HBS345 - Collaborative Practice in Healthcare
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Sherryn Evans |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in H326, H330, H355 |
| Prerequisite: | One of HNN122, HNN124, HSO208, or HSW313 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 3 x 1.5 hour online seminars across trimester. Dates to be advised at the start of the trimester. |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
HBS345 is an online unit involving students from Nursing, Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Optometry, Medical Imaging and Medicine.
In this unit, students are allocated in to interprofessional student teams. In these teams, they develop care plans for complex cases by participating in Zoom case conferences and by ongoing online-based discussion to finalise the care plans.
Students also explore the key competency domains of collaborative practice such as role clarification, team functioning, collaborative leadership, interprofessional conflict resolution, interprofessional communication and patient-centred care, along with how their personality style impacts on their teamwork.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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| ULO1 | Explain what collaborative practice in healthcare is and describe the key competencies required for interprofessional collaboration. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Explain and value the roles, responsibilities and perspectives of the various professions in the healthcare team, including their own. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Reflect on their own attitudes, behaviours, knowledge and experiences in relation to the key competencies of collaborative practice. | GLO6: Self-management |
| ULO4 | Collaborate with others in the interprofessional team to plan patient/client/family/community-centred care/services. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Demonstrate the ability to effectively use information and communication technology to facilitate collaborative practice. | GLO3: Digital literacy |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Interprofessional team care plan development | Zoom case conferences, online discussions and finalised team care plans | 45% |
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| Assessment 2: Online multiple-choice quizzes | Multiple-choice quizzes | 15% |
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| Assessment 3: Reflective piece | 1500 words | 40% |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
Unit Fee Information
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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