HSH755 - Postgraduate Health Practicum
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
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| Important Update: | Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Last updated: 4 March 2022 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne) Cloud (online) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 3: Rebecca Patrick |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in: |
| Prerequisite: | Completion of six (6) Hxx7xx units before commencing the practicum. |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | Attendance is strongly recommended at the preparatory seminar (1 X 3 hour seminar in online or campus mode) prior to the practicum, plus 2 x 1 hour online sessions during the practicum. |
Note:Police Check and Working with Children Check Placement allocations commence three weeks prior to the start of the trimester therefore, to ensure access to all placement opportunities, students will be unable to self-enrol after this time. Students enrolling after placement allocation has occurred may have limited options therefore, to request a late enrollment, please email health-wil@deakin.edu.au for further information. | |
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 between 100 to 140 placement hours and completion of unit assessments.
There are pre-placement planning steps required prior to trimester. Thus, in order to facilitate the placement allocations, students will be required to enrol in the unit at least two weeks prior to the start of the trimester. Students enrolling after this date will have limited options therefore, to request a late enrolment, please email health-wil@deakin.edu.au for further information.
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.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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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 1:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Reflective Practice Reports 1A, 1B and 1C | Report 1A: 500 words Report 1B: 500 words Report 1C: 500 words See Unit site for guidelines for these reports | Pass/Fail |
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| Assessment 2: Work portfolio – comprising any artefacts produced for host organisation while on placement (e.g. reports, presentations, tools, other) plus a brief CV and digital profile (e.g. LinkedIn) | 3500 word equivalent | Pass/Fail |
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| Assessment 3: Agency/supervisor reports 3A and 3B | N/A | Pass/Fail |
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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.
Hurdle requirement
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 Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSH755 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.
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