School: Nursing and Midwifery

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Coaching and Mentoring in the Clinical Setting
  • Unit Code

    CMC6100
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Gina Marietta MATA

Description

The purpose of coaching and mentoring is to support people to manage their own learning and to maximise individual potential, skills, performance and personal development. This unit provides a unique environment in which students can expand their knowledge and understanding of coaching and mentoring in the clinical setting in order to undertake coaching and/or mentoring in a range of contexts.

Equivalent Rule

This unit (CMC6100) replaces CMC4100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Create programs that differentiate between preceptor, coach and mentor.
  2. Design one-to-one support sessions using foundational models of coaching and mentoring.
  3. Devise an awareness of the cross cultural context of adult learning.
  4. Formulate an understanding of personal approaches to coaching and mentoring.
  5. Plan coaching and mentoring sessions incorporating national and international principles of best practice.
  6. Produce the core competencies of a coach and mentor in the clinical setting.
  7. Synthesise knowledge and aptitude in coaching and mentoring in the clinical setting.

Unit Content

  1. Adult pedagogies and their relevance to coach/mentor relationship.
  2. Coaching and mentoring principles and their application in the clinical setting.
  3. Communication and feedback within the coach/mentor role.
  4. Core competencies of the coach and mentor.
  5. Establishing a therapeutic relationship.
  6. Planning for coaching and mentoring.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Interactive learning activities; Audio visual scenario based learning with integrated online study tutorial activities

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentStage 1 Planning the coaching session20%
AssignmentStage 2 Discussion on the implementation of the coaching session40%
AssignmentStage 3 Evaluation of the coaching session40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentStage 1 Planning the coaching session20%
AssignmentStage 2 Discussion on the implementation of the coaching session40%
AssignmentStage 3 Evaluation of the coaching session40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Nursing and Midwifery

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Coaching and Mentoring in the Clinical Setting
  • Unit Code

    CMC6100
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Gina Marietta MATA

Description

The purpose of coaching and mentoring is to support people to manage their own learning and to maximise individual potential, skills, performance and personal development. This unit provides a unique environment in which students can expand their knowledge and understanding of coaching and mentoring in the clinical setting in order to undertake coaching and/or mentoring in a range of contexts.

Equivalent Rule

This unit (CMC6100) replaces CMC4100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Create programs that differentiate between preceptor, coach and mentor.
  2. Design one-to-one support sessions using foundational models of coaching and mentoring.
  3. Devise an awareness of the cross cultural context of adult learning.
  4. Formulate an understanding of personal approaches to coaching and mentoring.
  5. Plan coaching and mentoring sessions incorporating national and international principles of best practice.
  6. Produce the core competencies of a coach and mentor in the clinical setting.
  7. Synthesise knowledge and aptitude in coaching and mentoring in the clinical setting.

Unit Content

  1. Adult pedagogies and their relevance to coach/mentor relationship.
  2. Coaching and mentoring principles and their application in the clinical setting.
  3. Communication and feedback within the coach/mentor role.
  4. Core competencies of the coach and mentor.
  5. Establishing a therapeutic relationship.
  6. Planning for coaching and mentoring.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Interactive learning activities; Audio visual scenario based learning with integrated online study tutorial activities

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayTheoretical underpinnings20%
EssayPlan of the implementation of the support session50%
ReportEvaluation report on the support session30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayTheoretical underpinnings20%
EssayPlan of the implementation of the support session50%
ReportEvaluation report on the support session30%

Core Reading(s)

  • Garvey, B., Stokes, P., & Megginson, D. (2014). Coaching and mentoring: Theory and practice (2nd ed.). Los Angeles: Sage publications.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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