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2024 unit offering information will be available in November 2023

Unit description

Provides support for students seeking to develop a professional portfolio that provides tangible evidence of a high level of professional learning and practice achieved against established professional standards. Students will plan and implement appropriate strategies for collecting, selecting, documenting and reflecting on evidence of professional learning and practice.

Unit content

  • Critical reflection on professional practice
  • Standards of professional practice
  • Quality evidence of professional practice and learning
  • Professional portfolios

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:
1reflect critically on own professional practice and learning
2critically appraise the role of professional standards or competencies in informing professional practice and ongoing professional learning in health, social and community services
3plan appropriate strategies to collect, select and critique evidence for inclusion in a professional portfolio within health, social and community setting

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. reflect critically on own professional practice and learning
  2. critically appraise the role of professional standards or competencies in informing professional practice and ongoing professional learning in health, social and community services
  3. plan appropriate strategies to collect, select and critique evidence for inclusion in a professional portfolio within health, social and community setting

Teaching and assessment

Notice

Intensive offerings may or may not be scheduled in every teaching period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Southern Cross University employs different teaching methods within units to provide students with the flexibility to choose the mode of learning that best suits them. SCU academics strive to use the latest approaches and, as a result, the learning modes and materials may change. The most current information regarding a unit will be provided to enrolled students at the beginning of the teaching period.

Fee information

Domestic

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