Integrated Speech Pathology Practice unit (CXA744)

Launceston

Introduction

This capstone unit consolidates your clinical reasoning and requires you to integrate and apply the knowledge, skills, and professional attributes developed throughout the course. In this unit, you prepare to enter the speech pathology profession and respond to individual, family, and community level needs in complex and changing practice contexts. Two speech pathology practice areas, disability and fluency, are a specific focus of the unit. The unit adopts a case-based and lifespan focus to cases with co-existing and multi-faceted communication and/or swallowing needs. You will integrate the advocacy, leadership, research, and cultural responsiveness skills you have previously developed in the course, with competent evidence-based and client-centred clinical reasoning. You will apply different approaches to ethical reasoning (e.g. ethics of care, narrative approach, casuistry) to support quality and safety management. Through the application of these professional frameworks and skills to complex case management, you will demonstrate integrated speech pathology professional competencies appropriate for entry to the profession.

Summary

Unit name	Integrated Speech Pathology Practice
Unit code	CXA744
Credit points	12.5
College/School	Health School of Health Sciences
Discipline	Health Sciences
Coordinator	Doctor Samuel Calder
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Postgraduate

Availability

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Launceston	Semester 1

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Key Dates

Study Period	Start date	Census date	WW date	End date
Semester 1	22/2/2026	16/3/2026	19/4/2026	13/6/2026

* 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 2026 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2026 will be available from the 1st October 2025. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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Learning Outcomes

• Integrate holistic case data and professional context with theory, evidence, and practice frameworks to respond to complex and multi-faceted communication and swallowing needs of individuals and/or communities.
• Justify holistic, evidence-based, and culturally responsive management or service response plans to optimise communication and/or swallowing where there is complexity and co-existing needs.
• Apply ethical decision-making frameworks to professional practice scenarios, and justify responses to ethical situations.
• Demonstrate advocacy, leadership, research skills, and cultural responsiveness to evaluate quality and safety of service responses and professional development needs.

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
061707	$1,192.00	$1,192.00	not applicable	$2,919.00

• Available as a Commonwealth Supported Place
• HECS-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility³
• FEE-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility⁴

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

CXA735 Optimising Communication and Swallowing 2 AND CXA729 Speech Pathology Practice 3

Concurrent Prerequisites

CXA745 Speech Pathology Practice 4 AND CXA713 Transitioning to Community-Based Allied Health Practice

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	Lecture Online (2hrs x 9 times), Workshop (17hrs x 2 times), Independent learning (10hrs x 9 times)
Assessment	Integrated practice management: Disability (30%)|Integrated practice management: Fluency (30%)|Integrated practice management: Scope of practice (40%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Please refer to your reading list for required readings. You will be directed to the recommended readings as you work through each topic in Mylo.
Recommended	Please refer to your reading list for recommended readings. You will be directed to the recommended readings as you work through each topic in Mylo.

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