Course Title: Professionalism and Evidence-based Health Care

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Professionalism and Evidence-based Health Care

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

PUBH1410

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 2 2023,
Sem 2 2024

Course Coordinator: Dr Suzi Mansu

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 7318

Course Coordinator Email: suzi.mansu@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 202.04.045


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None


Course Description

In this course, you will learn the key features of the Australian healthcare system, the key functions of the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme and the roles of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency in regulating Chiropractic, Osteopathy and Chinese medicine practitioners in Australia. You will also learn ethical and professional principles such as concepts of a code of conduct and learn essential communication skills for health professionals. As part of communicating to patients, you will learn to interpret evidence in health care, translate the evidence and communicate to patients. 


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for BP278 Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Applied Science (Chinese Medicine) and BP280 Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Applied Science (Chiropractic):

  • PLO 1: provide specialised health care within a patient-centred, evidence-based framework
  • PLO 3: practice as a competent health care professional in a safe, ethical and legally responsible manner
  • PLO 4: demonstrate cultural awareness and sensitivity in the provision of specialised health care
  • PLO 5: communicate effectively in a range of forms (written, online, oral) and with diverse audiences (patients, community/public, agencies and health professionals)
  • PLO 6: work independently and in teams, specifically to lead and contribute to inter-professional care partnerships
  • PLO 8: understand the historical development of the profession, its ethos, organisation and philosophical foundations 

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for BP279 Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Applied Science (Osteopathy):

  • PLO 3: Gather and interpret health information, and employ clinical reasoning to develop differential diagnoses, to inform assessment and management
  • PLO 4: Effectively communicate with a wide audience (i.e. patients, carers, healthcare professionals and agencies), with respect and sensitivity to socio-cultural diversity, using a variety of media
  • PLO 5: Manage all aspects of clinical practice to comply with ethical, legal, and regulatory standards in an evolving healthcare industry
  • PLO 6: Work autonomously and collaboratively, to lead and/or contribute to inter-professional healthcare partnerships
  • PLO 8: Develop a commitment to lifelong learning, recognising the historical development and evolution of the profession, and how this integrates with contemporary practice


Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

  1. Explain key features of the Australian healthcare system.
  2. Outline the National registration and accreditation scheme, the role of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and its relevance to individual health professions. 
  3. Discuss professionalismand the roles of allied health, including code of conduct for health practitioners. 
  4. Demonstrate and understanding of communication skills for inter-professional practice. 
  5. Explain evidence-based healthcare to a general audience.


Overview of Learning Activities

Learning activities include a mixture of on-line content and lectorials. Learning experiences that foster the development of the capabilities to be developed in this course will include problem-based learning and case-based learning experiences. Throughout the course you will have the opportunity to work both independently and in groups to aid development of your theoretical knowledge and its application of professional practices. 

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Online quizzes
Weighting 40%
This assessment task aligns with CLOs 1, 2 & 5

Assessment Task 2: Communication skills assessment
Weighting 20%
This assessment task aligns with CLOs 3, 5 & 6

Assessment Task 3: Professionalism and evidence-based medicine project
Weighting 40%
This assessment task aligns with CLOs 3 & 4

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.