Unit Synopsis
In this unit, you will continue your honours research project and complete an internal clinical placement. During your internal clinical placement, you will refine your skills in patient assessment, diagnostic decision-making, management and prevention of complex clinical cases. You will be required to manage a diverse caseload including patients who differ in age, cultural/ethnic/socioeconomic status, mental health status, and physical capabilities. Your external clinical placement will give you the opportunity to work in metropolitan, regional and/or remote clinical settings. This unit is also the second unit in the formal requirements for the completion of your honours research project.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 4 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
To be enrolled in this unit, students must be enrolled in CB86 Bachelor of Podiatry Practice (Honours) course. Pre-requisites: PODI13011 Podiatry Clinical Practice 3; PODI13012 Paediatrics in Podiatry Practice; PODI13014 Diabetes in Podiatry Practice; PODI13015 Advanced Pharmacology in Podiatry Practice.
Co-requisites: PODI14009 Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine in Podiatry Practice; PODI14010 High Risk Foot and Chronic Wound Care; PODI14014 Surgery in Podiatry Practice.
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. Project (research) | 40% |
| 2. Presentation | 20% |
| 3. Professional Practice Placement | 0% |
| 4. Practical Assessment | 40% |
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
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Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 0.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 0% 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 comments; informal feedback from students
Students found working with their honours supervisor to be a positive and well-supported experience
It is recommended that students continue to have the opportunity to work with, and meet regularly with, a dedicated Honours project supervisor
In 2025, students continued to have the opportunity to work closely with a dedicated Honours project supervisor
Source: SUTE comments
Students reported that there were instances where clinical vascular assessment protocols did not match their classroom learning
It is recommended that new vascular assessment resources are developed to clarify for students how classroom learning is integrated into clinical decision making during internal Work-Integrated Learning
In 2025, new vascular assessment resources were developed and implemented to clarify for students how classroom learning is integrated into clinical decision making during internal Work-Integrated Learning. Examples included the implementation of the 'CQUniversity Vascular Assessment Manual' and the 'Routine Neurovascular Assessment' learning package
Source: SUTE comments and quantitative data
Unit learning materials should be reviewed and updated where required
It is recommended that the unit coordinator reviews and enhances the unit learning materials prior to the next delivery of this unit, including the learning activities used to prepare students for clinical assessments
In 2025, learning materials were updated to better prepare students for both their Honours project submissions and their clinical assessments
Source: Unit coordinator reflection
An Honours project research log book may be useful to track and address barriers to students progress in their Honours projects
It is recommended that an Honours research project logbook is implemented in subsequent years of delivery
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate graduate competency in clinical reasoning during the assessment and management of specific clinical problems
- Assess and evaluate a diverse range of complex podiatric cases including biomechanics, sports injury, diabetes and high risk cases
- Develop, implement and evaluate interventions for standard and complex podiatric cases including referrals to other relevant health professionals
- Communicate professionally as an individual and as a member of a team
- Conduct ethical research, including data management and academic writing, to produce a research project.
Per NPC1317
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Project (research) | • | ||||
| 2 - Presentation | • | ||||
| 3 - Professional Practice Placement | • | • | • | • | |
| 4 - Practical Assessment | • | • | • | • | |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 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 | • | • | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |