School: Medical and Health Sciences

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

    Clinical Decision Support Systems: Activity, Participation and Contextual Factors
  • Unit Code

    SPE2105
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Deborah Jane HERSH

Description

Students will analyse the impact of communication and swallowing disorders in the context of the World Health Organisation (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework (ICF). They will integrate and summarise background information in order to understand the consequences of these disorders across the lifespan and on quality of life. They will acquire skills at structured observation, structured interview techniques,questionnaire administration, and interpretation of resultant data. They will learn about working across ICF contexts.They will also learn to integrate, interpret and report background information for individuals and groups of people with a range of impairments including Indigenous Australians and other cultural groups.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from SPE1101

Co-Requisite Rule

Must be enrolled in course version K71, Y02

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SPE2102

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Administer a questionnaire.
  2. Demonstrate effective interview skills.
  3. Demonstrate skills in active observation of verbal and nonverbal communication behaviours in a social context.
  4. Evaluate the impact of a communication or swallowing disorder on a persons quality of life.
  5. Summarise and report findings with reference to the WHO ICF framework for an individual.

Unit Content

  1. Administration of questionnaires.
  2. Applications of the biopsychosocial WHO ICF framework.
  3. Impact of communication and swallowing disorders on people within diverse, real life contexts.
  4. Interview skills.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops and assessment activity.

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.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationCase study verbal presentation based on collaborative student interview: adult/child20%
Case StudyCase study report based on collaborative student interview: child/adult30%
Literature ReviewReview of impact of communication/swallowing disorders40%
PortfolioePortfolio submission10%

Core Reading(s)

  • Hilari, K., & Botting, N. (2011). The impact of communication disability across the lifespan. Guilford, England: J & R Press.

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: Medical and Health Sciences

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

    Clinical Decision Support Systems: Activity, Participation and Contextual Factors
  • Unit Code

    SPE2105
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Deborah Jane HERSH

Description

Students will analyse the impact of communication and swallowing disorders in the context of the World Health Organisation (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework (ICF). They will integrate and summarise background information in order to understand the consequences of these disorders across the lifespan and on quality of life. They will acquire skills at structured observation, structured interview techniques,questionnaire administration, and interpretation of resultant data. They will learn about working across ICF contexts.They will also learn to integrate, interpret and report background information for individuals and groups of people with a range of impairments including Indigenous Australians and other cultural groups.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from SPE1101

Co-Requisite Rule

Must be enrolled in course version K71, Y02

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SPE2102

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Administer a questionnaire.
  2. Demonstrate effective interview skills.
  3. Demonstrate skills in active observation of verbal and nonverbal communication behaviours in a social context.
  4. Evaluate the impact of a communication or swallowing disorder on a persons quality of life.
  5. Summarise and report findings with reference to the WHO ICF framework for an individual.

Unit Content

  1. Administration of questionnaires.
  2. Applications of the biopsychosocial WHO ICF framework.
  3. Impact of communication and swallowing disorders on people within diverse, real life contexts.
  4. Interview skills.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops and assessment activity.

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.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationCase study verbal presentation based on collaborative student interview: adult/child20%
Case StudyCase study report based on collaborative student interview: child/adult30%
Literature ReviewReview of impact of communication/swallowing disorders40%
PortfolioePortfolio submission10%

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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