Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour | ||
| Gold Coast |
Unit description
Explores issues of leadership, management and professional development to facilitate the transition from student to competent beginning practitioner.
Unit content
- Awareness of relevant professional bodies (such as Occupational Therapy Australia, Australasian Podiatry Council, Speech Pathology Australia, SARRAH (Services for Australian Rural & Remote Allied Health)
- National Registration or relevant professional body regulations and requirements
- Ongoing CPD requirements following graduation and post-graduate education opportunities
- Mentoring and other supports
- Working as a sole therapist/clinician
- Writing a curriculum vitae and/or resume, interviewing skills and addressing selection criteria
- Presentations from potential employers/recruiters, regulators and/or employment support services
- Other professionally relevant topics identified by students
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.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | outline a range of professional issues that newly graduated professionals may encounter in their discipline |
| 2 | critically evaluate the influence that personal, professional and external contextual factors may have on professional practice |
| 3 | demonstrate effective job seeking and interviewing skills |
| 4 | reflect on personal professional development needs and conceptualise strategies for on-going learning, support and mentoring following graduation |
| 5 | demonstrate clinical competence within a discipline |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- outline a range of professional issues that newly graduated professionals may encounter in their discipline
- critically evaluate the influence that personal, professional and external contextual factors may have on professional practice
- demonstrate effective job seeking and interviewing skills
- reflect on personal professional development needs and conceptualise strategies for on-going learning, support and mentoring following graduation
- demonstrate clinical competence within a discipline
Prescribed Learning Resources
- No prescribed texts.
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Structured online learning 30 hours (Across session) |
| Workshop 6 hours (Week 13) |
| Assessment | |
| Report | 40% |
| Short written response | 10% |
| Exam: viva | 50% |
| Teaching method |
| Structured online learning 30 hours (Across session) |
| Workshop 6 hours (Week 13) |
| Assessment | |
| Report | 40% |
| Short written response | 10% |
| Exam: viva | 50% |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
For information regarding Student Contribution Amounts please visit the Student Contribution Amounts.
Fee paying courses
For postgraduate or undergraduate full fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees
International
Please check the international course and fee list to determine the relevant fees.