Integrated Speech Pathology Practice unit (CXA766)

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. 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. You will demonstrate your research skills in preparing a research proposal to apply for grant funding. 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	CXA766
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

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Key Dates

Study Period	Start date	Census date	WW date	End date
Semester 1	21/2/2027	15/3/2027	18/4/2027	12/6/2027

* 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 2027 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2027 will be available from the 1st October 2026. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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Learning Outcomes

• 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 professional communication, advocacy, leadership, research skills, and cultural responsiveness to evaluate quality and safety of service responses and professional development needs.
• Formulate research questions and testable hypotheses that meet a clinical need by applying appropriate research methods, ethical considerations, and reporting requirements in a research proposal.

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Prerequisites

CXA763 Optimising Swallowing, Feeding and Voice|CXA764 Optimising Cognition and Lifelong Disability

Concurrent Prerequisites

CXA713 Transitioning to Community-Based Allied Health Practice|CXA767 Speech Pathology Practice 4

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	Webinar (1hr x 11 times), Independent Learning (9hrs x 11 times), Workshop (5hrs x 4 times)
Assessment	Simulation Assessment Practical – Crucial Conversations|Simulation Assessment Written – Crucial Conversations (20%)|Integrated Practice Management: Scope of Practice (30%)|Research Grant Proposal (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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