HSH303 - Health Practicum

Unit details

Year

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Neetu George
Trimester 2: Patricia Taylor
Trimester 3: Patricia Taylor
Cohort rule:

Students must be enrolled in a course within the Faculty of Health, D388 or D381 

Prerequisite:

For H313/D388/D381: one unit in HSH201 or HSH323

For any Faculty of Health course H3%: must have passed 16 credit points

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: HSH322
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1x 3 hour on-campus seminar in week 1 (attendance required as part of hurdle requirement and for completion of AT1)  
1x1 hour drop in seminar online week 11.  

Professional experience (placement) X 120 hours across the trimester

In order to complete AT1A and to complete the hurdle requirement for this unit students must attend seminar 1 for the unit. Attendance at an alternative Week 1 seminar may be possible with evidence of inability to attend the scheduled seminar.
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

1x 3 hour online seminar in week 1 (attendance required as part of hurdle requirement and for completion of AT1)  
1x1 hour drop in seminar online week 11.  

Professional experience (placement) X 120 hours across the trimester

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Note:

*Community Based Delivery (CBD) is for National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute students only.

Important Enrolment Information

Once enrolled, please ensure that you check your Deakin student email account regularly in the weeks leading-up to trimester for important information related to preparing for the unit and securing your placement.

Police Check and Working with Children Check

Prior to commencing a placement, students working in an external host organisation are required to obtain a police check. The Faculty of Health utilise an online service called 'Fit2Work'.

Domestic Student
Please visit the Fit2Work Police Check website to apply for your police check.

International Student
You will receive application instructions via email from Fit2Work which will cover both an Australian and International Criminal History check.

For full details, please visit the unit site when it becomes available.

Some organisations may also require students to obtain a Working with Children check if they will be working directly with children or families whilst on placement. If a Working with Children check is required students will need to source this via the Victorian Government Working with Children Check site

Content

This unit aims to provide students with an authentic experience in a health-discipline related role.

Students are required to undertake a minimum of 120 hours of work experience in a health-related agency. In addition to developing a practical understanding of their field of study, this experience will help students further develop the professional and personal skills required to work in their sector.

This unit includes a pre-placement seminar and a post- placement seminar. Support for students is provided through the unit site, which includes resources and assessment information.

Students enrolled in this unit are ambassadors for their courses as well as for Deakin University. The highest standards of professional and personal conduct are expected at all times. Students need to achieve a pass in each of the assessment tasks to successfully pass the Unit. Once this is achieved the student will be awarded an ungraded PASS for the Unit.

Learning Outcomes

ULO These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:

Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)

ULO1

Apply the principles, competencies, and strategies relevant to your health discipline in a professional workplace setting.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO2

Identify and apply the professional and personal attributes required to work in your field of study.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO6: Self-management

ULO3

Establish, monitor, and evaluate a negotiated set of organisational, placement, project-specific, and personal learning goals.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management

ULO4

Critically reflect on your work placement and future career aspirations.

GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Trimester 1 and Trimester 2:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week

Assessment 1: Placement preparation and Reflective Practice Report (1A,1B and 1C)

1A: Practical assessment during seminar activities

Report 1B: 1000 words

Report 1C: 1000 words

Pass/Fail
  • 1A: week 1 trimester
  • Report 1B: week 4 of placement
  • Report 1C: week 8 of placement

Assessment 2: Work Portfolio

2000 word equivalent Pass/Fail
  • Post placement (refer to unit site)

Assessment 3: Agency/supervisor Report

Achieves satisfactory supervisor report Pass/Fail
  • Post placement (refer to unit site)

This unit is an ungraded pass/ungraded fail only. All assessments must be passed in order for the unit to be passed.

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Hurdle requirement

  • Students need to achieve a pass in each component of each assessment task to successfully pass the unit. This includes attending the Week 1 seminar in order to complete AT1A.

*NOTE: Re-submission of assessment tasks may be possible if a passing grade is not achieved in the first attempt. Attendance at an alternative Week 1 seminar may be possible with evidence of inability to attend the scheduled seminar.

Learning resource

The texts and reading list for HSH303 can be found via the University Library.

Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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