Course Title: Reflect on and improve own professional practice
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2018
Course Code: EMPL7094C
Course Title: Reflect on and improve own professional practice
School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5357 - Diploma of Remedial Massage
Course Contact: Joshua Davies
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4333
Course Contact Email: joshua.davies@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Laura Yeomans
laura.yeomans@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 120
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
This unit is co-delivered with EMPL7093C Establish and manage client relationships.
Course Description
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to evaluate and enhance own practice through a process of reflection and ongoing professional development.
This unit applies to workers in all industry sectors who take pro-active responsibility for their own professional development.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CHCPRP003 Reflect on and improve own professional practice |
Element: |
1. Reflect on own practice |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Undertake self-evaluation in conjunction with supervisors and/or peers 1.2 Reflect on and recognise the effect of values, beliefs and behaviour in practice 1.3 Share two-way, open and evaluative feedback with co-workers or peers 1.4 Actively seek and reflect on feedback from clients, organisations or other relevant sources |
Element: |
2. Enhance own practice |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Determine improvements needed based on own evaluation and feedback from others 2.2 Identify potential support networks both internal and external to the organisation 2.3 Seek specialist advice or further training where need is identified 2.4 Recognise requirements for self-care and identify requirements for additional support 2.5 Devise, document and implement a self development plan that sets realistic goals and targets |
Element: |
3. Facilitate ongoing professional development |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Access and review information on current and emerging industry developments and use these to improve practice 3.2 Assess and confirm own practice against ethical and legal requirements and opportunities 3.3 Identify and engage with opportunities to extend and expand own expertise 3.4 Regularly participate in review processes as a commitment to upgrading skills and knowledge |
Learning Outcomes
Please refer to the Elements of Competency.
Details of Learning Activities
This is a two (2) hour face to face delivery subject
This course runs over 8 weeks during semester 2
You are required to upload 3 assessments for this course to Canvas
A combination of activities will support student’s learning in this course, such as:
• Face-to-face &/or online lectures to cover theoretical and practical concepts for each topic in
the course
• Students will learn to apply their skills and knowledge to work integrated learning (WIL) in the
student & clinical practice environment, during simulations and classroom based learning
• Work experience &/or placements observation of performance in the workplace will be a
valuable part of your learning experience
• Tutorial activities (individually and in teams) to discuss, debate, critique and consolidate your
ideas and extend your understanding around key concepts within specific topics
• Online discussions and activities to support and collaborate with other students in your course
and debate and discuss ideas
• It is strongly recommended that students partner up with fellow students in order to practice
assessment, treatment and palpation techniques
Teaching Schedule
| Session | Date | Class Activities | Assessment |
| 1 | 31/07/2018 | Legal and ethical implications around managing client relationships | |
| 2 | 07/08/2018 | Identifying learning styles | AT1 Case studies, students to commence |
| 3 | 14/08/2018 | Modes of communication | |
| 4 | 21/08/2018 | Motivational interviewing and techniques | AT2 Development plan students to commence |
| MID SEMESTER BREAK | |||
| 5 | 04/09/2018 | Communication barriers and conflict | AT3 Clinic to commence |
| 6 | 11/09/2018 | Building rapport and SOAP notes | |
| 7 | 17/09/2018 | Develop priorities and SMART goals |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.
Assessment Task 1 - Case Studies
Assessment Task 2 - Personal Development plan
Assessment Task 3 - Clinic Observation skills
Assessment Tasks
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Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Matrix | Name |
| AT1 - | 3x case studies will be provided online. Students will be required to submit completed work into the Canvas course |
| AT2 - | Each student will be required to develop a personal development plan including goals, time frames and ways to measure progress |
| AT3 - | Clinic Observation skills checklist to be completed during clinic shifts |
Other Information
This unit is co-delivered with CHCPRP003 / EMPL7094C Reflect on and improve own professional practice
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