CSB111 Foundations of Clinical Practice
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| Unit code: | CSB111 |
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| Equivalent(s): | PUB442 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,118 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,104 |
| International unit fee | $4,488 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | CSB111 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | PUB442 |
| Coordinator: | Ev Miroshnichenko | evgeniy.miroshnichenko@qut.edu.au |
Overview
Clinical health professionals work within the healthcare system in interprofessional teams to provide optimal care for people and communities. The nature and standards of professional practice are determined by government and professional organisations, and the scope of clinical practice for clinicians evolves in response to community needs. There is a community expectation that clinical health professionals will be effective communicators who engage in ethical practice that is continually improved through ongoing reflection. This unit introduces you to the fundamentals of the health care system and the skills necessary to practise as a health professional. The foundation knowledge and skills you learn in this unit will be further developed throughout your clinical programs of study.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply knowledge of the Australian health care system and the patient health care journey.
- Apply knowledge of the individual role of various health professionals, the role of health care teams and their contribution towards collaborative person-centred care.
- Demonstrate effective clinical communication, reflection and research skills.
- Describe the determinants of health including the socio-cultural, physical, psychosocial, environmental and cultural safety factors that can influence health status.
Content
This unit applies a case-based approach to the patient journey through the health care system in the following domains:
The Australian health care system:
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA);
- The burden of chronic disease and health system challenges in our community; and
- Patient hospital admission and hospital discharge.
The roles and responsibilities of health care professionals:
- Working in interprofessional teams and interprofessional collaborative practice;
- Introduction to library and research skills, evidence-based practice and reflective clinical practice;
- Introduction to self-care to support clinical practice;
- Communication in health care;
- Cross-cultural capabilities, cultural humility, and culturally safety practice with a focus on communication with patients from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds;
- Professional conduct and ethical practice in health care;
- Introduction to the Quality Use of Medicines and medical devices for patient health; and
- Technology in health care to support practice and patient health.
Learning Approaches
This unit will be presented in a blended delivery which may include lectures, webinars or workshops, online recordings and online case studies to introduce you to the key concepts in the unit. The face-to-face interprofessional sessions will assist you to develop skills necessary to practice as a health professional. The learning in the workshops will be facilitated through group discussions with peers, academics and clinicians.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback on your performance in assessment tasks and workshop activities will be provided in class and on an individual basis as required for each assessment. Throughout weeks 1-9 formative feedback is provided in the workshops in relation to the assessment 1. You will undertake active learning in workshops and will get feedback from clinicians and academics on your case-based assessment. In week 8 you will have an opportunity to undertake a practice for the final exam and in week 13 you will be provided with formative feedback in preparation for the assessment 2.
Assessment
Overview
The assessment items are situated across the semester to provide feedback on your active learning.
You may be required to electronically submit all written assignments for content matching checks.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Health Team Challenge
The assessment is considered authentic as it simulates a real-life scenario of healthcare professionals working as part of an interprofessional team to develop a care plan for a patient, with the aim of providing it to other healthcare providers. The assessment task requires students to apply their knowledge of the Australian healthcare system, the role of various healthcare professionals, and to demonstrate effective clinical communication and research skills.Additionally, the individual reflection and peer assessment components of the assessment require students to reflect on their personal experience with working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Theory Examination
This assessment will evaluate your knowledge and your ability to interpret information regarding the foundational theory of clinical practice and the roles of health care professionals within the Australian health care system. The exam will consist of Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs).
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
As yet there is no prescribed textbook for this unit. Reference materials and learning resources will be provided at the commencement of the unit.
Resource Materials
Other
To enable your full participation in the virtual learning environment, you will need access to a reliable computer with an internet connection, webcam, headset and microphone, as well as a learning environment where you are able to fully participate undisturbed when required.
Risk Assessment Statement
It is recommended that you take regular rest breaks when engaging in prolonged computer-based work and ensure that your workstation is set up for optimal comfort to prevent strain or injury.
Further information regarding policies and procedures, such as health and safety, risk management, confidentiality, intellectual property, disclosure and insurance, is available via the QUT Faculty of Health. Disclaimer: Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
MRPBA Professional Capabilities 2020
Domain 2: Professional and ethical practitioner
Domain 3: Communicator and collaborator
Domain 4: Evidence-informed practitioner
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.CS43 Bachelor of Paramedic Science
- Apply scientific knowledge and skills from paramedicine and related disciplines that focus on the needs and holistic care of the individual.
Relates to: Health Team Challenge, Theory Examination - Perform reflective and safe evidence-based paramedic practice, that informs clinical decision-making across diverse paramedic care settings.
Relates to: Health Team Challenge - Access, evaluate, and utilise digital health information that informs holistic paramedic care and assists in intra- and inter-professional communication and clinical decision-making.
Relates to: Health Team Challenge, Theory Examination - Develop and apply critical thinking and clinical reasoning and evaluation skills, that promote and achieve person-centred care.
Relates to: Health Team Challenge, Theory Examination - Practice and promote the qualities of ethical conduct, social inclusivity, reflexivity and reflection, and bearing responsibility for risk management and quality assurance across a range of community settings.
Relates to: Health Team Challenge, Theory Examination - Practice within a framework of human rights and cultural safety, acknowledging intersectionality, and the inalienable right to culture, values, and beliefs.
Relates to: Health Team Challenge, Theory Examination - Communicate appropriately and with sensitivity to all persons, their families, carers, interprofessional teams and community leaders, to professional standards, both independently and collaboratively, to ensure safe and coordinated care, based on consensual agreement.
Relates to: Health Team Challenge
CS44 Bachelor of Podiatry
- Apply discipline knowledge, cognitive and technical skills of podiatric medicine and biomedical sciences in diverse contexts.
Relates to: Theory Examination - Apply critical thinking and research skills to analyse, interpret and evaluate complex information to generate solutions for optimal patient outcomes.
Relates to: Health Team Challenge - Communicate and collaborate to transfer complex knowledge to patients and other health professionals.
Relates to: Health Team Challenge - Critically apply new knowledge as a reflective practitioner within ethical, culturally safe, legal and professional frameworks.
Relates to: Health Team Challenge, Theory Examination
CS47 Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)
- Understand and apply knowledge of health care systems and wider contexts, including legal, ethical, professional frameworks and economic systems and work in interprofessional teams.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Health Team Challenge, Theory Examination - Recognise the presence and causes of health inequities and disparities and impacts of social determinants of health.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO4, Health Team Challenge, Theory Examination - Promote and advocate for cultural safety, respect and responsiveness, particularly in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Relates to: ULO4, Health Team Challenge, Theory Examination - Communicate and collaborate with a socially and culturally diverse range of people on interpersonal and interprofessional levels.
Relates to: ULO3, Health Team Challenge - Demonstrate respectful, compassionate, responsive, empathic and culturally appropriate communication, with specific awareness and sensitivity to history, communication styles and community protocols of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Relates to: ULO3, ULO4, Health Team Challenge, Theory Examination - Collaborate and share decision-making in partnership with the interprofessional health care team to optimise patient outcomes, and with patients, clients and carers respecting roles, privacy and choices.
Relates to: ULO2, Health Team Challenge, Theory Examination - Deliver person-centred care, obtaining, assessing, formulating, monitoring, facilitating self-management/adjustment of health, medical and medication information and plans in collaboration with individuals, communities, health care teams for optimal outcomes.
Relates to: ULO2, Health Team Challenge, Theory Examination - Demonstrate skills as a role model, facilitator and/or mentor.
Relates to: ULO2, Health Team Challenge
CS49 Bachelor of Radiation Therapy
- Interpersonal and professional communication
Relates to: Health Team Challenge - Interdisciplinary collaboration
Relates to: Health Team Challenge, Theory Examination - Patient assessment and clinical management
Relates to: Health Team Challenge, Theory Examination - Teamwork and peer collaboration
Relates to: Health Team Challenge - Reflective, ethical practitioner
Relates to: Health Team Challenge - Legal and professional responsibilities
Relates to: Health Team Challenge - Cultural safety
Relates to: Health Team Challenge, Theory Examination
CS50 Bachelor of Radiation Therapy (Honours)
- Interpersonal, intrapersonal and professional communication
Relates to: Health Team Challenge - Interdisciplinary collaboration
Relates to: Health Team Challenge, Theory Examination - Patient assessment and clinical management
Relates to: Health Team Challenge, Theory Examination - Teamwork and peer collaboration
Relates to: Health Team Challenge - Reflective, ethical practitioner
Relates to: Health Team Challenge - Legal and professional responsibilities
Relates to: Health Team Challenge - Cultural safety
Relates to: Health Team Challenge, Theory Examination