James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2013

SL2004 - Speech Pathology Practice 1

Credit points: 03
Year: 2013
Student Contribution Band: Band 2
Administered by: Sch Public Health,Trop Medicine&Rehabilitation Sc

Enrolment is restricted to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Speech Pathology, Speech Pathology IHCAP Program and the Bachelor of Speech Pathology Honours Programs.

Students will begin to develop clinical skills and apply knowledge in clinical settings. Students will participate in clinical education placements in which they will work with supervision by and guidance from clinical educators. Students will have the opportunity to observe and work directly with clients with a range of impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions related to speech, language, voice, fluency and swallowing. The main caseload will be paediatric speech and language impairments. Students will be involved with assessment, planning and delivery of services for individual cases, as well as providing community education. A range of settings, both in the internal clinic and external facilities will be used to ensure that students begin to develop clinical competence with a variety of clients and in differing clinical contexts.

Learning Outcomes

Graduate Qualities

Prerequisites:SL2001 and SL2002 and SL2006 AND Allow concurrent for SL2001 and SL2006

Availabilities

Townsville, Placement/work experience, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Coordinator: Ms Louise Brown
Lecturers: Dr Wendy Pearce, Ms Louise Brown, Susan Morrison.
Contact hours:
    • 52 hours clinical placement
    • 12 hours professional experience
    Assessment:clinical competencies - assessment of skills in clinical practice using the speech pathology australia clinical evaluation tool and may include a clinical viva (a standard evaluation of student clincal problem solving and skill development) (%); portfolio of clinical experience - a collection of material demonstrating developing competency within the cbos 2001 framework (%).
    Special Assessment Requirements:This subject will be marked as a non-graded pass/fail. Students must successfully pass all components to pass this subject.

    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.