NS5344 - Clinical Coaching

Credit points:	03
Year:	2018
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	College of Healthcare Sciences

The aim of this subject is for participants to gain knowledge in clinical coaching and use specific strategies related to healthcare contexts. It is envisaged that undertaking this subject will contribute to the professional development, knowledge base and performance of those involved in clinical coaching. Specifically participants will develop a personal coaching portfolio, engage in reflective practice and explore clinical coaching techniques to facilitate learning. Strategies for managing the learner within the clinical context will be explored. Participants will have the opportunity to design, implement and evaluate a clinical coaching assessment tool for use in their clinical coaching sessions.

Learning Outcomes

• Describe the philosophy and purpose of the clinical coaching role;
• Prepare a coaching portfolio and reflect on professional development in this role;
• Examine strategies to facilitate learning in the clinical setting and manage challenging coaching situations;
• Discuss assessment, feedback and evaluation in relation to clinical coaching;
• Design and implement a tool to evaluate a clinical coaching experience.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

NS5408

Availabilities
External, Study Period 83
Census Date 17-May-2018
Contact hours:	60 hours - Online accelerated program, 10 hours/week for 6 weeks
Method of Delivery:	Online - JCU
Assessment:	clinical coaching philosophy discussion task (10%); development of clinical coaching tool (20%); evaluation of clinical coaching experience (30%); clinical coaching portfolio (40%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	The assessments are authentic tasks that demonstrate the learner's understanding of the fundamentals of clinical coaching in a variety of health education contexts. They are clearly linked to weekly topics and build on learning experiences provided. Students will need to be working in a clinical/non-clinical area in a health related area to observe, apply and model principles learned in 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.