Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit convenor
Verity Pacey
Academic mentor
Cliffton Chan
Academic mentor
Jennifer Armstrong
Academic mentor
Michael Doumit
Clinical Coordinator
Tim Foulcher
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(PHTY808 or PHTY8200) and (PHTY809 or PHTY8201) and (PHTY810 or PHTY8202) and (PHTY811 or PHTY8203)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
The unit will focus on addressing patient-centred care in the context of complex health systems whilst considering the translation of evidence into clinical practice. You will explore the interaction of systems, people and services in the development and delivery of high quality and safe healthcare, and develop knowledge of the governance of healthcare and the skills to evaluate and enhance healthcare. This will extend your research skills to identify issues relevant to, and pose potential solutions for, contemporary physiotherapy practice. An integrated clinical component is incorporated within the unit allowing you an opportunity to apply your knowledge and skills to real world scenarios. |
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
All final grades are determined by a grading committee, in accordance with the Macquarie University Assessment Policy, and are not the sole responsibility of the Unit Convenor. Students will be awarded a final grade, which corresponds to the grade descriptors specified in the Assessment Procedure (clause 128). The final grade awarded is not necessarily a summation of the individual assessment components.
To pass this unit, students must demonstrate sufficient evidence of achievement of the learning outcomes, meet any ungraded requirements including professionalism, and achieve a final mark of 50 or better.
Grading of Assessments
You will receive a grade for each assessment within this unit. The grades awarded will reflect a holistic evaluation of the work against the criteria outlined within the corresponding assessment rubric. Numerical marks will be calculated for each assessment based on the following percentages, and rounded to the nearest full mark:
Extensions for Assessment Tasks
Applications for assessment task extensions may be considered for short-term, unexpected, serious, and unavoidable circumstances affecting assessment. Applications must be submitted via www.ask.mq.edu.au . For further details please refer to the Special Considerations Policy available at https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration
Late Submission of Work
All assignments which are officially received after the due date, and where no extension has been granted by the Unit Convenor, may incur a deduction of 10% of the overall assessment weighting for the first day, and 10% for each subsequent day, including the actual day on which the work is received. Assessments received 5 days or more beyond the due date, without an approved extension, will be awarded a maximum of 50% of the overall assessment marks. Weekends and public holidays are included. For example:
Due Date |
Received |
Days Late |
Deduction |
Raw Mark |
Final Mark |
Friday, 14th |
Monday, 17th |
3 |
30% |
75% |
45% |
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Quality Evaluation Report | 30% | No | 9am Monday April 4th |
Quality Improvement Plan | 50% | No | 9am Monday May 30th |
Oral presentation | 20% | No | 9am Tuesday 21st June |
Placement log book | 0% | Yes | 9am Wednesday June 1st |
Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: 9am Monday April 4th
Weighting: 30%
You will be required to analyse a clinical scenario related to physiotherapy practice against relevant domain/s of healthcare quality, presenting and justifying your conclusions. The report will include an annotated bibliography.
Assessment Type 1: Practice-based task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: 9am Monday May 30th
Weighting: 50%
You will present a detailed written plan for a quality improvement project associated with your experiences on your workplace or sports placement
Assessment Type 1: Presentation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: 9am Tuesday 21st June
Weighting: 20%
You will provide a brief oral presentation of a quality improvement project plan associated with your experiences on your workplace or sports placement.
Assessment Type 1: Log book
Indicative Time on Task 2: 2 hours
Due: 9am Wednesday June 1st
Weighting: 0%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
You will submit a logbook briefly describing your experiences and hours accrued during placements.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Assumed knowledge
This unit builds and integrates material from previous semesters, particularly clinical placements and evidence-based healthcare.
Learning and teaching strategy
This unit encompasses an active learning approach where you will be expected to purposefully engage in enhancing your own learning experience. Online modules will provide content and also incorporate interactive activities such as quizzes and forums. Online module content will be further built upon in tutorials. The teaching approach will be based on you developing a deep understanding of the principles and the ability to independently think critically and solve problems, with additional support through academic mentorship. The face-to-face teaching time within this unit is less than within previous units, with an expectation that you will engage more independently in your learning as well as integrating learning from the clinical experiences undertaken as part of this unit.
Unit organisation
This is a ten credit point unit run over the session. Within this session there will be approximately 14 hours of online content for you to work through independently, including preparatory activities for your tutorials. There is a 2 hr tutorial in Week 3 and Week 8, and 2 hours of academic mentorship available to support understanding of content and application to assessments. Furthermore, there are 70 hours of integrated clinical experiences in sports and workplace settings, with these experiences being imperative to the understanding of systems complexity. Further information is available in iLearn.
Attendance
In the Faculty of Medicine, Health & Human Sciences professionalism is a key capability embedded in all our programs. As part of developing professionalism, Faculty of Medicine, Health & Human Sciences students are expected to attend all small group interactive sessions including tutorials, clinical and laboratory practical sessions.
All tutorials are scheduled in your individual timetable. The timetable for classes can be found on the University web site at: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/. You may make a request to your tutor to attend a different tutorial on a one-off basis for extenuating circumstances. You will also be able to select an appropriate time for your academic mentorship sessions from multiple times available in Week 9 and Week 12.
Failure to attend any learning and teaching activities, including tutorials and academic mentorship sessions, may impact your final results. It is your responsibility to contact the unit convenors by email to inform tutors if you are going to be absent.
Unit materials and readings
There is no compulsory textbook for this unit. Resources enhancing the content of this unit will be referred to throughout the unit and will come from a range of sources, including government reports, journal articles, and multimedia sources. Specific information will be provided on the unit iLearn site.
Technology and equipment
On-campus
Teaching rooms are equipped with state of art audio-visual and ICT equipment including iPads, internet connection, high quality video cameras and multiple LCD screens.
Off-campus
To study optimally when off campus you will need to have access to a reliable internet connection to retrieve unit information & at times to submit assessment tasks via iLearn.
Consultation with staff
All staff will be available for individual consultation. See iLearn for contact details.
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://policies.mq.edu.au). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Students seeking more policy resources can visit Student Policies (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/policies). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.
To find other policies relating to Teaching and Learning, visit Policy Central (https://policies.mq.edu.au) and use the search tool.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/admin/other-resources/student-conduct
Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au
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The length of assessment task 1 (quality evaluation report) has been reduced in response to both staff and student feedback.
Date | Description |
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07/02/2022 | Update to reflect current assessment policy |
Unit information based on version 2022.03 of the Handbook