Courses & Units
Speech Pathology Practice 4 CXA730
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
Speech Pathology Practice 4 consolidates students’ core knowledge, integration and application of concepts and skills developed in Stages 1 to 3 and in CXA713 and CXA722 units. Students will integrate and apply their understanding and skills in workshops in the residential schools and as they work in supervised practice in either a paediatric, adult or mixed practice context. Throughout the learning activities and the practice education placement, students will focus on person and family-centredness, biopsychosocial models of practice, clinical reasoning, self-reflection, critical thinking, cultural responsiveness, and evidence-based practice. Students will develop a range of communication and swallowing assessment and management skills across the lifespan with both individuals and communities. During practice education experiences, students in Stage 4 will receive decreasing levels of support and guidance from their Practice Educator and/or peers and will be independently managing speech pathology client or community needs unless they are new or have a number of elements of complexity.
Summary
| Unit name | Speech Pathology Practice 4 |
|---|---|
| Unit code | CXA730 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| College/School | College of Health and Medicine School of Health Sciences |
| Discipline | Health Sciences |
| Coordinator | Associate Professor Alison Holm |
| Delivered By | University of Tasmania |
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Learning Outcomes
- Plan, deliver, manage and evaluate ethical, evidence-based, person-centred and responsive practice to optimise communication and swallowing for individuals and communities across the lifespan as required for entry to the speech pathology profession.
- Achieve respectful partnerships and collaboration using high standards of communication to promote and optimise communication and swallowing for individuals and communities across the lifespan.
- Critically reflect and evaluate own performance and learning to inform ongoing professional development and life-long learning.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| not applicable |
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.
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Requisites
Prerequisites
CXA729 Speech Pathology Practice 3Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | Workshop: On campus – 12 hours (2 days), Semester 2 times; Workshop: Online - 1.5 hour, Weekly (5 times); Online other class – 1 hour, Semester 5 times; Independent learning/Individual Study: 2 hours, Semester 8 times; Clinical Practice – 2 x 4-week block placements |
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| Assessment | Assessment Task 1. Speech pathology simulations across the lifespan|Assessment task 2: Assessment of Speech Pathology Practice (penultimate placement)|Assessment task 3: Assessment of Speech Pathology Practice (final placement)|Assessment task 4: My Practice Standards Portfolio and Reflection assignment|Assessment task 5: Holistic speech pathology practice viva |
| 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. |
Links | Booktopia textbook finder |
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