Unit Synopsis
This unit will consolidate relevant knowledge and values acquired through your own clinical practice and studies in this course, assisting you to transition to practice as a clinician in your new scope of practice. You will explore key concepts and principles in areas such as applying ethical principles, working in a multidisciplinary team, leadership and management. You will also learn the importance of ongoing professional development relevant to your own continuous improvement as well as the care you provide as a clinician.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from 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 Postgraduate 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. Written Assessment | 30% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 40% |
| 3. Professional Practice Plans (learning plans) | 30% |
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%).
Past Exams
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .
Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 4.76% 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: Formal
The ethical component was enjoyable but some links need to be updated
Review the links of ethical content
The links were reviewed, and there were no issues this semester.
Source: Formal
Narrative style assessment was not considered appropriate for a Masters level.
Add an explanation of the academic significance to the video guide of the assessment.
The video guide for this assessment included the advantage of a narrative assessment task for critcal thinking and reflective practice.
Source: Unit Coordinator reflections
Recent developments in Advanced Practice in Paramedicine and possible endorsement by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) could impact this unit in the near future.
It is recommended that we continue to engage with the Paramedicine Board of Australia and implement necessary changes to the unit and course as required, once this information becomes available.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Critically reflect upon ethical principles relevant to your applied scope of practice
- Formulate strategies for integration and functionality within a multidisciplinary team
- Appraise leadership and managerial skills relevant to your scope of practice
- Design a plan for ongoing professional development.
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| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | |||
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | ||
| 3 - Professional Practice Plans (learning plans) | • | |||
| 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 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | • | |||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |