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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.
Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.
Clinical risk management is important as it improves safety and enhances quality improvement within an organisation as it introduces systems that identifies and minimises the circumstances, which can put patients, and the wider multidisciplinary team at risk. Furthermore, it forms a major part of the organisation’s safety management system. This unit focuses on the Western Australian (WA) Department of Health’s Clinical Governance Framework, as well as the Federal Government’s Department of Health and Ageing key domains of clinical risk. Students will be expected to use case studies from their clinical workplace to consolidate their learning.
This unit will involve flexible, on-line teaching and learning to integrate theory attained through this learning and applying it to their individual clinical setting to ensure authenticated assessment.
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.
| Joondalup | Mount Lawley | South West (Bunbury) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | 13 x 2 hour seminar | Not Offered | Not Offered |
| Semester 2 | 13 x 2 hour seminar | Not Offered | Not Offered |
For more information see the Semester Timetable
Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.
Students will be required to be familiar with utilising multiple media (including internet, weblinks, wiki's, blogs, and university e-learning) as coursework will be delivered through e-learning. Additionally, students will be required to integrate their theoretical learning to their workplace (Work Integrated Learning) by working collaboratively with various members of their healthcare team, drawing exemplars and case studies to support their learning and authenticate 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.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Exercise | Discussion board post 1 | 20% |
| Reflective Practice | Critical reflection | 40% |
| Essay | Written essay | 40% |
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Exercise | Discussion board post 1 | 20% |
| Reflective Practice | Critical reflection | 40% |
| Essay | Written essay | 40% |
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.
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:
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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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.
Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.
Clinical risk management is important as it improves safety and enhances quality improvement within an organisation as it introduces systems that identifies and minimises the circumstances, which can put patients, and the wider multidisciplinary team at risk. Furthermore, it forms a major part of the organisation’s safety management system. This unit focuses on the Western Australian (WA) Department of Health’s Clinical Governance Framework, as well as the Federal Government’s Department of Health and Ageing key domains of clinical risk. Students will be expected to use case studies from their clinical workplace to consolidate their learning.
This unit will involve flexible, on-line teaching and learning to integrate theory attained through this learning and applying it to their individual clinical setting to ensure authenticated assessment.
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.
| Joondalup | Mount Lawley | South West (Bunbury) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | 13 x 2 hour seminar | Not Offered | Not Offered |
| Semester 2 | 13 x 2 hour seminar | Not Offered | Not Offered |
For more information see the Semester Timetable
Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.
Students will be required to be familiar with utilising multiple media (including internet, weblinks, wiki's, blogs, and university e-learning) as coursework will be delivered through e-learning. Additionally, students will be required to integrate their theoretical learning to their workplace (Work Integrated Learning) by working collaboratively with various members of their healthcare team, drawing exemplars and case studies to support their learning and authenticate 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.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Exercise | Discussion board post 1 | 20% |
| Reflective Practice | Critical reflection | 40% |
| Essay | Written essay | 40% |
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Exercise | Discussion board post 1 | 20% |
| Reflective Practice | Critical reflection | 40% |
| Essay | Written essay | 40% |
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.
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:
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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