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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.
This is a capstone unit to prepare final-year students to gain entry into a health science professional position. It prepares students to apply for positions in a range of working environments including rural settings; to participate in employment interviews; and to practice professional conduct to enhance employability. Students are required to undertake 75 hours of practicum within a workplace applicable to the major fields of study offered in the Bachelor of Health Science course. Students are supported to apply their skills and core public health competencies in a professional placement opportunity.
Students will undertake a work placement. Placement requirements are negotiated with their host agency, and the hours worked may fall outside of the standard teaching period.
Student must have completed 240 credit points of study prior to attempting this unit.
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies
Students will complete learning activities and participate in interactive workshops to prepare for their practicum placement, focusing on professional conduct and communication and risk management. Workshops enable students to further refine their team-work, presentation skills and cultural competencies. Students will collate evidence of their capability development, practicum experiences and personal reflections in a professional portfolio, submitted on completion of their practicum. Industry placements are negotiated in consultation with the student and placement agency, and can be undertaken in a diverse range of settings including metropolitan, regional or remote locations. Students undertaking an Occupational Safety and Health or Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety major are required to complete a placement in an Occupational Health and Safety workplace.
GS2 GRADING SCHEMA 2 Used for Undifferentiated Pass/Fail units inc. practical units or work-integrated learning
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 School Progression Panel.
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Project | Career readiness |
| Portfolio | Professional portfolio |
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Project | Career readiness |
| Portfolio | Professional portfolio |
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.
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.
Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.
Breaches of academic integrity can include:
Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).
Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).
Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.
Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.
Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.
ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.
All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.
In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.
Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.
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