Unit description
Enables allied health students to engage with and contribute (within an inter-professional practice context) to the assessment, differential diagnostic and recommendation process for adult and child clients. Students learn to draw on profession specific skills to deal with a variety of health issues and problems.
Unit content
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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1 | Engage in processes that contribute to a thorough investigation of a client's condition. | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
2 | Demonstrate an ability to provide informational and affective counselling and be responsive to clients' and significant others' needs and concerns. | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
3 | Analyse, integrate and interpret clinical data. | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
4 | Use current literature and inter-professional consultation to further inform clinical decisions around differential diagnosis and recommendations. | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
5 | Discuss, findings pertaining to appraisals with clients; present professionally written reports regarding outcomes of assessments and determine intervention alternatives that take into account unique needs and contexts. | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | |||||
6 | Engage in aspects of inter-professional learning and practice. | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | Communication and social skills | ||||
7 | Demonstrate advanced problem solving, communication and presentation skills. | Communication and social skills |
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
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Commencing 2014 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 2
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