HSH755 - Postgraduate Health Practicum
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Emily Denniss Trimester 3: Patricia Taylor |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in H616, H704, H709, H714, H756, H757, H759, H771, M703 |
| Prerequisite: | Completion of six (6) Hxx7xx units before commencing the practicum. |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | On-campus: |
| In-person attendance requirements: | 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 |
| 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. |
Note: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 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
HSH755 Postgraduate Health Practicum provides students with the opportunity to undertake an authentic experience of postgraduate-level work, to develop knowledge, generic skills and graduate attributes that enhance future employment. Students will complete a practicum in an area of public health, health promotion, health economics, disability and inclusion and/or health and human services management.
The practicum, through the FreelancingHUB or in a host organisation, will comprise of 120 placement hours and completion of unit assessments.
Support for the unit is provided through the Unit Chair, Unit site and email. The unit site is used for the delivery of Unit resources; academic assessment and feedback; and administrative purposes, including communication with enrolled students.
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 professional knowledge, capabilities and personal attributes required for performing work in a health-discipline related role. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Liaise with stakeholders to contribute, negotiate, inform and persuade in the professional sector. Seek and use feedback to identify and improve workplace communication skills. | GLO2: Communication |
| ULO3 | Apply a reflective practice approach to the work placement experience for developing self-awareness, career management and lifelong learning skills. Apply critical thinking to deconstruct problems and provide solutions through social, cultural, political, economic and/or global contexts. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Develop a professional online identity and identify professional associations and networks that could enhance your future career. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
Assessment
Trimester 2 and Trimester 3:| 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 1B: Report: 1000 words 1C: Report: 1000 words | Pass/Fail |
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| Assessment 2: Work Portfolio plus brief resume and digital profile | 3000 words equivalent | Pass/Fail |
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| Assessment 3: Agency/supervisor reports 3A and 3B | N/A | 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 HSH755 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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