96075 Professional Practice 3
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Credit points: 12 cp
Result type: Grade and marks
Requisite(s): 96038 Professional Practice 2 AND 96036 Neurological Ocular Disorders
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Description
This is the final professional practice subject, and is designed to synthesise the student's learning and knowledge acquired in all subjects undertaken across the course. This is experienced through a range of orthoptic and ophthalmic clinical placements including those in rural and regional locations, enabling students to meet graduate competency standards and consolidate the required knowledge, skills and attitudes of an entry-level practitioner. Student learning emphasises clinical reasoning for the assessment and management of patients with complex ocular conditions that may interact with other ocular and systemic conditions. Students should demonstrate a professional level of behaviours and skills in the clinical setting and the capacity to apply clinical reasoning to complex cases. Clinical competency is assessed, commensurate with the registration standards set out by the Australian Orthoptic Board. Students are required to reflect upon their professional development, particularly their readiness for professional entry into orthoptic practice and their ability to work both independently and within the multidisciplinary health care team.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
| 75.1. | Demonstrate competency and proficiency in orthoptic and ophthalmic clinical skills, which underpin accurate diagnosis and management of patients, to enable safe, independent orthoptic practice |
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| 75.2. | Demonstrate professional behaviour, expertise and effective communication in the delivery of ethical and responsible orthoptic practice that benefits the care of patients and where appropriate, advocate for patients to provide optimal clinical outcomes |
| 75.3. | Integrates knowledge and skills acquired throughout the course, and sound clinical reasoning to plan appropriate and efficient investigation of the patient?s ocular status, taking into consideration all aspects of a patient?s symptomology and signs |
| 75.4. | Create and implement management plans that reflect sound clinical reasoning and a holistic approach to patient care, with an awareness of the social and cultural context |
| 75.5. | Demonstrate capacity to be an effective member of a patient-focused interdisciplinary team to ensure the provision of effective healthcare coupled with sound communication and consultation |
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
The learning outcomes for this subject are as follows:
- Demonstrate professional behaviour and expertise in the delivery of safe, competent and responsible practice for the benefit and care of patients and the wider community. (.01)
- Reflect on knowledge, attitudes and skills acquired for the evaluation and integration of emerging evidence into practice, promoting the growth of personal and professional learning and the education of others. (.02)
- Analyse and synthesise knowledge of health sciences concepts and theory, and apply skills of scientific research and clinical reasoning to support decision-making in orthoptic practice. (.03)
- Engage in leadership and collaboration for the development of patient-focused clinical teams to ensure the integration of effective health care. (.04)
- Be an advocate for their patient, demonstrating sound, ethical, compassionate and respectful patient-focused care while acknowledging responsibility for personal health and wellbeing. (.05)
- Effectively and accurately communicate to patients, their families, carers and members of the healthcare team and contributing to the wider role of health education and its promotion, acknowledging and adapting communication to address cultural and linguistic diversity. (.06)
- Demonstrate knowledge of health systems and concerns in national and global communities, with awareness of the social and cultural context of their practice reflected in a consultative approach to the formulation and implementation of management plans that meet the diverse needs of individuals and communities. (.07)
- Represent the role of the orthoptist in multidisciplinary environments and through self-awareness and acknowledgement of the contribution of other health practitioners, support an interdisciplinary approach to attain the best outcomes for patients. (.09)
Contribution to the development of graduate attributes
In addition, this subject contributes to the development of the following graduate attributes:
• Lifelong Learning
• Professional Capacity
• Cultural Competence
Teaching and learning strategies
Preparation for learning: Students will be provided with the details of preparation activities as required through the subject’s UTSOnline site. Activities are designed to help students prepare for workshops, clinical practical’s, clinical placement and to help with overall understanding of the lecture material, students are encouraged to read designated chapters from appropriate textbooks, review journal articles and case study material or watch informative video’s.
Active Lectures: Lectures provide an introduction to subject content core to becoming a competent health professional. Lectures are active and require students to engage and participate in analysis of case presentations and class discussion and other collaborative learning methods. Guest lecturers who are expert in a particular field may be engaged to deliver content.
Collaborative problem and case based learning: Case-based learning is a form of problem-based learning (PBL) and a key learning strategy used in workshops Workshop activities are intended to promote active engagement of students and provide an authentic case and practice-based learning experience though collaborative analysis, role play and topic
Professional practice exposure: Under the mentorship of qualified health professionals in particular orthoptists and ophthalmologists students are provided the opportunity to interact in the assessment of patients with ocular problems. This final clinical placement subject provides students increasing freedom in very authentic situations to expand not only clinical reasoning skills that help in the assessment of complex patients, but also furthers their progress towards them becoming profession ready graduates.
Reflective Learning: Students are encouraged to critically reflect on their learning throughout the subject to identify areas where they may improve their performance and to assist in the development of lifelong learning skills. Specific activities where reflective learning is encouraged are; self-evaluation of clinical skill performance while on clinical placement via the placement workbook and the ability to achieve appointed learning goals
Ongoing Feedback: Students are provided with immediate feedback relating to the performance of clinical skills, clinical reasoning and understanding of key concepts of clinical practice by placement supervisors when on clinical placement. Formal feedback about a student’s performance while on clinical placement is provided via the “supervisor assessment form”.
Content (topics)
Professional Practice 3 is the final Subject in the clinical stream of the Masters of Orthoptics course. This Subject advances the foundation clinical learning from professional practice 1 and 2 with the focus on a student’s ability to use higher levels of clinical reasoning for the assessment and management of patients in complex clinical situations which is further supported though learning within 96040 Advanced Professional Practice. Students are also expected to maintain and expand their clinical competency while on clinical placement through interaction with patients.
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Workbook
| Intent: | Clinical placement gives students the opportunity to consolidate skills development and integrate academic knowledge. The orthoptic student placement workbook provides a structure the student can follow ensuring they utilise their clinical exposure to consolidate their clinical skills and reasoning while also encouraging development of professional skills, behaviours and attitudes. The workbook also provides a focus for achieving learning goals encourages self-directed learning, reflective practice. |
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| Objective(s): | This task is aligned with the following subject learning objectives: 75.1 and 75.3 This task is aligned with the following course learning outcomes: .01, .02, .03, .04, .05, .06, .07 and .09 |
| Type: | Report |
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Weight: | 15% |
| Length: | 800 words |
| Criteria: | See criteria provided in class and on UTSOnline. |
Assessment task 2: Clinician Supervisor Feedback
| Intent: | On clinical placement students are required to actively participate and challenge their existing knowledge; the supervising clinician therefore has the opportunity to assess a student’s skill in communication, background knowledge and any clinical skills which the student had opportunity to plan and apply management. There are also opportunities for clinicians to question students on appropriate patient management on a case by case basis. |
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| Objective(s): | This task is aligned with the following subject learning objectives: 75.1, 75.2, 75.3, 75.4 and 75.5 This task is aligned with the following course learning outcomes: .01, .02, .03, .04, .05, .06, .07 and .09 |
| Type: | Report |
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Weight: | 25% |
| Criteria: | See criteria provided in class and on UTSOnline |
Assessment task 3: Solo Assessment and VIVA
| Intent: | In becoming a profession ready practitioner, students must be able to demonstrate levels of competency not only in their clinical skills but by also demonstrating that they possess sound background knowledge in ophthalmic and ocular motility conditions. It is from this knowledge that as professional practitioners we are then able to further choose appropriate assessment and management regimes while also considering patient safety and quality of care. This viva and solo assessment is designed to assess knowledge, skills, management and clinical reasoning to ensure that students meet competency standards as set out by the Australian Orthoptic Board. |
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| Objective(s): | This task is aligned with the following subject learning objectives: 75.1, 75.2, 75.3, 75.4 and 75.5 This task is aligned with the following course learning outcomes: .01, .02, .03, .05, .06, .07 and .09 |
| Type: | Examination |
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Weight: | 60% |
| Length: | Solo assessment will vary depending on the type of patient assessed; a maximum time of 1 hour will be set. The Viva component will be 1 hour |
| Criteria: | See criteria provided in class and on UTSOnline |
Minimum requirements
Students are required to attend 90% of scheduled lectures and workshops. Clinical placements will be scheduled as detailed in "Additional Information - Attendance Requirements" above. It is expected that students attend 100% of scheduled clinical placements.
Note: there is a must-pass assessment in this Subject. Please check assessment descriptions for details.
Required texts
Coursework Assessments Procedures
Graduate School of Health Policy, Guidelines and Procedures (login required)
Recommended texts
As this subject draws upon all subject matter taught within the course a number of texts will be helpful. This could include but are not limited to various texts used in other subjects taught throughout this course and:
Clinical and fieldwork placement in the health professions (Oxford) Edited by Karen Stagnitti, Adrian Schoo, Dianne Welch
