CHIR20009 - Clinical Practice 4

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit follows on directly from Clinical Practice 3 and will provide you with your first hands-on practical experience in the CQU Health Clinics. You will build on your theoretical knowledge and practical skills gained over the previous three clinical units. You will begin undertaking patient assessments and management with guidance from your supervisor. During the term, you will actively demonstrate your developing clinical assessment and decision making, treatment delivery, record keeping, communication skills and professionalism with support from the clinical supervisors. By the end of CP4, an increasing level of competency, consistency and professionalism in the healthcare setting should be demonstrable.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite

CHIR20006 Clinical Practice 3

and

CHIR20005 Diagnostic Imaging 1

and

CHIR20007 Diagnostic Imaging 2

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026

Term 1 - 2026 Profile
Brisbane

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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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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.

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 61.54% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 35.14% 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: SUTE
Feedback
Some students felt that their experience would be improved if there were more clinical educators available during clinic shifts.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the discipline explore opportunities for additional staffing during busy clinic shifts.
Action Taken
Additional staff were allocated to the evening shifts.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Some students felt that the unit would benefit from the Unit Coordinator and the Clinic Education team working together more closely to ensure students are clear on all requirements.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the Unit Coordinator and the Clinic Education team meet before the term to familiarise everyone with the requirements of the unit.
Action Taken
Additional steps were taken to familiarise the staff and students to the requirements of the unit.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students found the new interactive genAI clinically focused assessment task fun and engaging.
Recommendation
It is recommended that innovations in assessment continue to be explored to engage students in their learning.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students felt that additional learning materials would help to support their learning in this unit.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the Unit Coordinator and clinical education team explore the introduction of additional learning material.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Some students would have appreciated a more detailed introduction the clinical processes and procedures to support them transitioning to the clinic.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the Unit Coordinator and clinical education team continue to develop video resources that students can review after the initial clinic processes and procedures introductory sessions.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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