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
This unit is the second of three interprofessional units in the program, and builds on knowledge and skills related to public health, social determinants of health, ICF, biopsychosocial practice, client-centred care, client safety and quality, and interprofessional collaborative practice. You will develop the necessary knowledge, skills, and professional attributes to communicate and collaborate effectively in complex and/or challenging situations or in response to diversity through consideration of access and equity in health care experiences and service delivery. Principles of ethical, evidence-based, and reflective practice, as well as other shared practice frameworks, are applied to professional practice across the lifespan. Principles of coaching, behaviour change, efficacy, empowerment, self-management, and education are introduced and applied in response to case scenarios. Contemporary funding sources and service delivery models are explored, analysing the impacts of local, national and international government and World Health Organisation policies on allied health professional practice.
Summary
| Unit name | Developing as Allied Health Collaborators |
| Unit code | CXA746 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| College/School | Health School of Health Sciences |
| Discipline | Health Sciences |
| Coordinator | Doctor Jade Cartwright |
| Delivered By | University of Tasmania |
| Level | Postgraduate |
Availability
Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August
Learning Outcomes
- Communicate and collaborate effectively in complex situations or in response to diversity, social determinants of health, health inequities and outcomes.
- Apply principles of ethical and evidence-based practice in allied health professional practice across the lifespan.
- Apply clinical reasoning, reflection, and practice frameworks, including the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health with a lifespan focus.
- Critique how public health priority issues are addressed by health policy from local, national and international perspectives.
- Identify the need for advocacy and/or innovation in allied health practice environments in response to governmental policy and funding models, inequity, and the needs of vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals and/or communities.
Fee Information
2027 fee information will be available in August.
Requisites
Prerequisites
CXA705 Becoming an Allied Health ProfessionalTeaching
| Teaching Pattern | Independent learning Mylo 10 hrs x weekly; Individual study 1 hour x 10 times; workshop on campus 4 hrs x 2 times; workshop on line 1 hr x 10 times; work integrated learning 7.5 hrs x 5 times. |
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| Assessment | Self-Assessment of Professional Development (20%)|Coaching Role Play (30%)|Interprofessional Collaboration Workbook (50%) |
| 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. |
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