (HE Coursework).
In the event that your condition could harm or negatively impact either yourself or those around you (e.g. put you at risk of exacerbating an injury, or pass on viral or bacterial infections to other students and staff) you will be sent home and you will need to provide acceptable medical documentation for your absence, as stated above.
Students who are sick and / or injured and cannot attend work placement, in addition to notifying the Unit Coordinator (via email) and their Clinical/Work Placement Supervisor (by telephone), and submitting a medical certificate (to the Unit Coordinator via email), will also need to make alternative arrangements to complete the remaining hours of work placement that are missed, after consultation with the placement provider and the Unit Coordinator.
Assessment Submission:
As each student has a different commencement date for placement, and as there are differences in terms of relation to how students complete placement (i.e., full time vs part time), there are no set/specific due dates for assessments for placement. As a result, however deadlines are based on the amount of time students have been on placement. Failure to submit by the due date (based on the relevant time completion for placement) will incur a late submission penalty.
If the following assessment tasks do not meet the minimum standard for a pass you will be given one opportunity to re-submit the assessment in question following the provision of feedback.
· COMPETENCY BASED STANDARDS FOR MEDICAL SCIENTISTS - PORTFOLIO PART 1 (DRAFT),
· COMPETENCY BASED STANDARDS FOR MEDICAL SCIENTISTS - PORTFOLIO PART 2,
· LEARNING LOGS / DIARIES / JOURNAL / LOG BOOKS
· TRAINING SCHEDULES/RECORDS
A final fail grade for any assessment tasks will result in an overall fail for the unit.
Student Performance and Evaluation during Placement & Learning (Probationary) Contract:
Performance evaluations of each student's performance will be carried out by the laboratory supervisor at two time points. Approximately halfway through the placement period (i.e. ~at/before the student has completed 280 hours of placement) and then again that the end of the placement period (i.e. following 560 hours of placement).
The initial midpoint evaluation is an informal way (formative assessment) to receive an assessment of the student’s progress approximately halfway through their placement. This allows the student to identify their strengths and weakness, and allows them time to improve on their areas of weakness before the final evaluation at the end of the full placement period.
If a weakness is evident in the initial evaluation or the student demonstrates difficulty in progressing to competence at the level expected at a particular stage in a student’s training, the Clinical Supervisor along with the student and Unit Coordinator, will develop a Learning (Probationary) Contract which identifies specific areas of development, recommends remedial strategies and includes a time frame for completion.
Competence is the ability to consistently perform professional procedures well. In order to accurately reflect competence, the evaluation will be judged at professional entry level but reflect the relative time period the student has been on placement. The student should take every opportunity during their placement to enhance their skill and knowledge but also let the Clinical Supervisor know if they do not feel they are ready for competency assessment or require further support during any period of their placement.
The student can request one postponement of the evaluation and undertake preparation of a learning contract to remedy the situation. The placement coordinator may also initiate draw-up of a learning (probationary) contract should they feel that the student is not adequately taking every opportunity during their placement to enhance their skill and knowledge and/or seeking additional support in this regard.
Students are also encouraged to familiarise themselves with the WIL polices surrounding circumstances that may warrant removal of students from placement (see 4.75-4.77 https://delivery-cqucontenthub.stylelabs.cloud/api/public/content/work-integrated-learning-policy-and-procedure.pdf).
1 Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books
Throughout the clinical placement period you are required to keep a Learning Log and/or Journal and/or Log Book to note daily/weekly/regular tests, methods, meetings and other activities you participate in. Most tests/methods you are trained in are noted in a Laboratory Manual (and/or SOPs), however in your Learning Log/Diary/Journal/Log book you can make note of any key points in regard to the methods/tests or anything that has not been noted in the Lab Manuals/SOPs that will assist in your training and development of competency. Keep a record of meetings held and any notes from these. Reflect at least weekly on your time in placement and how you have developed your professional behaviour. What have you learnt new that week? Where have you made an(y) error/s and what can you do to improve going forward? What are you most proud of in terms of your professional development that week?
Level of GenAI use allowed:
Level 1: You must not use Al at any point during this assessment. This assessment must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.
This assessment is due at/before you have completed 210h of placement.
Feedback will generally be provided within two (2) weeks of submission.
Submit your LEARNING LOGS / DIARIES / JOURNAL / LOG BOOKS noting regular reflections (as described in the Task Description above). You are required to complete at least one LEARNING LOG, OR JOURNAL ENTRY on the final day of each week (for a min of 5 weeks). The quantity of each submission will likely vary from one student to another, but it is expected that at least one (1) full page worth of content will be produced each week, to demonstrate sufficient progress in your placement learning and towards fulfillment of your Assessments 3 and 6 - Competencies Portfolios 1 & 2. Note that the focus will be more so on quality of submissions rather than quantity. Please also ensure to properly document (reference) any internal Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) manual, including name in full (and any relevant document number) you will be required to read (generally early in your lab placement).
- Apply knowledge of pathology, laboratory medicine procedures and quality management to demonstrate competency as a Medical Laboratory Scientist as per the competency standards of the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists.
- Evaluate new, or adapted, laboratory protocols and procedures to enhance efficiency and efficacy of diagnostic testing in a medical science laboratory.
2 Portfolio
Based on the documents ‘Competency Based Standards for Medical Scientists, 2009’ and the ‘Scope of Practice of the Scientific Workforce of the Pathology Laboratory’ we have mapped the scope of practice and the competency-based standards to two (2) final assessment pieces within the LMED29013 Clinical Placement in Laboratory Medicine unit.
As part of this first assessment (Portfolio Part 1) you will have the opportunity to submit A/ONE draft of your first three (3) competency-based standards (Units 1-3 - Elements 1.1-1.6, 2.1-2.3, 3.1-3.4) and receive feedback where improvements are needed.
Please note, Word Limit on this assessment submission is a max of 4,000 words.
Level of GenAI use allowed:
Level 3: You may use Al to assist with specific tasks such as drafting text, refining and evaluating your work. You must critically evaluate and modify any Al-generated content you use, so that your assessment submission reflects your own thoughts, ideas and writing.
Use of Generative AI & Cover Sheet:
Please note that all assessment submissions in this unit require submission of an Academic Integrity Assessment cover sheet, including acknowledgement of any AI/LLM use and that this use has been appropriately referenced. Assessments without an appropriate cover sheet submission will not be reviewed/marked unit this cover sheet has been submitted, which may delay marking and final grading.
If Generative AI is used in any way, it must be cited as per the CQU Guidelines (Academic Learning Centre). As per academic writing requirements and assessment criteria; citations of information should be of the primary source (i.e statistics returned by AI must be fact-checked and referenced from their original source as well as the AI source). Failure to cite primary sources as well as AI sources could be considered breach of academic integrity.
Your use of Generative AI must be clearly outlined in an appendix as a separate file which includes the prompt used and Generative AI response. Failure to include an appendix may result in academic integrity investigation.
This assessment is due at/before you have completed 280h of placement.
Feedback will generally be provided within two (2) weeks of submission.
For this assessment you are required to review each of the Competencies based standards described above, including each of the elements associated with each unit, and reflect on how the tasks performed during your placement relate to each of these units/elements. Provide details for each element and describe what was done in the workplace that related to that element. Describe the circumstances and context around each element and provide practical examples (i.e. case studies, instrument printouts, etc.) to demonstrate achievement of competency for each element.
- Apply knowledge of pathology, laboratory medicine procedures and quality management to demonstrate competency as a Medical Laboratory Scientist as per the competency standards of the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists.
3 Portfolio
Based on the documents ‘Competency Based Standards for Medical Scientists, 2009’ and the ‘Scope of Practice of the Scientific Workforce of the Pathology Laboratory’ we have mapped the scope of practice and the competency-based standards to two (2) final assessment pieces within the LMED29013 Clinical Placement in Laboratory Medicine unit.
After you have received feedback on the first assessment in this unit, DRAFT Portfolio Part 1, you will have the opportunity to amend this draft and then incorporate and/or change this assessment piece before submitting the FINAL Portfolio Part 1 of your first three (3) competency-based standards (Units 1-3 - Elements 1.1-1.6, 2.1-2.3, 3.1-3.4).
Please note, Word Limit on this assessment submission is a max of 4,000 words.
Level of GenAI use allowed:
Level 1: You must not use Al at any point during this assessment. This assessment must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge. Please note that you can use GenAI to develop the DRAFT Portfolio 1, however once submitted and feedback provided on the latter assessment, any further changes/additions must be your own work and not utilise GenAI in this process.
This assessment is due at/before you have completed 350h of placement.
Feedback will generally be provided within two (2) weeks of submission.
For this assessment you are required to review each of the Competencies based standards, including each of the elements associated with each unit, and reflect on how the tasks performed during your placement relate to each of these units/elements. Provide details for each element and describe what was done in the workplace that related to that element. Describe the circumstances and context around each element and provide practical examples (i.e. case studies, instrument printouts, etc.) to demonstrate achievement of competency for each element.
Complete the Competency Based Standards to a minimum grade of 50%.
- Apply knowledge of pathology, laboratory medicine procedures and quality management to demonstrate competency as a Medical Laboratory Scientist as per the competency standards of the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists.
- Interpret laboratory data from various sources to solve problems, inform decisions and provide advice to other health professionals.
4 Professional Practice Placement
The Attendance Record is maintained in Sonia Online and you are required to submit a 'time-sheet' for each attendance. You are required to indicate the start time and finish time and any meal (lunch) break taken. You must demonstrate attendance for a minimum of 560 hours during the total duration of placement in LMED29013.
Note: The Attendance Record is to be competed regularly (ie weekly or max fortnightly) via Sonia. It is a student's responsibility to submit their time-sheets regularly and to ensure they are aware of the time (number of weeks and/or hours) completed on placement to ensure they submit all assessments on time, and by the due date for them.
Level of GenAI use allowed:
Level 1: You must not use Al at any point during this assessment. This assessment must demonstrate your time attendance on placement, and will be reviewed via submitted timesheets in Sonia online.
Submit your time-sheets via Sonia online on the final day of each week or fortnight
You are required to attend placement for a minimum of 560 hours and evidence this placement attendance via regular (weekly or fortnightly) timesheets submissions (in the approved format as advise by the Work Integrated Learning, WIL team) in Sonia Online.
- Apply knowledge of pathology, laboratory medicine procedures and quality management to demonstrate competency as a Medical Laboratory Scientist as per the competency standards of the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists.
- Interpret laboratory data from various sources to solve problems, inform decisions and provide advice to other health professionals.
- Behave professionally using appropriate interpersonal skills relevant to diagnostic pathology in accordance with the competency standards of the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists.
- Evaluate new, or adapted, laboratory protocols and procedures to enhance efficiency and efficacy of diagnostic testing in a medical science laboratory.
5 Performance
Performance Evaluation/Appraisal while out on Practical Placement:
The Clinical Placement Supervisor is required to complete two (2) 'Evaluation of Student Performance' forms, one at the mid-point (midpoint evaluation) at approximately 280h into your placement and this forms part of a formative (non assessed) assessment in this unit. You are encouraged to review this informal midpoint feedback form and performance/appraisal outcomes and make relevant improvements where necessary going forward in your placement, to try to reach the highest possible outcomes on the final performance evaluation/appraisal. You are encouraged to reach out to your Supervisor to discuss your mid-point evaluation after submission. If either you or your supervisor does not feel comfortable discussing your midpoint evaluation then you are encouraged to contact the placement coordinator as soon as possible to discuss this evaluation, and ensure you are clear on the outcome of this mid placement evaluation and any improvements needed going forward in your placement, before the final evaluation.
The evaluation forms are available online with the link provided by the Clinical Placements Officer at CQUniversity.
Your Supervisor may discuss your FINAL evaluation with you prior to submission.
Level of GenAI use allowed:
Level 1: You must not use Al at any point during this assessment. This assessment must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge. You lab placement supervisor will submit this assessment via Sonia online.
This assessment is due within 2 weeks of completion of your full placement time ie due within 2 weeks of completing 560h of placement.
Supervisor Evaluations
The Supervisor Evaluations are based on your professional behaviour whilst on practical placement and are a 6-point Likert Scale.
Any 'Disagree' or 'Strongly Disagree' evaluations on the first midpoint (formative) evaluation (Mid-point Performance Evaluation/Appraisal by your laboratory supervisor) are to be addressed and improved upon before/by this final evaluation.
Five (5) or more 'Disagree' or 'Strongly Disagree' evaluations on this final evaluation will result in a FAIL.
To pass there must be at least 50% of this final supervisor evaluation as 'Agree' or 'Strongly Agree'.
- Behave professionally using appropriate interpersonal skills relevant to diagnostic pathology in accordance with the competency standards of the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists.
6 Portfolio
Based on the documents ‘Competency Based Standards for Medical Scientists, 2009’ and the ‘Scope of Practice of the Scientific Workforce of the Pathology Laboratory’ we have mapped the scope of practice and the competency-based standards to two (2) final assessment pieces within the LMED29013 Clinical Placement in Laboratory Medicine unit.
After you have completed Portfolio Part 1 (Units 1-3), in this Portfolio Part 2 you will be required to completed the reminder of the associated Units 4-10 (Elements 4.1-4.4, 5.1-5.4, 6.1-6.5, 7.1-7.4, 8.1-8.4, 9.1-9.4, 10.1-10.4), from the ‘Competency Based Standards for Medical Scientists, 2009’.
Please note, Word Limit on this assessment submission is a max of 6,000 words.
Level of GenAI use allowed:
Level 3: You may use Al to assist with specific tasks such as drafting text, refining and evaluating your work. You must critically evaluate and modify any Al-generated content you use, so that your assessment submission reflects your own thoughts, ideas and writing.
Use of Generative AI & Cover Sheet:
Please note that all assessment submissions in this unit require submission of an Academic Integrity Assessment cover sheet, including acknowledgement of any AI/LLM use and that this use has been appropriately referenced. Assessments without an appropriate cover sheet submission will not be reviewed/marked unit this cover sheet has been submitted, which may delay marking and final grading.
If Generative AI is used in any way, it must be cited as per the CQU Guidelines (Academic Learning Centre). As per academic writing requirements and assessment criteria; citations of information should be of the primary source (i.e statistics returned by AI must be fact-checked and referenced from their original source as well as the AI source). Failure to cite primary sources as well as AI sources could be considered breach of academic integrity.
Your use of Generative AI must be clearly outlined in an appendix as a separate file which includes the prompt used and Generative AI response. Failure to include an appendix may result in academic integrity investigation.
This assessment is due within 2 weeks of completion of your full placement time i.e. due within 2 weeks of completing 560h of placement.
Feedback will generally be provided within two (2) to three (3) weeks of submission.
Complete the competency Based Standards to a minimum grade of 50%. Pls note that if you have not completed this assessment to a min of 50% standard, you will be given a max of one opportunity to amend and resubmit following receipt of feedback from the placement tutor for the initial submission.
- Apply knowledge of pathology, laboratory medicine procedures and quality management to demonstrate competency as a Medical Laboratory Scientist as per the competency standards of the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists.
- Interpret laboratory data from various sources to solve problems, inform decisions and provide advice to other health professionals.
7 Direct observation of procedural skills (DOPs)
Students will receive training in a broad range of activates, tests, methods, instrumentation procedures and other requirements while out on clinical placement as a trainee medical scientist. Evidence of this training will be added to the laboratory's standard training schedule/record where the student is undertaking their placement. Completion of this training schedule should be undertaken on a regular basis (as the training takes place), or completed at regular intervals. Once a student has achieved competency in a task/procedure/method etc where they received training, this then can be noted on the same training schedule (including an indication of both the date of competency achievement and the method used to assess competency i.e. Direct observation, etc.). The range of training requirements is expected to vary between one laboratory to another and one discipline of Laboratory Medicine to another where a student is undertaking their placement, however laboratory supervisors are encouraged to train students in a broad range of tasks/procedures/methods equivalent to what a qualified Medical Scientist may receive training, noting that placement students are not permitted to undertake some actions i.e. authorise final results (but can certainly receive training in this authorisation process). It is anticipated that students will become competent in a min of 80% of tasks/procedures/methods etc they have received training before the end of their laboratory placement period. It should be noted here that the laboratory supervisor/s may indicate 'Not applicable' for certain tasks/procedures/methods etc where a student received training but also where they believe a student cannot achieve competence in the timeframe they are on placement. Alternatively, some laboratory supervisors will place emphasis on a broader range and variety of training within the laboratory rather than in-depth competency achievements in a less broad range of tasks/procedures/methods etc, during the time period a student is on placement. Students will be required to demonstrate knowledge and skill of key clinical, technical and professional attributes of a Medical Laboratory Scientist they will have acquired during both the placement period and the course overall.
Level of GenAI use allowed:
Level 1: You must not use Al at any point during this assessment. This assessment must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.
This assessment is due within 2 weeks of completion of your full placement time i.e. due within 2 weeks of completing 560h of placement.
Feedback will generally be provided within two (2) weeks of submission.
Students to achieve 80% competency in tasks/methods/procedures for which training was received on placement (where the clinical supervisor believes competency is achievable in the timeframe a student is on placement and completing each relevant task/method etc for which training was received).
- Apply knowledge of pathology, laboratory medicine procedures and quality management to demonstrate competency as a Medical Laboratory Scientist as per the competency standards of the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists.
- Interpret laboratory data from various sources to solve problems, inform decisions and provide advice to other health professionals.
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?
