Course Title: Reflect on and improve own professional practice
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2020
Course Code: EMPL7094C
Course Title: Reflect on and improve own professional practice
School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5365 - Diploma of Nursing
Course Contact: Annelize Grech
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468
Course Contact Email: annelize.grech@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Kate Lamble
kate.lamble@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
There are no pre-requisites for this unit of competency
Course Description
This course describes the skills and knowledge required to evaluate and enhance own practice through a process of reflection and ongoing professional development.
This course applies to workers in all industry sectors who take pro-active responsibility for their own professional development.
This course includes a Work Integrated Learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience.
This course includes clinical placement
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
The critical learning for this course takes place in clinical placement within the health sector and within simulations in RMIT laboratories.
You will be instructed in skills through demonstration, modelling and role-play. Skills development is supported by lectures on theory and underpinning knowledge, classroom discussions, group work, research and reflective practice.
On completion of this course you should be able to:
- Reflect on own practice
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
- Enhance own practice
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
- Facilitate ongoing professional development
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
Details of Learning Activities
All learning activities you will undertake within the course are designed to provide you with the skills, knowledge and attitudes required to perform to the standard expected in the health industry.
Learning activities include:
Lectures – to introduce you to the key concepts within the course
Practical workshops, realistic simulations, role play and group discussions – to provide an opportunity to practise your skills in a simulated work environment
Clinical placement – to provide you with practical and supported experience in a nursing workplace.
Teaching Schedule
Week |
Lesson |
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1 |
Introduction and Learning styles |
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2 |
Reflection, Values and Beliefs |
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3 |
Selfcare, Resilience and Self Evaluation |
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4 |
Feedback |
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5 |
Determining Improvement in your own Practice |
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6 |
Legal and Ethical Decision Making |
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7 |
Standards of Practice |
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8 |
Professional development and how to do it |
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9 |
Revise and review |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including written, oral, practical tasks and activities.
You will be asked to personally demonstrate to your teacher/assessor the practical skills gained during this course to the relevant industry standards. Assessment activities will occur throughout this course and feedback will be provided at regular intervals
Students must pass each of the following assessment tasks to demonstrate competent.
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Assessment tasks
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.
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Assessment Tasks
There are 3 assessment tasks that you must successfully complete, in full, in order to be deemed competent in this unit:
Assessment task 1 is Knowledge Assessment
This short-answer assessment task is one of three assessment tasks you need to complete satisfactorily, in order to be deemed competent for this unit. This assessment task allows you to demonstrate your knowledge required to evaluate and enhance own practice through a process of reflection and ongoing professional development.
Assessment task 2 is Project: Learning Style
This product assessment task is the second of three assessment tasks you need to complete satisfactorily, in order to be deemed competent for this unit. This assessment will allow you to demonstrate your knowledge on different learning styles and to determine your most preferred learning style.
Assessment task 3 is Practical: Professional Development(PD) Plan
This practical assessment task is the final of three assessment tasks you need to complete satisfactorily, in order to be deemed competent for this unit. This practical assessment will allow you to demonstrate your ability to undertake a structured process to reflect on and improve own practice and create a personal development plan.
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
You must be competent in all elements to successfully complete this course. You are permitted to have a maximum of 2 resubmissions for this course, however each individual assessment may only be resubmitted once. Resubmissions are not automatic and will only be approved at the discretion of the program coordinator after consultation with the teacher.
All resubmissions must be completed and submitted no more than 7 days after your work has been assessed.
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