Unit of Study BIOL3002 Professional Experience in the Biomedical Setting (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

Yes

Pre-requisites

Have completed 168 credit points in 3007312 - Bachelor of Biomedical Science OR 3007322 - Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science including: BIOL2008 - Haematology I OR BIOL2004 - Haematology;
Co-requisites

BIOL2006 - Clinical Biochemistry

Enrolment information

This unit contains Work Integrated Learning (WIL) that requires students to meet mandatory fit to practice obligations prior to attending. Failure to comply by the fit to practice deadline will result in the cancellation of your WIL and you will not be permitted to continue in this unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/health/work-integrated-learning.

Unit description

Students will consolidate their capabilities in preparation to enter the health workforce with the knowledge and skills to apply for and obtain graduate-level roles. Strengthens students’ skills in evidence-based practice and working in collaboration with others to enhance learning and provide coordinated, person-centred, evidence-based, and ethical healthcare. Provides students with the opportunity to integrate university studies with experience of professional practice in a biomedical setting. Students will practise and extend knowledge and skills to an applied area of biomedical science – education, pathology or research.

Unit content

Careers – The recruitment process and securing a job
Evidence-based practice in healthcare
Reflective practice, self-care, and emotional intelligence
Introduction to transfusion science in the workplace
Laboratory skills revision

Placement 140 hours

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Dual Term4	Dual Term4

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:

construct a professional employment strategy

exemplify discipline knowledge and communication, evidence-based practice, and laboratory skills in a professional biomedical setting

apply the principles of evidence-based practice in a biomedical setting

critically reflect on your own learning as a scholar and the process for preparing to be a health professional in the biomedical setting

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly for 3 weeks)

Laboratory 18 hours (Over 2 weeks)

Placement 140 hours (Over placement period)

Assessment
Portfolio	50%
Portfolio	40%
Curriculum Vitae	10%
Placement	SR

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Fee information

Domestic

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