Unit Synopsis
This is the second of the two placement units within your course. In this unit, you will be placed within diverse healthcare settings in the regional communities of Central Queensland and the Wide Bay. The placements are observational in nature, and will provide you with experiential learning opportunities that will enable you to continue to connect with regional communities. You will gain a greater appreciation of the diversity and complexity of healthcare delivery in a regional context, following on from earlier placements. Through the placement experiences you will enhance your knowledge and develop conceptual understanding of clinical conditions. You will observe a variety of communication skills in healthcare settings and reflect on these to further develop your personal and professional attributes in communication and cultural awareness. You will apply reflective practice to appreciate the social accountability of the role of healthcare professionals in regional communities.Mandatory on-campus activities at the Rockhampton and Bundaberg campuses form a key aspect of this unit.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 3 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 3 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Pre-requisite: Completion of 96cp in CM17 course 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 1 - 2026 Profile
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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Professional Practice Placement | 0% |
| 2. Reflective Practice Assignment | 0% |
| 3. Portfolio | 0% |
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.
Past Exams
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Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 80.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 16.67% response rate.
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.
Source: Staff reflection
The four modules need to be completed early in the term so that students can use this information whilst on observational placement if required.
Complete all four modules in the first week of term as part of the orientation process for the unit.
In Progress
Source: SUTE feedback
Guest lecturers made the module content more interesting and enjoyable.
Increase the number of guest lectures where possible for the delivery of module content.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate professional behaviour using appropriate interpersonal skills in accordance with CQUniversity's graduate attributes
- Reflect on your knowledge and conceptual understanding of clinical conditions
- Reflect on your understanding of social accountability in the delivery of healthcare in regional communities
- Critically analyse professional practice factors that facilitate quality healthcare in a culturally safe environment
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Professional Practice Placement | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Reflective Practice Assignment | • | • | ||
| 3 - Portfolio | • | • | ||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | |||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | |||
| 5 - Team Work | • | • | ||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | • | ||
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | ||
| 9 - Social Innovation | • | |||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | • | • | ||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |