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

    Evidence Based Decision Making in Speech Pathology
  • Unit Code

    SPE4155
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Prof Natalie CICCONE

Description

This unit involves the systematic application of evidence-based practice frameworks to authentic clinical cases for the management of an individual with a communication or swallowing disorder. Within the context of the World Health Organization (WHO) ICF, students will integrate theory and practice to plan clinical services for clients from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds at a professional entry-level of practice.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Students will attend classes as an intensive block before the beginning of the teaching semester 1. This may be January/February.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed SPE3108

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in Y02

Equivalent Rule

Unit previously coded SPE4100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically appraise research evidence to inform clinical decision making of an individual with a communication or swallowing disorder.
  2. Interpret case study social and medical history and assessment data in order to identify a relevant approach to treatment.
  3. Justify relevant outcome measures for the management of an individual with a communication or swallowing disorder.
  4. Produce a case-based speech pathology management protocol to publication standard.

Unit Content

  1. Evidence informed management of clinical services in the context of linguistic and cultural diversity.
  2. Locating research evidence.
  3. Data analysis and interpretation.
  4. Critical appraisal of research evidence.
  5. Scientific writing skills and publication guidelines.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Practicum71 x 8 hour workshopNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

The on-campus seminars are highly interactive and introduce the central concepts of the unit. Students participate in group discussion, case studies and active problem solving activities to consolidate learning. The mode of delivery for this unit is an intensive set of seminars commencing prior to the semester. A session is delivered by a Librarian to learn effective and advanced strategies to search research literature.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentResearch Planning15%
Case StudyClinical Case Analysis35%
Assignment ^Case Publication to Journal Standard50%

^ Mandatory to Pass


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.

Assessment

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.

Academic Integrity

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:

Plagiarism

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).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

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).

Contract cheating

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.

Cheating in an exam

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.

Assessment Extension

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.

Special Consideration

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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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

    Evidence Based Decision Making in Speech Pathology
  • Unit Code

    SPE4155
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Prof Natalie CICCONE

Description

This unit involves the systematic application of evidence-based practice frameworks to authentic clinical cases for the management of an individual with a communication or swallowing disorder. Within the context of the World Health Organization (WHO) ICF, students will integrate theory and practice to plan clinical services for clients from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds at a professional entry-level of practice.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Students will attend classes as an intensive block before the beginning of the teaching semester 1. This may be January/February.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed SPE3108

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in Y02

Equivalent Rule

Unit previously coded SPE4100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically appraise research evidence to inform clinical decision making of an individual with a communication or swallowing disorder.
  2. Interpret case study social and medical history and assessment data in order to identify a relevant approach to treatment.
  3. Justify relevant outcome measures for the management of an individual with a communication or swallowing disorder.
  4. Produce a case-based speech pathology management protocol to publication standard.

Unit Content

  1. Evidence informed management of clinical services in the context of linguistic and cultural diversity.
  2. Locating research evidence.
  3. Data analysis and interpretation.
  4. Critical appraisal of research evidence.
  5. Scientific writing skills and publication guidelines.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Practicum71 x 8 hour workshopNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

The on-campus seminars are highly interactive and introduce the central concepts of the unit. Students participate in group discussion, case studies and active problem solving activities to consolidate learning. The mode of delivery for this unit is an intensive set of seminars commencing prior to the semester. A session is delivered by a Librarian to learn effective and advanced strategies to search research literature.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentResearch Planning15%
Case StudyClinical Case Analysis35%
Assignment ^Case Publication to Journal Standard50%

^ Mandatory to Pass


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.

Assessment

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.

Academic Integrity

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:

Plagiarism

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).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

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).

Contract cheating

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.

Cheating in an exam

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.

Assessment Extension

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.

Special Consideration

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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