Description This unit involves a 140hr work-integrated placement conducted at a health setting. Online public health students will have the option of completing an online project placement with a health organisation. Online health promotion and recreational therapy students will have placements arranged for them within a reasonable distance from their place of residence.
School Health Sciences
Discipline Medical Studies, Not Elsewhere Classified.
Student Contribution Band HECS Band 3 10cp
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Level Undergraduate Level 3 subject
Restrictions Students must be enrolled in 4656 Bachelor Health Science in either the MT4003 Public Health, MT4001 Health Promotion or MT4002 Health Services Management testamur major and have completed 160cp.
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
Demonstrate a capacity for critical self-assessment regarding professional competence, social and professional responsibility and ethical conduct
Identify the elements of best practice from a health policy, process or program perspective using a range of evidence-based sources and discuss how these elements can be applied to contemporary health practice
Evaluate a current policy, process or program within an organisational setting, using a range of techniques for measurement and evaluation
Develop recommendations for a policy, process or program within an organisational setting
Collate information, write relevant reports and disseminate information to stakeholders and peers
Collaborate professionally and effectively as part of a work team to achieve a shared goal
1.Health competencies and professional behaviour
2.Models of self-reflection
3.Managing the supervisory relationship
4.What is best practice
5.Case studies of best practice and innovation
6.Applying best practice to contemporary health practice.
7.Developing best practice interventions
8.Evaluating best practice interventions
9.Develop future recommendations for interventions
Legislative pre-requisites
Special Requirements - NSW Health Legislative Prerequisites
Student Compliance Information for all Health-Related Placements
Prior to enrolling in this subject, students must have submitted a Student Undertaking Form and undertake to apply for a National Police Check, which is required to be submitted before placement, and a Working with Children Check Student Declaration. Use the link to the Special Requirements webpage below for more information.
To be eligible to enrol in this subject and complete any required health-related placements or experiences, students must meet Western Sydney University program requirements as well as any special, legislated, or policy-mandated requirements.
Western Program Requirements
Visit the Special Requirements webpage for details about your program.
Mandatory NSW Health student placement policy requirements
To be able to undertake placement in any NSW Health facility you must be assessed as compliant with NSW Health student placement policy in the first year of your program, regardless of when you expect to go on your first placement. Access and read the NSW Student Compliance Information Booklet.
The following table summarises the standard assessment tasks for this subject. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated, where there is a difference your Learning Guide takes precedence.
Item
Length
Percent
Threshold
Individual/Group Task
1a -Presentation (15%) and 1b –Report (40%)
1a - 5 minutes and 1b - 1500 words
55
N
Individual
Professional Task
15 minutes
30
N
Individual
Reflection
500 words
15
N
Individual
Professional Placement Portfolio
140 hours and as per logbook template requirements
