Courses & Units

Medical Laboratory Placement 2 CXA425

Professional Experience Placement (PEP)

Students will be allocated PEP within individual health care agencies. Students must be available 5 days a week (40 hours) during the allocated PEP, and must be prepared to undertake a range of shifts – morning, evening and nightshift, which may include weekends, as per roster provided by the healthcare agency. Students may be expected to relocate and are expected to travel to where PEP is available. To be eligible to undertake PEP, all students must be ‘Verified’ as meeting College of Health and Medicine PEP Safety in Practice Compliance as per the Course Entry Requirements.

Students who cannot or do not comply with these requirements will not be allocated PEP and therefore will not be able to complete this unit.

PEP dates MAY differ from University of Tasmania calendar semester dates.

Introduction

Medical Laboratory Placement 1 & 2 (CXA412, CXA425) are two of three professional experience placement units (PEP) undertaken off campus in diagnostic pathology laboratories accredited by the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA), or equivalent. Students experience core and specialised areas within a modern diagnostic pathology laboratory and develop an holistic view of the role of the diagnostic pathology laboratory in the health-care industry. They further develop practical laboratory skills and learning (by observing and performing) and apply three years of undergraduate theory (university learning) to professional practice. Students are subject to the rules and regulations of the host laboratory and supervised by laboratory staff.
CXA412 comprises 4 weeks of PEP and CXA425 comprises 12 weeks of PEP.
These units, along with CXA401 (Medical Laboratory Practice) comprise a full semester unit weighting. Organise yourself for the comparable assessment workload of a 4th year semester, fitted in around full time attendance at your hosting laboratory. It is up to you to negotiate time away from the bench to work on assignments when necessary – up to ½ day per week or the equivalent.

Summary

Unit name	Medical Laboratory Placement 2
Unit code	CXA425
Credit points	25
College/School	College of Health and Medicine School of Health Sciences
Discipline	Health Sciences
Coordinator	Mr Sam Brake
Delivered By	University of Tasmania

Availability

Location	Study period		Available to
Online	Semester 1	Off-Campus	International	Domestic
Online	Semester 2	Off-Campus	International	Domestic
Online	Summer school (early)	Off-Campus	International	Domestic

Key

: On-campus
: Off-Campus
: International students
: Domestic students

Note

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Key Dates

Study Period	Start date	Census date	WW date	End date
Semester 1	20/2/2023	21/3/2023	10/4/2023	28/5/2023
Summer school (early)	7/11/2022	1/1/2023	2/1/2023	19/2/2023
Semester 2	10/7/2023	8/8/2023	28/8/2023	15/10/2023

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).

Unit census dates currently displaying for 2023 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2023 will be available from the 1st October 2022. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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Learning Outcomes

Engage professionally with the laboratory staff and equipment.
Analyse workplace procedures and protocols and evaluate the clinical and diagnostic significance at an advanced level .
Reflect upon the effect of your work placement on your personal and professional presumptions and attitudes at an advanced level.

Fee Information

Field of Education	Commencing Student Contribution ^1,3	Grandfathered Student Contribution ^1,3	Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution ^2,3	Domestic Full Fee ⁴
019901	$2,075.00	$2,075.00	not applicable	$4,944.00

¹ Please refer to more information on student contribution amounts.
² Please refer to more information on eligibility and Approved Pathway courses.
³ Please refer to more information on eligibility for HECS-HELP.
⁴ Please refer to more information on eligibility for FEE-HELP.

If you have any questions in relation to the fees, please contact UConnect or more information is available on StudyAssist.

Please note: international students should refer to What is an indicative Fee? to get an indicative course cost.

Requisites

Prerequisites

CXA315, CXA300 and two pairs of units from (CXA332 and CXA333) or (CXA342 and CXA343) or (CXA352 and CXA353).

Co-requisites

CXA401 and CXA412

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	External: normally in a category 1 NATA-Registered Pathology Laboratory or international equivalent. Students are supervised and assessed by laboratory staff. CXA425 comprises 12 weeks of PEP.
Assessment	Discussion Posts – pre & post-placement (5%)\|Student Journal – Critical Incident Analysis reviews (15%)\|Laboratory supervisor assessment (40%)\|Student Journal – weekly entries (40%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable \| View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes.
Recommended	Lecture, tutorial and practical notes and texts previously used during the professional units of the course: Haematology 1 & 2, Transfusion Science, Clinical Chemistry 1 & 2, Endocrinology, General & Medical Microbiology, Microbiology A & B, Histopathology
Links	Booktopia textbook finder

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