| Semester 1, 2022 Online | |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
| School or Department : | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MNRS or MNSG or PDEV or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or DOHH or GDNG or GCNM or GCHE or GCNG
Overview
All health professionals must be cognisant of the professional, legal and ethical requirements related to their specific area of practice. These requirements all assume that health professionals practice within an evidence-based framework. This course enables students to identify and apply the professional, legal and ethical standards relevant to their chosen specific area of practice, and extends the student鈥檚 capacity to practice within an evidence-based framework. As such, this course is foundational within the Graduate Certificate of Health.
This is a core introductory course in the Graduate Certificate of Health (all specialisations). The course provides a professional, legal, ethical and research foundation for health and other professionals who wish to extend their knowledge, and advance their practice capacity, within their chosen specialisation. Completion of this foundation course is preparatory to other courses within each specialisation. At the completion of this courses, students will be cognisant of the professional, legal, ethical and cultural boundaries relevant to their chosen area of practice, and able to implement strategies to ensure their practice is evidence-based.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- Demonstrate an ability to locate and retrieve best available evidence for appraisal of knowledge;
- Critically appraise contemporary approaches to generating knowledge and enquiry;
- Critically analyse the impact of evidence-based practice and its implications for practice;
- Identify and evaluate relevant and current evidence-based strategies to strengthen the research basis of health care practice;
- Articulate a clear strategy for enhancing the use of evidence-based approaches in their own practice, as well as the practice of their work teams;
- Identify and integrate relevant policy, professional, legal and ethical frameworks/guidelines for practice in a chosen area of practice;
- Identify the importance of cultural safety in healthcare;
- Demonstrate competence in and appropriate use of language and literacy, including spelling, grammar, punctuation and bibliographic referencing.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Evidence based practice as a foundation for health care practice Evidence-based practice principles and practices, with a focus on strengthening students鈥� capacity to practice within their chosen area specialisation, using an evidence-based framework. Impediments to implementing evidence-based practice, and students will develop a 鈥榯oolkit鈥� of practical strategies for adopting an evidence-based approach to their chosen specialisation practice arena. |
30.00 |
| 2. |
Scoping Practice within context of own health practice Professional, legal and ethical principles, policies and standards for contemporary practice (eg regulatory frameworks and obligations, scope of practice for specific health professional and other recognized well-being practitioner groups, ethico-legal parameters for practice, cultural and other relevant contexts for practice including health care policies, models and frameworks). |
70.00 |
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Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reflection (personal/clinical) | No | 15 | 5 |
| Online forums | No | 35 | 1,2,3,4 |
| Report | No | 50 | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |