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Rehabilitation Professional Project (REHB90012)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1 (Extended)
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
April
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Semester 2 (Extended)
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 (Extended) - Online April - Online Semester 2 (Extended) - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
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
Students must complete all other core subjects in the degree they are admitted to (Master of Rehabilitation Science (MC-REHABSC) or Master of Sports Rehabilitation (MC-SPREHAB)) before doing this capstone subject.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
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
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Professional Development Portfolio Part 1: Literature synthesis
| Due Week 5, 1st term | 20% |
Professional Development Portfolio Part 2: Needs analysis report
| Due Week 8, 1st term | 20% |
Project Presentation
| Due Week 5, 2nd term | 10% |
Professional Project Report
| Due Week 9, 2nd term | 50% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1 (Extended) - Online
Coordinators Louisa Remedios and Thorlene Egerton 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. Total time commitment 272 hours Pre teaching start date 27 January 2020 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 3 February 2020 to 28 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 7 February 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 (Extended) contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
- April - Online
Coordinators Thorlene Egerton and Louisa Remedios 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. Total time commitment 272 hours Pre teaching start date 20 April 2020 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 27 April 2020 to 13 September 2020 Last self-enrol date 21 April 2020 Census date 22 May 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 31 July 2020 Assessment period ends 20 September 2020 April contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
- Semester 2 (Extended) - Online
Coordinators Thorlene Egerton and Louisa Remedios 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. Total time commitment 272 hours Pre teaching start date 13 July 2020 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 20 July 2020 to 6 December 2020 Last self-enrol date 31 July 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 13 December 2020 Semester 2 (Extended) contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
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