PUB875 Professional Practice
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| Unit code: | PUB875 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | (Completion of 240 cp including PUB514) or (Completion of 240cp including SWB401 and SWB312) |
| Antirequisite(s): | PUB645, PUB821 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of 240 credit points of study is assumed knowledge. Lecture materials from PUB514 Contract/Project Management and all previous units of study form the theoretical background to this unit. |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,118 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,104 |
| International unit fee | $4,488 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | PUB875 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | (Completion of 192 cp including PUB514) or (Completion of 192cp including SWB401 and SWB312) |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of 192 credit points of study is assumed knowledge. Lecture materials from PUB514 Contract/Project Management and all previous units of study form the theoretical background to this unit. |
| Anti-requisite: | PUB645, PUB821 |
| Coordinator: | Yvette Miller | yvette.miller@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This practice unit is an essential part of preparation for professional practice. It enables integration of theory with practice, enhancing skills for employability.
QUT Public Health students are required to gain at least 185 hours of practical work experience or equivalent before graduation. Professional placement is undertaken in the second half of the year. This may include beginning the placement in the weeks before Semester 2 teaching begins. It may also be undertaken intensively during the mid-semester break. You will be supervised by an industry-based professional.
This is a designated unit which is essential to your course progression. Designated units include professional experience units, units requiring the development of particular skills, and units requiring demonstration of certain personal qualities. If you fail to achieve a satisfactory level of performance in a designated unit, you may be excluded from enrolment or will be put on academic probation. If you fail a designated unit twice within your course, you may be excluded. Supplementary assessment is not available on designated units.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Synthesise and apply public health knowledge and skills in a public health professional context;
- Demonstrate culturally-appropriate and ethical behaviours and practices that account for the political, scientific, sociocultural and/or economic contexts in a public health professional environment;
- Apply appropriate communication strategies to discuss workplace experiences with workplace supervisors and peers.
- Critically reflect on workplace experiences to evaluate professional skills and identify professional development goals.
Content
This unit focuses on:
- The synthesis and application of knowledge, literature, theories and frameworks of public health practice;
- Interpersonal and professional skills for employability, including developing digital professional profiles;
- The importance of relationships and networking in professional public health roles
- Self and group reflection on the professional placement experience and its implications on work readiness and ongoing professional development.
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in the following:
- professional placement (185 hours)
- workshops (available online and on-campus), including an orientation workshop prior to semester
If you are completing a local placement, you are usually required to be on placement full-time for 2 weeks prior to Week 1 of the semester, full-time for 1 week during the semester break, and a minimum of 1 day per week during other weeks of the semester (or equivalent time equaling a minimum of 185 hours). If you are completing rural or overseas block placements, you will develop a customised program of equivalent placement and preparation with the Unit Coordinator and Workplace Mentor.
In your placement, you will undertake industry based work facilitated by a Workplace Mentor at one or several establishments such as government, non-government, community, commercial or human services sector organisations. Your preference for a placement location will be considered in placing you, although we cannot guarantee that we will be able to place you in your preferred location.
You are responsible for carrying out your professional placement activities in a suitable manner and are expected to be self-directed in terms of setting goals and timelines. You will have the opportunity to reflect upon your practice and report upon your activities and learning through oral and written reports; self and mentor reviews; and class presentations and discussions with your peers. Teaching methods include discussions, seminars and self-directed learning. Discussions and seminars with academic and workplace supervisors provide scaffolding to facilitate your learning about expectations of the reflection process and presentation. Reflective practice is commonly an individual practice. However, when reflective practice is collaborative, students benefit from hearing other perspectives.
Requirements for Placement: You must hold a Blue Card to undertake any unit that involves possible contact with children, including any required clinical studies. Allow 12 weeks for the Commission to issue the card and ensure you hold the Blue Card 5 weeks before Week 0 of the semester of placement. If you already hold a Blue Card, you will need to register it with QUT. A criminal history check and vaccinations may also be required to enable you to work in some locations. If you are completing an international placement, you will need a passport and a visa (if one is required for your international placement destination).
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
The Unit coordinator will be available in person or online at timetabled workshops or via email and the Canvas page for this unit to answer questions and provide feedback. While on placement, you should regularly review your workplace performance against the professional competencies and engage in discussion, and seek and apply feedback from your Workplace Mentor. Personal development and reflection are supported to achieve satisfactory feedback from the Workplace Mentor and the Unit Coordinator.
Assessment
Overview
You must successfully complete 185 hours of placement or equivalent.
Reflective Presentation - Undertaking personal critical reflection is a key skill for public health professionals to develop professional identity. This task enables you to bring together your placement experiences with the theory and principles of public health you have learnt over the course.
Placement Performance - This task will enable you to track your developing public health proficiencies and work with your placement supervisor to demonstrate competency in all proficiencies by the end of your placement.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Reflective presentation
You will record a video presentation critically reflecting on your placement activities. In your reflection you should discuss, interpret and evaluate a variety of situations you have experienced in the workplace. This will include identifying challenges, how you have responded and the implications for your work readiness and ongoing professional development.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Placement Performance
You will identify examples of your work on placement that demonstrate your proficiency in specific public health competencies. You will seek ongoing feedback from your placement supervisor, use the examples and your digital profile as points of discussion. Your placement supervisor will rate your demonstrated proficiency for each competency at the end of your placement.
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.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
A criminal history check and vaccinations may also be required to enable you to work in some locations.
Blue Card
A blue card is required to complete this unit. A blue card confirms that you have passed a screening of your criminal history (the Working with Children Check) and have been approved to work with children and young people. For more information on the blue card and how to apply please visit the QUT website.
Costs
There may be costs associated with:
- vaccinations and immunisations
- travel or accommodation associated with work placement
Resources
No resources needed
Risk Assessment Statement
As the assessment for the unit involves a workplace-based assignment, you should be aware of, and abide by, the health and safety requirements of the workplace. You are expected to undergo any induction or other training provided in the workplace for employees or visitors as appropriate. In addition, substantial computer-based work will be required. You should refer to the safe computer use information detailed on the Student Services website.
INSURANCE COVER: Information regarding insurance cover for students undertaking university-approved activities within Australia is available at http://www.frp.qut.edu.au/services/insurance/student_accident.jsp
Students should be aware of and comply with the QUT work integrated learning policy under QUT's Assessment Policy is at MOPP C/4.4.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.PU52 Bachelor of Public Health
- Apply public health principles and evidence to improve population health outcomes.
Relates to: ULO1, Placement Performance - Communicate with professional, non-professional and community audiences about public health using diverse technologies.
Relates to: ULO3, Reflective presentation, Placement Performance - Apply culturally safe and inclusive approaches to work with diverse individuals, groups and communities, including Indigenous Australians.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Reflective presentation, Placement Performance
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Online
| Unit code: | PUB875 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | (Completion of 192 cp including PUB514) or (Completion of 192cp including SWB401 and SWB312) |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of 192 credit points of study is assumed knowledge. Lecture materials from PUB514 Contract/Project Management and all previous units of study form the theoretical background to this unit. |
| Anti-requisite: | PUB645, PUB821 |
Overview
This practice unit is an essential part of preparation for professional practice. It enables integration of theory with practice, enhancing skills for employability.
QUT Public Health students are required to gain at least 185 hours of practical work experience or equivalent before graduation. Professional placement is undertaken in the second half of the year. This may include beginning the placement in the weeks before Semester 2 teaching begins. It may also be undertaken intensively during the mid-semester break. You will be supervised by an industry-based professional.
This is a designated unit which is essential to your course progression. Designated units include professional experience units, units requiring the development of particular skills, and units requiring demonstration of certain personal qualities. If you fail to achieve a satisfactory level of performance in a designated unit, you may be excluded from enrolment or will be put on academic probation. If you fail a designated unit twice within your course, you may be excluded. Supplementary assessment is not available on designated units.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Synthesise and apply public health knowledge and skills in a public health professional context;
- Demonstrate culturally-appropriate and ethical behaviours and practices that account for the political, scientific, sociocultural and/or economic contexts in a public health professional environment;
- Apply appropriate communication strategies to discuss workplace experiences with workplace supervisors and peers.
- Critically reflect on workplace experiences to evaluate professional skills and identify professional development goals.
Content
This unit focuses on:
- The synthesis and application of knowledge, literature, theories and frameworks of public health practice;
- Interpersonal and professional skills for employability, including developing digital professional profiles;
- The importance of relationships and networking in professional public health roles
- Self and group reflection on the professional placement experience and its implications on work readiness and ongoing professional development.
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in the following:
- professional placement (185 hours)
- workshops (available online and on-campus), including an orientation workshop prior to semester
If you are completing a local placement, you are usually required to be on placement full-time for 2 weeks prior to Week 1 of the semester, full-time for 1 week during the semester break, and a minimum of 1 day per week during other weeks of the semester (or equivalent time equaling a minimum of 185 hours). If you are completing rural or overseas block placements, you will develop a customised program of equivalent placement and preparation with the Unit Coordinator and Workplace Mentor.
In your placement, you will undertake industry based work facilitated by a Workplace Mentor at one or several establishments such as government, non-government, community, commercial or human services sector organisations. Your preference for a placement location will be considered in placing you, although we cannot guarantee that we will be able to place you in your preferred location.
You are responsible for carrying out your professional placement activities in a suitable manner and are expected to be self-directed in terms of setting goals and timelines. You will have the opportunity to reflect upon your practice and report upon your activities and learning through oral and written reports; self and mentor reviews; and class presentations and discussions with your peers. Teaching methods include discussions, seminars and self-directed learning. Discussions and seminars with academic and workplace supervisors provide scaffolding to facilitate your learning about expectations of the reflection process and presentation. Reflective practice is commonly an individual practice. However, when reflective practice is collaborative, students benefit from hearing other perspectives.
Requirements for Placement: You must hold a Blue Card to undertake any unit that involves possible contact with children, including any required clinical studies. Allow 12 weeks for the Commission to issue the card and ensure you hold the Blue Card 5 weeks before Week 0 of the semester of placement. If you already hold a Blue Card, you will need to register it with QUT. A criminal history check and vaccinations may also be required to enable you to work in some locations. If you are completing an international placement, you will need a passport and a visa (if one is required for your international placement destination).
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
The Unit coordinator will be available in person or online at timetabled workshops or via email and the Canvas page for this unit to answer questions and provide feedback. While on placement, you should regularly review your workplace performance against the professional competencies and engage in discussion, and seek and apply feedback from your Workplace Mentor. Personal development and reflection are supported to achieve satisfactory feedback from the Workplace Mentor and the Unit Coordinator.
Assessment
Overview
You must successfully complete 185 hours of placement or equivalent.
Reflective Presentation - Undertaking personal critical reflection is a key skill for public health professionals to develop professional identity. This task enables you to bring together your placement experiences with the theory and principles of public health you have learnt over the course.
Placement Performance - This task will enable you to track your developing public health proficiencies and work with your placement supervisor to demonstrate competency in all proficiencies by the end of your placement.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Reflective presentation
You will record a video presentation critically reflecting on your placement activities. In your reflection you should discuss, interpret and evaluate a variety of situations you have experienced in the workplace. This will include identifying challenges, how you have responded and the implications for your work readiness and ongoing professional development.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Placement Performance
You will identify examples of your work on placement that demonstrate your proficiency in specific public health competencies. You will seek ongoing feedback from your placement supervisor, use the examples and your digital profile as points of discussion. Your placement supervisor will rate your demonstrated proficiency for each competency at the end of your placement.
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.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
A criminal history check and vaccinations may also be required to enable you to work in some locations.
Blue Card
A blue card is required to complete this unit. A blue card confirms that you have passed a screening of your criminal history (the Working with Children Check) and have been approved to work with children and young people. For more information on the blue card and how to apply please visit the QUT website.
Costs
There may be costs associated with:
- vaccinations and immunisations
- travel or accommodation associated with work placement
Resources
No resources needed
Risk Assessment Statement
As the assessment for the unit involves a workplace-based assignment, you should be aware of, and abide by, the health and safety requirements of the workplace. You are expected to undergo any induction or other training provided in the workplace for employees or visitors as appropriate. In addition, substantial computer-based work will be required. You should refer to the safe computer use information detailed on the Student Services website.
INSURANCE COVER: Information regarding insurance cover for students undertaking university-approved activities within Australia is available at http://www.frp.qut.edu.au/services/insurance/student_accident.jsp
Students should be aware of and comply with the QUT work integrated learning policy under QUT's Assessment Policy is at MOPP C/4.4.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.PU52 Bachelor of Public Health
- Apply public health principles and evidence to improve population health outcomes.
Relates to: ULO1, Placement Performance - Communicate with professional, non-professional and community audiences about public health using diverse technologies.
Relates to: ULO3, Reflective presentation, Placement Performance - Apply culturally safe and inclusive approaches to work with diverse individuals, groups and communities, including Indigenous Australians.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Reflective presentation, Placement Performance