Unit of Study SPCH3003 Critical and Creative Reasoning for Speech Pathology Practice (2024)

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Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

REHB2002 - Clinics in Multimodal Intervention: Internal AND SPCH2009 - Fluency: Theory and Practice

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.

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Not currently available in 2024

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:

create profiles of verbal and written communication and literacy by analysing and synthesising samples of data

critically and creatively analyse and interpret the nature of communication and swallowing disorders

develop recommendations based on appraisal of assessment data, integration, and hypotheses of differential diagnosis

employ and convey critical and creative reasoning pertaining to assessment and intervention across ROPAs

design and demonstrate holistic and innovative intervention plans and strategies in situations of co-occurring deficits

apply Speech Pathology Range of Practice principles to scenarios relevant to practice

evaluate and demonstrate meta-awareness of areas of competence for Speech Pathology Practice

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