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Rehabilitation Professional Project (REHB90012)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25Online
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Overview
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This 25 credit point subject is a capstone experience that will run over two consecutive terms, and will require students to integrate and apply an advanced body of knowledge and cognitive, technical and creative skills to design and complete a substantial professional project. Building on their previous learning and the University of Melbourne graduate attributes, the subject provides opportunities to extend, deepen and apply knowledge, skills and attributes in the context of a professional project. Students will conduct a professional project based on a needs assessment within their professional practice context, identifying and justifying priority service areas. Selecting a priority area in collaboration with an academic and professional mentor they will design, justify and present a program, service or resource, including a business case, to address the identified area of need and design a project to meet this need.
This subject provides the opportunity for interdisciplinary networking; dissemination of project outcomes with student peers and colleagues; and peer review prior to submission of the final assessment task.
Intended learning outcomes
The curriculum is designed around three elements, which provide integration throughout the course.
At completion of this subject students will be able to:
Theory & Practice:
1. Fluently and accurately discuss and debate key theoretical concepts in contemporary rehabilitation practices using the language of rehabilitation science
2. Critically review policy and services outcomes within one rehabilitation practice context with a view to identifying gaps to provision of best practice as a basis of a project proposal
3. Design and implement a sustainable new service, policy modification or program that addresses the needs identified,
4. Evaluation of their project ensuring sustainability, feasibility and stakeholder value
Clinical Practice in Context:
5. Systematically and ethically collect data from their practice setting to ensure an informed and criterion based analysis of the practice setting
6. Demonstrate academic writing, oral and creative skills to present information to both specialists in academic forums and specialists and non-specialist in clinical contexts.
Evidence & Innovation:
7. Analyze, synthesize and critically evaluate research and evidence relevant to rehabilitation practices
8. Critically evaluate and integrate innovative approaches into the application of the professional project
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students will have had the opportunity to develop the skills associated with:
- a deep understanding of their social and civic responsibilities in the domain of public policy, health care provision and as private individuals
- the ability to recognise, explore and critically analyse issues of rehabilitation and their proposed solutions
- confidence in contributing from an informed perspective to a meaningful public discourse in their practice
- academic excellent with high levels of oral and written communication skills
- reflecting on their personal skills, values, biases and limitations and identify learning opportunities to build on their knowledge and skills to promote best practice
- advocating for the health and wellbeing of all individuals, promoting equitable access to rehabilitation services
- knowledge and application of the principles and approaches to best practice, particularly in adapting to the latest technical advancements in online learning design
- active global citizenship by virtue of their academic excellence, their interdisciplinary knowledge, their community leadership capabilities and their cultural awareness
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Successful completion of all core Master of Rehabilitation Science (MC-REHABSC) subjects.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
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Part 1: Literature synthesis - 1500 word Professional Development Portfolio due Week 5, 1st term (20%)
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Part 2: Needs analysis report - 1500 word Professional Development Portfolio due Week 8, 1st term (20%)
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20 minute Project Presentation due Week 5, 2nd term (10%)
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6000 word Professional Project Report due Week 9, 2nd term (50%)
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- February - Online
Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 32 hrs. Students will meet online with their mentor x 2 hrs per week for the duration of the 2 x 8 week terms. Pre teaching start date 29 January 2018 Pre teaching requirements There is a one week pre-teaching period during which students are encouraged to view a video presentation of an overview of the subject, assessment requirements and expectations These activities serve to prepare the students for commencing in their learning fully informed about the requirements of the subject. Teaching period 5 February 2018 to 24 June 2018 Last self-enrol date 30 January 2018 Census date 2 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 11 May 2018 Assessment period ends 1 July 2018 February contact information
- April - Online
Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 32 hrs. Students will meet online with their mentor x 2 hrs per week for the duration of the 2 x 8 week terms. Pre teaching start date 23 April 2018 Pre teaching requirements There is a one week pre-teaching period during which students are encouraged to view a video presentation of an overview of the subject, assessment requirements and expectations These activities serve to prepare the students for commencing in their learning fully informed about the requirements of the subject. Teaching period 30 April 2018 to 16 September 2018 Last self-enrol date 24 April 2018 Census date 25 May 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 August 2018 Assessment period ends 23 September 2018 April contact information
- July - Online
Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 32 hrs. Students will meet online with their mentor x 2 hrs per week for the duration of the 2 x 8 week terms. Pre teaching start date 16 July 2018 Pre teaching requirements There is a one week pre-teaching period during which students are encouraged to view a video presentation of an overview of the subject, assessment requirements and expectations These activities serve to prepare the students for commencing in their learning fully informed about the requirements of the subject. Teaching period 23 July 2018 to 9 December 2018 Last self-enrol date 17 July 2018 Census date 17 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 26 October 2018 Assessment period ends 16 December 2018 July contact information
Time commitment details
272 hrs (240 independent + 32 contact hrs)Students will be expected to complete independent learning activity equivalent to approximately 15 hours a week over the 2x8 week terms.
Additional delivery details
There is a one week pre-teaching period during which students are encouraged to view a video presentation of an overview of the subject, assessment requirements and expectations
These activities serve to prepare the students for commencing in their learning fully informed about the requirements of the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Required reading will be made available online.
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Type Name Course Master of Rehabilitation Science
Last updated: 3 November 2022