HSH303 - Health Practicum
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Emily Denniss Trimester 2: Patricia Taylor Trimester 3: Patricia Taylor |
| Cohort rule: | Students must be enrolled in a course within the Faculty of Health, D388 or D381 |
| Prerequisite: | For H313/D388/D381: one unit in HSH201 or HSH323 For any Faculty of Health course H3%: must have passed 16 credit points |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | HSH322 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1x 3 hour on-campus seminar in week 1 (attendance required as part of hurdle requirement and for completion of AT1) Professional experience (placement) X 120 hours across the trimester In order to complete AT1A and to complete the hurdle requirement for this unit students must attend seminar 1 for the unit. Attendance at an alternative Week 1 seminar may be possible with evidence of inability to attend the scheduled seminar. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1x 3 hour online seminar in week 1 (attendance required as part of hurdle requirement and for completion of AT1) Professional experience (placement) X 120 hours across the trimester |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Note:*Community Based Delivery (CBD) is for National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute students only. Important Enrolment Information Once enrolled, please ensure that you check your Deakin student email account regularly in the weeks leading-up to trimester for important information related to preparing for the unit and securing your placement. Police Check and Working with Children Check Prior to commencing a placement, students working in an external host organisation are required to obtain a police check. The Faculty of Health utilise an online service called 'Fit2Work'. Domestic Student International Student For full details, please visit the unit site when it becomes available. Some organisations may also require students to obtain a Working with Children check if they will be working directly with children or families whilst on placement. If a Working with Children check is required students will need to source this via the Victorian Government Working with Children Check site. | |
Content
This unit aims to provide students with an authentic experience in a health-discipline related role.
Students are required to undertake a minimum of 120 hours of work experience in a health-related agency. In addition to developing a practical understanding of their field of study, this experience will help students further develop the professional and personal skills required to work in their sector.
This unit includes a pre-placement seminar and a post- placement seminar. Support for students is provided through the unit site, which includes resources and assessment information.
Students enrolled in this unit are ambassadors for their courses as well as for Deakin University. The highest standards of professional and personal conduct are expected at all times. Students need to achieve a pass in each of the assessment tasks to successfully pass the Unit. Once this is achieved the student will be awarded an ungraded PASS for the Unit.
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 | Apply the principles, competencies, and strategies relevant to your health discipline in a professional workplace setting. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Identify and apply the professional and personal attributes required to work in your field of study. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Establish, monitor, and evaluate a negotiated set of organisational, placement, project-specific, and personal learning goals. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Critically reflect on your work placement and future career aspirations. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
Assessment
Trimester 1 and Trimester 2:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Placement preparation and Reflective Practice Report (1A,1B and 1C) | 1A: Practical assessment during seminar activities Report 1B: 1000 words Report 1C: 1000 words | Pass/Fail |
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| Assessment 2: Work Portfolio | 2000 word equivalent | Pass/Fail |
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| Assessment 3: Agency/supervisor Report | Achieves satisfactory supervisor report | Pass/Fail |
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This unit is an ungraded pass/ungraded fail only. All assessments must be passed in order for the unit to be passed.
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.
Hurdle requirement
- Students need to achieve a pass in each component of each assessment task to successfully pass the unit. This includes attending the Week 1 seminar in order to complete AT1A.
*NOTE: Re-submission of assessment tasks may be possible if a passing grade is not achieved in the first attempt. Attendance at an alternative Week 1 seminar may be possible with evidence of inability to attend the scheduled seminar.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for HSH303 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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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