PS3008 - International Clinical Experience

Credit points:	03
Year:	2012
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Sch Public Health,Trop Medicine&Rehabilitation Sc

This subject provides international students who are currently enrolled in an equivalent overseas health profession bachelor program to undertake a supervised clinical placement in a James Cook University facility. Students should be nearing completion of their domestic program and will be required to provide evidence of their skill and knowledge base and English language competency before admission to the subject. Clinical experience may be be gained in a specific area of health practice or provide general experience. Students will experience the application of evidence based practice in an Australian context.

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate high level understanding of the biomedical and psychosocial underpinnings of disease, illness and injury;
• Demonstrate the ability to work efficiently and collaboratively in the clinical setting with all members of the clinical team;
• Demonstrate exemplary professional conduct in clinical situations, including awareness and adherence to Australian ethical standards and the professional code of conduct;
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills required to safely and competently plan and perform assessment, intervention and evaluation processes in their given profession.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion.

Prerequisites:

Students must provide evidence of completion of adequate pre-clinical and clinical training and English language competence before admission to this subject.

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 1
Census Date 22-Mar-2012
Face to face teaching 14-May-2012 to 15-Jun-2012
Coordinator:	Dr Susan Gordon
Lecturers:	Ms Aya Pellatt, Mrs Helen Land.
Contact hours:	175 hours 175 hours clinical placement
Assessment:	assessment throughout clinical placement.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.