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GD159 - Graduate Diploma in Child and Family Health Nursing
Plan: GD159 - Graduate Diploma in Child and Family Health Nursing
Campus: Bundoora Campus
Program delivery and structure
Approach to learning and assessmentWork integrated learningProgram structureApproach to learning and assessment
The following teaching and learning approaches form the basis of your learning experiences:
- You will be offered a learner-centred curriculum that encourages more active engagement and participation than traditional lecture style delivery.
- You will engage in projects that require you to communicate outcomes to a range of audiences both orally and in writing e.g. report results qualitatively, quantitatively, graphically, electronically.
- You will undertake learning activities and projects that require you to work in multi-disciplinary teams and critically engage with aspects of team development and conflict resolution.
- You will engage in learning activities and projects that require you to conceptualise, plan and evaluate solutions to health problems.
- You will undertake projects that require you to access a wide variety of knowledge repositories including professional journals, discussion lists and online sources of material.
RMIT have state of the art simulated learning facilities for student learning and practice. You will participate in simulated practice within these facilities in preparation for placement. As a part of participation you may be filmed for learning, teaching, reflection and assessment and this is considered an inherent part of our learning and teaching program. Recordings will be maintained in accordance with our assessment, document retention and privacy policies.
Assessment
The assessment in all courses has been designed to give you opportunities to demonstrate the knowledge and skills you have obtained. You will find that the forms of assessment used will vary according to the specific learning objectives and aspects of capability development to be achieved in each course.
Over the duration of the program you will encounter the following forms of assessment.
- Examinations: an individual form of assessment where you have the opportunity to demonstrate your ability to explain fundamental principles and solve problems;
- Assignment and projects: which may be done individually or in groups. This method may also enable you to demonstrate your ability to work alone or as a member of a team;
- Reflective journals: where you pause to consider what you have learnt, along with the easy and hard issues associated with that learning;
- Self-assessment and peer-assessment: for assessment activities such as seminars you will assess yourself or your own group; or assess the work of other groups. This is part of equipping you to become more independent in your own learning and assessing your own and others’ performance.
Most of the assessment you receive (the exception is examinations) will enable your lecturer to provide you with feedback on your strong and weak points. This will enable you to improve your performance in the future.
If you have a long term medical condition, disability or other form of disadvantage it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Equitable Learning Services team (https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/support-and-facilities/student-support/equitable-learning-services) if you would like to find out more.
If you have already developed areas of skill and knowledge included in this program (for example, through prior studies or work experience), you can apply for credit once you have enrolled in this program. There is information on the RMIT University website about how to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/enrolment/credit/he.
Top of pageWork integrated learning
RMIT University is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with professional or vocational practice. As a student enrolled in this RMIT University program you will:
- undertake and be assessed on structured activities that allow you to learn, apply and demonstrate your professional or vocational practice;
- interact with industry and community when undertaking these activities;
- complete these activities in real work contexts or situations; and
- these interactions and the work context provide a distinctive source of feedback to you to assist your learning.
Any or all of these aspects of a WIL experience may be in a simulated workplace environment.
In this program, you will be doing specific course(s) that focus on work integrated learning (WIL) including placement components in NURS2183 Maternal and Child Health Clinical Practice (180 hours) which is the designated WIL course for this program. NURS1023 Child and Family Health Assessment also includes a significant WIL component (120 hours). You will be assessed on professional practice in community based maternal and child health centres and receive feedback from those involved in your industry.
Top of pageProgram Structure
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