Speech Pathology Practice 3

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2015:

368 hours

Completion of the following subjects:

The following subjects are corequisites:

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For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website : http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

The final clinical practice subject will consolidate the knowledge in Speech Pathology Practice 1 and 2. The subject extends the student's experience of speech pathology clinical settings and prepares the student for independent clinical practice following graduation. The clinical placements for this subject may include hospitals, community clinics, early intervention centres, specialist centres, school, private practices, residential aged care facilities and other clinical settings. The student will be expected to engage with and actively participate in a variety of clinical experiences, assessing and managing a range of communication and/or swallowing disorders with infants, children, young people and adults. This subject provides the opportunity for students to develop their own personal growth and identity as a speech pathologist. Students will independently select and implement relevant diagnostic procedures and will plan and implement methods for the reduction of communication and/or swallowing diffficulties during their clinical placements within this subject. To support student learning, workshops including reflective practice and discussion of clinically-relevant topics, will accompany the clinical placements experiences.

On completion of this subject students should demonstrate:

• An understanding of the speech pathology clinical setting
• Acquisition of the Competence-Based Occupational Standards (CBOS, 2011)
• The skills to assess, plan, maintain and deliver a range of treatment approaches to remediate communication/swallowing disorders
• An understanding of when to seek additional resources, update skills, develop professional networks and undertake ongoing professional development
• Analytical skills and the ability to incorporate theoretical principles into clinical decision making

This subject is assessed as Pass/Fail. Students must pass all components of assessments to pass the subject.

Assessment components are:

• Assessment by Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) at the end of Semester 2.
• Assessment of two clinical placements. Students’ clinical performance during each placement will be assessed via the ‘Competency Assessment in Speech Pathology’ (COMPASS®) and the completion of a Clinical Portfolio. The COMPASS® Assessments and the Clinical Portfolio are to be submitted within one (1) week after the final day of the clinical placement.
• 100% attendance and participation at all clinical placements.

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

At the completion of this subject, students should be able to demonstrate:

• critical thinking, analytical and problem solving skills
• the ability to integrate theory and practice and to apply this in novel situations
• an openness to new ideas
• planning and time management skills
• the ability to communicate knowledge in both oral and written form
• the ability to behave in a ethical and professionally appropriate manner