Unit of Study SPCH1004 Work Integrated Learning in Speech Pathology 1 (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

Yes

Pre-requisites

SPCH1003 - Foundations of Speech Pathology Practice AND SPCH2013 - Intervention for Child Speech and Language

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 participate in 96hrs of work integrated learning for up to 12 weeks to demonstrate, with a high level of support, competence in assessment of, and intervention for, paediatric clients presenting with communication concerns. Students apply clinical reasoning, professional and interdisciplinary skills to a range of client presentations from diverse service delivery and care settings.

Unit content

Preparing for placement
Clinical education for the novice level clinician
Working with populations with a hearing loss
Culturally responsive assessment and intervention
Planning and implementation of speech pathology practice
Working in diverse contexts and telehealth in speech pathology practice

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Coffs Harbour	Tri Term2	Tri Term2
Gold Coast	Tri Term2	Tri Term2

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:

apply clinical reasoning, cultural responsivity, profession specific and interdisciplinary skills to a range of client presentations from diverse service delivery and care settings

recognise personal and professional abilities and limitations when working with diverse communities

demonstrate professional and clinical competence, with a high level of support, working with clients in a work integrated learning environment

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour

Laboratory 6 hours (Week 3)

Placement 8 hours (12 weeks)

Assessment
Clinical skills	40%
Placement	SR
Case study	60%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour

Laboratory 6 hours (Week 3)

Placement 8 hours (12 weeks)

Assessment
Clinical skills	40%
Placement	SR
Case study	60%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

Hyter, YD & Salas-Provance, M, 2018, Culturally-responsive practices in speech, language and hearing sciences, Plural Publishing..
Roth, FP & Worthington, CK, 2023, Treatment resource manual for speech-language pathology, 7th edn, Cengage Learning.
Shipley, KG & McAfee, JG, 2023, Assessment in speech-language pathology: a resource manual, 7th edn, Cengage Learning.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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