| Effective Term: | 2027/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Health and Wellbeing |
| Unit Title: | Speech Pathology Clinical Practice 6 |
| Unit ID: | HEASP4063 |
| Credit Points: | 30.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (HEASP4021 and HEASP4053) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | (HEASP6033) |
| ASCED: | 061707 |
| Other Change: | |
| Brief description of the Unit |
This unit is the final of six professional practice units in the Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Hons) course that consolidates and provides direct evidence of achievement of Professional Standards required by Speech Pathology Australia for entry into the profession. Speech Pathology Australia requires that Professional Standards (2020)are achieved, demonstrated and consolidated whilst working across the population lifespan in final 4th year professional practice placements. Consequently, in this unit, students will work in a range of practice areas and with a different population than in the previous professional practice placements.During the previous five professional practice units, students have progressively increased their independence and ability to manage complexity, and skills in assessing, interpreting, diagnosing, planning and implementing interventions and services as well as evaluating professional practice. In this unit, students will engage in professional practice placements across the practice areas of communication and swallowing. Readiness to enter the profession as a speech pathologist, knowledge and attitudes are fostered throughout the unit, as students prepare for transition to the workforce. On completion of the unit, students will be expected to demonstrate advanced level competency in accordance with the Professional Standards of Practice for Speech Pathologists. Students will participate in supervised practice education based placement at an entry level competency for approximately and not less than 18 days, with flexible support from the university. |
| Grade Scheme: | Ungraded (S, UN) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | Yes - 18 days |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Evaluate achievement of domains of Professional Standards including professional conduct, reflective practice and life-long learning, and speech pathology practice to achieve entry level of professional practice |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Demonstrate practice skills in assessment; analysis and interpretation, planning, implementation and evaluation of person-centered evidence based speech pathology practices defined in the Professional Standards for Speech Pathologists in Australia to entry level of the profession |
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| S2. | Demonstrate ethical, client, family and community centered culturally responsive speech pathology practice |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Apply and transfer speech pathology knowledge, skills and attributes to both workplace learning and simulated environments |
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| Other outcomes: |
| Unit Content: |
Professional Standards for Speech Pathologist in Australia (2020), Speech Pathology Guidelines for Reporting of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Curriculum Development and Inclusions (2018), FedUni STRETCH Reconciliation Action Plan (2019-2022), National Quality and Safeguarding Framework (NQSF, 2018), National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (2017-2019) and National Aged Care Quality Standards (2019) have substantially informed the syllabus/content of this unit.
Content - Items:Topics may include:
1 Consolidation of Professional Conduct
• Provide ethical and evidence-based practice
• Comply with legislation, standards, policies and protocols
• Provide safe and quality services
• Collaborate with individuals, their supports, our colleagues and the community
• Maintain high standards of communication, information sharing and record keeping
• Consider the needs of individuals and communities in clinical decision-making and practice
• Advocate for optimal communication and swallowing
2 Consolidation of Reflective Practice and life-long learning
• Demonstrate self-awareness
• Use critical reflection to guide professional development and practice
• Plan personal development goals
• Participate in professional development
• Acquire, critique and integrate knowledge from a range of sources
• Engage in learning with colleagues, students and the community
• Contribute to the speech pathology evidence base
3 Consolidation of speech pathology practice
• Develop shared understanding of speech pathology
• Assess communication and swallowing needs
• Interpret, diagnose and report on assessments
• Plan speech pathology intervention or service response
• Implement and evaluate intervention or service response
• Support development of the profession |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | | Level | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students at this level will demonstrate an advanced ability in a range of contexts to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups. Students will be required to display high level skills in-person and/or online in: • Using and demonstrating a high level of verbal and non-verbal communication • Demonstrating a mastery of listening for meaning and influencing via active listening • Demonstrating and showing empathy for others • High order skills in negotiating and conflict resolution skills\\ • Demonstrating mastery of working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams. | Y - Present | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students at this level will demonstrate a mastery in professional skills and behaviours in leading others. • Creating and sustaining a collegial environment • Demonstrating a high level of self -awareness and the ability to self-reflect and justify decisions • Inspiring and initiating opportunities to lead others • Making informed professional decisions • Demonstrating initiative in new professional situations. | Y - Present | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students at this level will demonstrate high level skills in working in complexity and ambiguity using the imagination to create new ideas. Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically to generate and consider complex ideas and concepts at an abstract level • Analysing complex and abstract ideas, concepts and information • Communicate alternative perspectives to justify complex ideas • Demonstrate a mastery of challenging conventional thinking to clarify complex concepts • Forming creative solutions in problem solving to new situations for further learning. | Y - Present | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students at this level will demonstrate the ability to work competently across a wide range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks. Students will be required to display skills in: • Mastering, exploring, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and sharing digital information professionally • Collating, managing complex data, accessing and using digital data securely • Receiving and responding professionally to messages in a range of professional digital media • Contributing competently and professionally to digital teams and working groups • Participating at a high level in digital learning opportunities. | Y - Present | FEDTASK 5
sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students at this level will demonstrate a mastery of considering and assessing the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting professional ethical and sustainable decisions. Students will be required to display skills in: • Demonstrate informed judgment making that considers the impact of devising complex solutions in ambiguous global economic environmental and societal contexts • Professionally committing to the promulgation of social responsibility • Demonstrate the ability to evaluate ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable challenges and generating and articulating responses • Communicating lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to the diverse professional others • Generating, leading and implementing required actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life | Y - Present |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | Professional Standards |
| 1. |
K1, S1, S2, A1 |
Attendance at Practical Intensives |
100% attendance at practical intensives |
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Hurdle |
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| 2. |
K1, S1, S2, A1 |
Completion of Professional Practice Placement including: Completion of mandatory tasks an achievement on COMPASS at entry or beginning level healthcare professional. |
Practice Assessment COMPASS |
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Hurdle |
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| 3. |
K1, S1, S2, A1 |
Provides enough appropriate and accurate evidence of claimed practice development knowledge, skills and its application across the range of practice areas against Professional Standards for Speech Pathologists in Australia (2020) Reflections are a mandatory inclusion. |
Professional Practice Portfolio |
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Hurdle |
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| 4. |
K1, S1, S2, A1 |
Standardised competency-based assessment
Students will complete oral vivas and/or OSCEs to demonstrate entry-level knowledge and skills across the range of practice areas in a standardised setting/format. |
Standardised competency-based assessment
OSCE or VIVA |
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Hurdle |
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