Course Title: Manage a practice
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2013
Course Code: EMPL9783C
Course Title: Manage a practice
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4318 - Certificate IV in Optical Dispensing
Course Contact: Jade Cusworth
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 8382
Course Contact Email: jade.cusworth@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Jade Cusworth
+61 3 9925 8382
jade.cusworth@rmit.edu.au
Leigh Robinson
+61 3 9925 4398
leigh.robinson@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 50
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This course competency describes the skills and knowledge required to manage a clinical health practice according to the size and scale of the busines
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTCOM503D Manage a practice |
Element: |
1. Establish the practice |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Prepare a business plan |
Element: |
2. Implement financial management procedures |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Manage the finances of the business |
Element: |
3. Implement practice management strategies |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Implement operational strategies |
Element: |
4. Implement personnel management strategies |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Implement support strategies to support staff |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
1: Attend face to face learning clusters 3A, 3B, & 3C at RMIT University
2: Read topic one in the HLTCOM503D Learner Guide. Upon completion of topic one complete the self-assessment checklist from the learner guide. Once you have done this progress to the next topic and continue until all topics are completed.
3: Once you have read all of the topics and completed the self-assessments you are ready to do the online self-assessment. Please note that this is not an assessment task. The self-assessment will check your level of understanding of the unit and provide you with some feedback.
4: Refer to the Learning and Assessment Guide (LAG) item 16. Familiarise yourself with the content.
Teaching Schedule
Attend Cluster 3A, 3B & 3C. Dates for your group will be posted on blackboard.
Topic 1: Establish the practice
Topic 2: Implement financial management procedures
Topic 3: Implement practice management strategies
Topic 4: Implement personnel management strategies
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
1. Learner guide HLTCOM503D
2. Learning and Assessment Guide – Year 2
3. Additional learning materials available through the Learning Hub
4. RMIT Library (www.rmit.edu.au/library)
Overview of Assessment
Assessment may consist of examinations, quizzes, practical demonstration, work based assessment or simulation, assignments and submission of your learning and assessment guide (workplace evidence portfolio).
Assessment Tasks
Before attempting any of the assessment tasks below, ensure that you agree with all self-assessment checklists in the learner guide and that you have completed the online self-assessment quiz.
1. Complete the online test titled HLTCOM503D. This test consists of completing a series of 10 online questions. These questions may consist of true or false, multiple choice or short answer questions. In order to pass you need to answer seven or more correct (7 out of 10).
2. Refer to your learning and assessment guide (LAG) and carefully read and complete item 16. An RMIT University assessor will assess you on LAG item 16 during a work-based visit and during your compulsory cluster attendance in year two. In addition your assessor will include a range of verbal questions to ask during these assessments. An RMIT University assessor will talk to your employer to discuss your progress and development of workplace skills.
3. At the end of the semester you will be required to complete an assignment that will consist of short answer questions, workplace tasks, and reflections. The assignment will be posted online after you have completed Cluster 3A.
The Cluster 3 assessment due dates for your group will be given to you during your Cluster 3 attendance and posted on Blackboard.
Please note that you will need to demonstrate competency in all 3 of these assessment tasks in order to achieve competency for this unit.
Assessment Matrix
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