Course Title: Engage with health professionals and the health system
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2016
Course Code: EMPL7095C
Course Title: Engage with health professionals and the health system
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
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
Marie Teofilo-Sciberras
marie.teofilo-sciberras@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 40
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 unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work within the health care system and engage effectively with other health professionals, including writing referral reports.
This unit applies to individuals working in health or community services who work autonomously with clients in the provision of service.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CHCPRP005 Engage with health professionals and the health system |
Element: |
1. Use health care systems and services |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Identify health care systems and services with links to own practice 1.2 Research and maintain information about other health services to support own practice 1.3 Offer current and accurate information about other health care services 1.4 Provide clear and accurate information to clients about their financial and eligibility issues 1.5 Identify and use opportunities to maintain, extend and update knowledge |
Element: |
2. Interact with health professionals |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Establish effective relationships with workers from different sectors and levels of the industry according to work role 2.2 Use accepted industry language and terminology when sharing information 2.3 Work collaboratively to both seek and share information |
Element: |
3. Make referrals to health professionals |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Determine need for referral to other professional health services based on client needs and assessment indications 3.2 Clearly communicate the need for referral to the client and explain rationale 3.3 Ensure referral occurs with consent of client and within confidentiality standards 3.4 Write referral report, including clear and accurate information about results of own testing or assessment 3.5 Structure information logically, using language that will be understood by the report recipient 3.6 Make recommendations within scope of own practice and expertise |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Learning Activities
A combination of activities will support students learning in this course, such as:
- Face to face and 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), during simulations and classroom based learning
- 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 discussion and activities support you to collaborate with other students in your course and debate and debate and discuss ideas
- Self directed study time to enhance and strengthen your knowledge and understanding of theoretical concepts
- To further facilitate learning, students are strongly encouraged to use a range of communication tools between themselves and their course instructor as well as between themselves and fellow students by using the online learning platform
Teaching Schedule
- Week One – 07/07/2016
- Introduction to Healthcare Systems & Services.
- Week Two – 14/07/2016
- Health Services & Practices.
- Week Three – 21/07/2016
- Providing financial and eligibility information.
- Week Four – 28/07/2016
- Emerging health issues, trends, and opportunities.
- Week Five – 04/08/2016
- Establish effective relationships & work collaboratively.
- Week Six – 11/08/2016
- Completion of assessment 1.
- Week Seven – 18/08/2017
- Determine the need for client referral.
- Week Eight – 25/08/2016
- Communicate the need for referral.
- Week Nine – 08/09/2016
- Referral reporting.
- Week Ten – 15/09/2016
- Information structure and recommendations.
- Week Eleven – 22/09/2016
- Completion of assessment 2.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
This unit is part of an integrated program.
You must demonstrate Performance and Knowledge Evidence of the unit in order to be deemed competent.
Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.
You may be assessed by:
• Oral or written questioning
• Oral presentations
• Assignments and projects
• Direct observation of actual work practice
• Presentation of a portfolio of evidence which may comprise documents, and/or photographs and/or video and/or audio files
• Work-based activities
• Third-party feedback from a work supervisor/employer
Primary assessment involves on-going practical and applied assessment in a clinical workplace or simulated environment such as a supervised student clinic or at a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) placement activity.
Competency based training requires you to be in attendance in order for assessment to be undertaken.
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or online discussions, through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and by individual consultation.
All Assessment tasks should be performed or submitted by their due dates.
If due to illness or other unforeseen circumstance, you are unable to attend on the due date of an assessment (e.g. test, examination, oral, etc.) OR you do attend, but your performance has been affected, you may submit an APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION within 2 working days of the due date. If Special Consideration is granted, you will be given the opportunity to complete/repeat the assessment task at a later date. For advice on this application please visit www.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration or speak to your Program Coordinator.
If due to illness or other unforeseen circumstance, you are unable to submit by the due date (e.g. assignment, report, project etc.):
• you may submit an APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR SUBMISSION OF ASSESSABLE WORK for an extension of time of up to seven (7) calendar days or less. This must be lodged with the Program Coordinator 1 working day before the original due date. If granted, you will have the opportunity to submit up to 7 days later than the original due date. For advice on this application please visit www.rmit.edu.au/students/assessment/extension or speak to your Program Coordinator.
Or:
• you may submit an APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION within 2 working days of the due date. If Special Consideration is granted, you will be given the opportunity to submit the assessment task more than 7 days after the original due date. For advice on this application please visit www.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration or speak to your Program Coordinator.
You are expected to prepare all assignments and other written work in a professional manner. More information on general academic study and writing skills can be found on the “Learning Lab” http://emedia.rmit.edu.au/learninglab/. All work submitted for assessment must be submitted electronically unless otherwise advised.
Students must keep a copy of all submitted assessments including electronic copies.
Harvard style is used for all referencing and for bibliography.
RMIT University has a strict policy on academic integrity and plagiarism and. Please refer to the website for more information on this policy. www.rmit.edu.au/students/academic-integrity
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 the Disability Liaison Unit if you would like to find out more.
Your rights and responsibilities as a student can be found at http://www1.rmit.edu.au/students/rights-and-responsibilities
This course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies and procedures which are described and referenced at www.rmit.edu.au/students/assessment
Credit transfer and RPL
Credit transfer is available to students who have already completed the same or similar courses. Recognition of prior learning is available to students who have relevant prior skills or experience. Please refer to http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=8u7jborsx9dy
Assessment Tasks
The skills to be assessed within this unit replicate real work skills within the industry.
1. Group Presentations - Research report on Australian Health Care System
2. Case Study
3. Report
Assessment Matrix
The assessment mapping demonstrates alignment of assessment tasks with the relevant unit of competency and with the performance evidence, knowledge evidence and assessment conditions for each unit.
ASSESSMENT METHODS/TYPES OF EVIDENCE:
Interview/ Verbal Questioning |
Self-Reflections |
Assignment/ Project |
Case Study or Role Play |
Third Party Verification |
Workplace Performance |
Research or Report |
Portfolio of Evidence |
Written Tasks
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NATIONAL UNIT CODE: CHCPRP005NATIONAL UNIT NAME: Engage with health professional and the health system |
RMIT CODE: |
EMPL7095C |
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Elements |
Performance Criteria |
Related Assessment Tasks |
Assessment Method/ Types of Evidence |
1. Use health care systems and services |
1.1 Identify health care systems and services with links to own practice
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Written task, case study & report |
Research report |
1.2 Research and maintain information about other health services to support own practice
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Written task, case study & report |
Research report |
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Assessment Tasks
Assessment 1: Completion of online test, covering weeks 1-5. Due date: 11/08/2016. To be completed online.
Assessment 2: Completion of referral reports. Due date: 12/09/2016. To be completed in class.
Assessment Matrix
ASSESSMENT METHODS/TYPES OF EVIDENCE:
Interview/ Verbal Questioning |
Self-Reflections |
Assignment/ Project |
Case Study or Role Play |
Third Party Verification |
Workplace Performance |
Research or Report |
Portfolio of Evidence |
Written tasks
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