Overview
This unit focuses on what it means to be a health professional in Australia. You will learn about and apply the skills needed for effective interprofessional practice so that you can be an effective team member. You will learn to examine your thinking and assumptions and to reflect on your experiences to enhance your personal and professional development. You will explore social, cultural, historical and political factors that impact on the experiences of wellness and illness and on access to and quality of health care in Australia, particularly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. You will learn how to provide culturally competent and respectful care. You will be introduced to the concept of being a change agent to foster cultural safety in learning, working and care environments.
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 2 - 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 U/C Reflection
Several students did not self allocate to scheduled team based workshop activities.
Send frequent reminders and announcements so that attendance and participation in scheduled sessions occurs.
Feedback from SUTE Feedback U/C Reflection
Several students struggled to follow Portfolio Assessment Task instructions
Investigate methods to combine the various elements including templates into a single overarching guidance document for scaffolding purposes with pre, during and post tasks highlighted.
- Discuss attributes of professionalism and their application to both learning and clinical environments
- Demonstrate effective interprofessional learning and practice through respectful interaction, collaboration and teamwork
- Reflect on your experiences, values, attitudes, assumptions and biases to enhance your own personal and professional development
- Demonstrate knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture, values and social practices
- Discuss the impacts of social determinants of health, disability and culture on the experience of illness and access to health care for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- Discuss the core aspects of culturally safe and respectful practice that is responsive to patient diversity
- Discuss the attributes, motivations, skills, roles and actions that underpin positive social change.
This is a core unit for three health professional courses that are accredited by different external professional and regulatory bodies. The unit introduces a range of competencies at the foundational level.
For students in the CG92 Bachelor of Medical Imaging course, this unit links to the following components of the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia's Professional Capabilities (2026) for medical radiation practice:
- Domain 1: Medical Radiation Practictioner
- key capability 1, enabling components a - d, g
- key capability 3, enabling component a
- Domain 2: Professional and Ethical Practitioner
- key capability 1, enabling components a, b, c, f, h - m
- key capability 2, enabling components a - e
- key capability 3, enabling components a - d
- key capability 4, enabling components a- d
- Domain 3: Communicator and Collaborator
- key capability 1, enabling components a - d, h
- key capability 2, enabling componentsa - e
- key capability 3, enabling components a, c, d
- key capability 4, enabling components a - d
- Domain 4: Lifelong Learner
- key capability 1, enabling components a, b
- key capability 2, enabling components a - d
- key capability 3, enabling components a, f, h
- key capability 4, enabling components a - c
- Domain 5: Safety, Quality and Risk Manager
- key capability 2, enabling components e, f
- key capability 3, enabling component d
- Domain 6: Leader and Steward
- key capability 1, enabling components a, b, d, e
- key capability 2, enabling components a - e
- key capability 3, enabling components a, b, d, f
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Reflective Practice Assignment - 15% | |||||||
| 2 - Online Test - 20% | |||||||
| 3 - Group Discussion - 0% | |||||||
| 4 - Portfolio - 40% | |||||||
| 5 - Online Test - 25% | |||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 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 | |||||||
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?
