Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | N/A |
Unit description
Enables application of critical and creative reasoning applicable to assessment and treatment services across various Range of Practice Areas relevant to contemporary Speech Pathology practice. Students will strengthen abilities in application, analysis, evaluation and synthesis.
Unit content
This capstone unit covers:
- Critical and creative thinking and reasoning applied to: Speech Pathology Range of Practice Principles, the Professional Framework, Ethics, all Range of Practice Areas [ROPAs], and Competency Based Occupational Standards for entry level contemporary practice
- Broadening Scope of Practice for Speech Pathologists
- Meta-awareness.
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: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | create profiles of verbal and written communication and literacy by analysing and synthesising samples of data | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 2 | critically and creatively analyse and interpret the nature of communication and swallowing disorders | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||
| 3 | develop recommendations based on appraisal of assessment data, integration, and hypotheses of differential diagnosis | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 4 | employ and convey critical and creative reasoning pertaining to assessment and intervention across ROPAs | Creativity | Communication and social skills | |||||
| 5 | design and demonstrate holistic and innovative intervention plans and strategies in situations of co-occurring deficits | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | |||||
| 6 | apply Speech Pathology Range of Practice principles to scenarios relevant to practice | Ethical practice | Cultural competence | |||||
| 7 | evaluate and demonstrate meta-awareness of areas of competence for Speech Pathology Practice | Lifelong learning | Communication and social skills | |||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- create profiles of verbal and written communication and literacy by analysing and synthesising samples of data
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- critically and creatively analyse and interpret the nature of communication and swallowing disorders
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA2: Creativity
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- develop recommendations based on appraisal of assessment data, integration, and hypotheses of differential diagnosis
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- employ and convey critical and creative reasoning pertaining to assessment and intervention across ROPAs
- GA2: Creativity
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- design and demonstrate holistic and innovative intervention plans and strategies in situations of co-occurring deficits
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA2: Creativity
- apply Speech Pathology Range of Practice principles to scenarios relevant to practice
- GA3: Ethical practice
- GA7: Cultural competence
- evaluate and demonstrate meta-awareness of areas of competence for Speech Pathology Practice
- GA5: Lifelong learning
- GA6: Communication and social skills
Prescribed texts
- Speech Pathology Australia, Ethics Education Package .
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Workshop on-site 3 hrs (9 wks) |
| Tutorial on-site 1 hr (9 wks) |
| Assessment | |
| Formative Assessment | 20% |
| Reflective writing | 30% |
| VIVA | SR |
| Seminar | 50% |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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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.