Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

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

    Credentialing and Professional Development
  • Unit Code

    CPD5100
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit examines the necessity of professional development and competence in relation to maintaining staff with up-to-date knowledge and skills in the workplace. It reviews credentialing processes, decision-making frameworks and implications for practice. Abilities to maintain and perform the core business in a designated health care role requires either profession validation via credentialing and or the competent performance of skills as outlined by professional affiliates and or registering authorities. This unit provides those involved with professional development and credentialing roles with the skills and attributes to contribute to maintaining a safe health care environment.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

On-Line.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CPD4100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the principles of performance development and performance management.
  2. Critique a range of staff satisfaction surveys.
  3. Evaluate the meaning of clinical governance and the role of credentialing and professional development in the clinical setting.
  4. Evaluate the role of professional development and the role of education and staff competence in the clinical.
  5. Justify the management of sub-standard performance in the clinical setting.
  6. Review the role of consumer involvement in the delivery of health care in the clinical setting.
  7. Summarise the process of credentialing and applicability to achieving health care and patient outcomes.

Unit Content

  1. Consumer Involvement.
  2. Determining competence of staff.
  3. Managing sub standard performance.
  4. Patient First Initiative.
  5. Performance Development Systems.
  6. Review of the four pillars of Clinical Governance.
  7. Role of staff or professional development in health care.
  8. The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (competent staff, credentialed staff).

Additional Learning Experience Information

This Unit is fully on-line. The theoretical and clinical components of the unit are integrated. The clinical learning environment and teaching processes will encourage students to develop knowledge and skills by means of a multi-faceted, interactive approach. A range of methods and resources will be used, for example, case studies, discussion boards, and practice-based learning scenario to meet individual learning needs.

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.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentEssay50%
ReviewReport50%

Text References

  • Taylor, J., & Furnham, A. (2005). Learning at work: excellent practice from best theory. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Thorne, K., & Mackey, D. (2007). Everything you ever needed to know about training (4th ed.). London, England: Kogan Page.
  • McSherry, R., & Pearce, P. (2011). Clinical governmance: a guide to implementation for healthcare professionals (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Wiley-Blackwell.

Journal References

  • British Journal of Clinical Governance
  • Journal of Staff Development
  • The Journal for Nurses in Staff Development
  • International Journal of Quality in Health Care
  • The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Website References


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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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

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

    Credentialing and Professional Development
  • Unit Code

    CPD5100
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit examines the necessity of professional development and competence in relation to maintaining staff with up-to-date knowledge and skills in the workplace. It reviews credentialing processes, decision-making frameworks and implications for practice. Abilities to maintain and perform the core business in a designated health care role requires either profession validation via credentialing and or the competent performance of skills as outlined by professional affiliates and or registering authorities. This unit provides those involved with professional development and credentialing roles with the skills and attributes to contribute to maintaining a safe health care environment.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

On-Line.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CPD4100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the principles of performance development and performance management.
  2. Critique a range of staff satisfaction surveys.
  3. Evaluate the meaning of clinical governance and the role of credentialing and professional development in the clinical setting.
  4. Evaluate the role of professional development and the role of education and staff competence in the clinical.
  5. Justify the management of sub-standard performance in the clinical setting.
  6. Review the role of consumer involvement in the delivery of health care in the clinical setting.
  7. Summarise the process of credentialing and applicability to achieving health care and patient outcomes.

Unit Content

  1. Consumer Involvement.
  2. Determining competence of staff.
  3. Managing sub standard performance.
  4. Patient First Initiative.
  5. Performance Development Systems.
  6. Review of the four pillars of Clinical Governance.
  7. Role of staff or professional development in health care.
  8. The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (competent staff, credentialed staff).

Additional Learning Experience Information

This Unit is fully on-line. The theoretical and clinical components of the unit are integrated. The clinical learning environment and teaching processes will encourage students to develop knowledge and skills by means of a multi-faceted, interactive approach. A range of methods and resources will be used, for example, case studies, discussion boards, and practice-based learning scenario to meet individual learning needs.

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.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentEssay50%
ReviewReport50%

Text References

  • Taylor, J., & Furnham, A. (2005). Learning at work: excellent practice from best theory. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Thorne, K., & Mackey, D. (2007). Everything you ever needed to know about training (4th ed.). London, England: Kogan Page.
  • McSherry, R., & Pearce, P. (2011). Clinical governmance: a guide to implementation for healthcare professionals (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Wiley-Blackwell.

Journal References

  • British Journal of Clinical Governance
  • Journal of Staff Development
  • The Journal for Nurses in Staff Development
  • International Journal of Quality in Health Care
  • The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Website References


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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