Course Outline Experiential Learning Activity: Midwifery Neonatal Practicum 5 NURS 3048 Study Period 3-2016 Internal - City East Campus Introduction Welcome Welcome to Experiential Learning Activity (ELA 5), a clinical practicum experience course within the Midwifery Program. The purpose of this course is to enable students to further develop practice in alignment with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) National Competency Standards for the Midwife. ELA 5 focuses on care of the neonate, therefore you will be provided a 2 week neonatal placement as well as a further 2 weeks in either an antenatal or postnatal placement. While on placement you will be allocated a clinical facilitator who should make contact with you in the first few days of placement. This course is undertaken by working through the online material and attending each of the following: One Pre-clinical workshop (including clinical assessment) Four (4) week clinical placement. Two weeks will be a neonatal experience and 2 weeks will be either antenatal or postnatal. One Post-clinical debrief workshop (to be attended after the completion of your clinical placement) Please note, attendance at all workshops and clinical placement is required to successfully pass this course. You need to make sure you are familiar with the clinical placement requirements and assessment information. I wish you all the best for ELA 5. Heather Dunnachie. Course Teaching Staff Primary Coordinator: Location: Mrs Heather Dunnachie School of Nursing and Midwifery C4-45 Telephone: +61 8 8302 2897 Fax: +61 8 8302 2168 Email: Staff Home Page: Heather.Dunnachie@unisa.edu.au people.unisa.edu.au/heather.dunnachie * Please refer to your Course homepage for the most up to date list of course teaching staff. 1
School Contact Details School of Nursing and Midwifery Physical Address: Postal Address: GPO Box 2471 Adelaide 5001 School Phone: +61 8 8302 1832 School Fax: +61 8 8302 2168 School Website: Level 6, Room 54, Centenary Building (C) North Terrace City East Adelaide 5000 http://www.unisa.edu.au/health-sciences/schools/nursing-and-midwifery/ Additional Contact Details For all course enquiries contact Heather.dunnachie@unisa.edu.au. For program or other enquiries please contact the following email address midwifery.enquiries@unisa.edu.au. 2
Course Overview Prerequisite(s) NURS 2037 Experiential Learning Activity: Midwifery Practice Development Practicum 4 Corequisite(s) NURS 3050 Special Care for the Neonate Course Aim The aim of this course is to enable students to achieve the course objectives and demonstrate the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) National Competency Standards for the Midwife in a simulated practice environment and through midwifery clinical placements. Course Objectives On completion of this course, students should be able to: CO1. Independently plan and practice safe and effective midwifery care in normal and complex childbirth in accordance with legislation and common law affecting midwifery practice in the context of a multicultural society. CO2. Accept accountability and responsibility for own actions as part of a health care team. CO3. Plan appropriate communication strategies to promote an optimal physical, psychosocial, cultural and spiritual environment for women and their families. CO4. Use research to evaluate practice within contemporary Australian society. CO5. Independently demonstrate midwifery practice based on women centred care and ethical decision making and advocate to protect the rights of women and their families. CO6. Advocate for public health in midwifery practice for women, their families and the community. CO7. Assess and act upon own personal and professional development needs as a reflective practitioner. Upon completion of this course, students will have achieved the following combination of Graduate Qualities and Course Objectives: Graduate Qualities being assessed through the course GQ1 GQ2 GQ3 GQ4 GQ5 GQ6 GQ7 CO1 CO2 CO3 CO4 CO5 CO6 CO7 3
Graduate Qualities A graduate of UniSA: GQ1. operates effectively with and upon a body of knowledge of sufficient depth to begin professional practice GQ2. is prepared for life-long learning in pursuit of personal development and excellence in professional practice GQ3. is an effective problem solver, capable of applying logical, critical, and creative thinking to a range of problems GQ4. can work both autonomously and collaboratively as a professional GQ5. is committed to ethical action and social responsibility as a professional and citizen GQ6. communicates effectively in professional practice and as a member of the community GQ7. demonstrates international perspectives as a professional and as a citizen Course Content Pathophysiology of neonatal health problems; care for sick neonates; pharmacology related to neonatal care; technological skills required for care of sick neonates; evidence based neonatal care; ethical, legal and culturally competent midwifery care; blood screening of the neonate; full examination of the neonate; enteral/ tube feeding of the sick neonate; care of the unwell neonate receiving oxygen therapy; care of the neonate receiving phototherapy; administration of injections for the neonate; neonatal resuscitation via simulation. Teaching and Learning Arrangements Workshop (Preclinical) Clinical Workshop (Postclinical) 8 hours x 1 day 5 days x 8 hours x 4 weeks 8 hours x 1 day Unit Value 4.5 units Additional assessment requirements Practicum assessment strategy: Due to competency requirements of this practicum, all students must gain a pass grade for the drug calculation test in which students must achieve 100% mastery. Failure to pass this item of assessment will prevent students from proceeding to the clinical placement and result in a fail grade for the course. Students will have the opportunity to redeem the drug calculation test prior to proceeding to clinical placement. Placement Information Placement Allocation, Orientation and Rosters Placement allocation is undertaken at the end of each year for the following year for continuing students and shortly after commencement for new students. Allocation is based on experience requirements and ELA objectives. It is expected that all students will undertake a rural placement for a minimum of 2 weeks at some point across the program. If you have an ongoing circumstance which you believe will impact on placement allocation it is your responsibility to submit a Special Consideration form to CPU. If you have specific requests for placement allocation you need to submit a Variation to Placement form prior to allocation. However, if unforeseen circumstances occur you must use the Variation to Placement form to seek consideration for any change. Please note that this cannot be guaranteed and it is advised that you fulfil the allocated placement, failure to do so may impede your ability to progress throughout the program and may incur additional fees. 4
All students are required to attend orientation before placement commences except in circumstances where they are notified by CPU that this will occur on their first day. Information about orientation is available on the Clinical Experience site https://lo.unisa.edu.au/mod/book/view.php?id=524929. Please be aware most venues require students to have undertaken orientation before they are able to attend a birth for a COCE. Rosters will be made available to students within 4-6 weeks of placement, unless CPU advised that this will be undertaken by the venue. OHS&W Sick Leave If you are sick you must not attend placement. You need to notify your Clinical Facilitator and the Ward/Unit Manager that you will not be attending the shift. A medical certificate is required if you are absent for three or more consecutive days or if you have had more than three days absent within the placement. Please ensure certificates are presented to your Clinical Facilitator when you next meet with them and emailed to your Course Coordinator. Your Clinical Facilitator will liaise with the university about your ability to continue with placement. All leave will need to be made up and if it cannot be organised with the venue, CPU will endeavour to arrange a make-up placement, otherwise you will need to complete the placement when this ELA is offered again. A medical clearance to practice is required following injury, surgery or a serious medical illness requiring leave. Please contact the Course Coordinator prior to commencing a clinical placement course or your Clinical Facilitator if you are returning to placement following injury, surgery or a medical illness. If you decide that you are unfit for clinical practice, you must:advise the ward staff in the venue BEFORE your shift beginscontact your Clinical Facilitator (in office hours) to advise you are on sick leave. Further Course Information Communication with Students The University s primary method of communication with students is electronic, through the UniSA student email account and the student portal. For further information refer to Guidelines on Electronic Communication with Students at the following website: http://w3.unisa.edu.au/policies/codes/miscell/ecomstudents.asp Communication with Clinical Facilitators Your Clinical facilitator should meet with you in the first few days of placement. If you have not had contact from your facilitator during this time and at least once during the week, it is your responsibility to notify the Course Coordinator of this by email. The Course Coordinator will then follow this up with the Clinical Facilitator on your behalf. As your placement venue may appoint a new facilitator without notifying the University, it is important that you let us know the name of your facilitator in all correspondence. Uniforms Student Uniforms for all preclinical workshops and clinical placements, including attendance at the COCE are compulsory. The uniform consists of: A blue buttoned shirt with University logo from Valerie Travers Dark blue or navy skirt, culottes or trousers Black, non-porous enclosed shoes (tops of the feet and the heels must be fully covered) Name Badge Hair is required to be tied up and away from the face Refer to the Horizon Hospital and Health Service website for pictures of appropriate uniform: https:// lo.unisa.edu.au/mod/book/view.php?id=372996&chapterid=75161 If you have any questions or concerns relating to this matter, please do not hesitate to contact the lecturer in midwifery (experiential learning) Cathy Kempster: 5
Additionally, a number of useful resources can be found at the HHHS website: http://resource.unisa.edu.au/ course/view.php?id=1551 Students who have any questions regarding the uniform requirements are asked to speak with one of the HHHS Clinical Midwife or the Clinical Facilitator. Any variation on the uniform including trouser colour is not acceptable. Students not attired correctly will be asked to leave the HHHS and/or clinical placement. Lost time must be made up by the student in consultation with one of the HHHS Clinical Midwife or the Clinical Facilitator. Horizon Hospital and Health Service (Pre and post-clinical Workshop Attendance) Attendances at all Horizon Hospital and Health Service workshops are compulsory. Attendance will be recorded at all sessions for both internal and external mode students. Failure to attend the scheduled workshop may result in a student being unable to complete the course or a Fail grade for the course. In this event the student will be notified via email by the Course Coordinator that the clinical placement has been cancelled. This will result in a Fail grade for the course. Students will need to make a time to speak with the Program Director for a new study plan and can expect the program completion date to be altered which will extend the time in the program. Where there are extenuating circumstances a written request can be sent to the Course Coordinator to consider the reason for non-attendance. It is an expectation of the course that you come prepared to engage in the workshops having undertaken all necessary preparation and readings. Students who attend and have not undertaken the necessary preparation will be asked to leave the workshop which may result in the student being unable to complete the course. 6
Learning Resources Textbook(s) You will need continual access to the following text(s) to complete this course. The library does not hold multiple copies of the nominated text books. It is strongly recommended that you purchase the book(s). Galford, J and Phillips, N 2010, Nursing calculations, Churchill Livingstone, NSW. Reference(s) This reference will also be essential to your course: Brotto, V & Rafferty, K 2012, Clinical Dosage Calculations, Centage Learning, Vic. The following references will be utilised: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) 2006, National Competency Standards for the Midwife. NMBA 2008, Code of Ethics for Midwives. NMBA 2008, Code of Professional Conduct for Midwives. NMBA 2010, Professional Boundaries for Midwives. Gray, J & Smith, R 2009, Midwifery Essentials, Churchill Livingstone, NSW. Johnson, R and Taylor, W 2010, Skills for midwifery practice, 3rd edn, Churchill Livingston Elsevier, Edinburgh Reid-Searl, K, Dwyer T,Moxaham, L, Lovegrove, M and Applegarth, j, 2012, The nursing and midwifery students clinical midwifery survival guide, Pearson, Sydney Materials to be accessed online learnonline course site All other course related materials can be accessed through your learnonline course site which you will be able to access from the my Courses section in myunisa. myunisa All study related materials can be accessed through: https://my.unisa.edu.au 7
Assessment Assessment Details Details of assessment submission and return are listed under each assessment task. Assessment tasks will be returned to you within two to three weeks of submission. If the Course Coordinator allows submissions in hard copy format, you will be required to attach an Assignment Cover Sheet which is available on the learnonline student help and in myunisa. Use of recorded material This course will involve the production of audio and/or video recordings of UniSA students. To protect student privacy, you must not at any time disclose, reproduce or publish these recordings, or related material, in the public domain including online, unless the videoed students give consent for reproduction, disclosure or publication. This requirement is consistent with University statutes, by-laws, policies, rules and guidelines which you agreed to abide by when you signed the Student Enrolment Declaration. Assessment Summary # Form of assessment Length Duration Weighting Due date (Adelaide Time) 1 Objective Subjective Clinical Activity (OSCA) 2 Drug Calculation Test 3 Portfolio (including Clinical Assessment) - 30 minutes Pass/Fail Pre-clinical workshop - 30 minutes Pass/Fail Prior to your clinical placement - N/A Pass/Fail 2 weeks following the completion of your clinical placement Note: This is a non-graded course and your result will be a pass or fail. Feedback proformas Submit via In person, Assessed in class learnonline In person Objectives being assessed CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4, CO5, CO6, CO7 CO1, CO2, CO3, CO7 CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4, CO5, CO6, CO7 The feedback proforma is available on your learnonline course site. It can be accessed via the Feedback Form link in the Course Essentials block. Assessments Assessment #1 - OSCA (Non-Graded) Objective Structured Clinical Activity Neonatal resuscitation via simulation For this assessment you will be required to undertake an Objective Structured Clinical Activity (OSCA) in the Horizon Hospital and Health Service (HHHS). The OSCA will take about 30 minutes to complete. During this time you will be assessed using Tool 26: Neonatal resuscitation via simulation from the MIDAC UniSA Standardised Clinical Assessment Tool, adapted according to the Intellilearn package. Each student will be required to provide immediate assessment, care and resuscitation of the newborn. You will either be videoed or an examiner will be present to assess your presentation. To facilitate your learning and successful completion of the OSCA it is important that you are familiar with the Tool before you attend the pre-clinical workshop. This is a pass/fail assessment in which you will need to achieve a minimum level of Proficient in order to pass. You will need to pass this assessment in order to proceed to clinical placement. If you do not pass you will be given a further opportunity to be reassessed, this will be arranged through your Course Coordinator. 8
Assessment #2 - Drug Calculation Test (Non-Graded) Medication Calculation Test For this assessment you will be required to undertake a medication calculation test for which you are required to gain 100%. Weekly online practice will be available. This will also be a pass/fail assessment in which you will need to achieve a pass in order to proceed to clinical placement. To access this assessment click on the 'Medicine Calculations' button on the learnonline site. You must complete ELA 5 packages (Infusions, Paeds, protocols Infusions ml/h to microg/kg/min, paeds) and assessment 3. This must be completed prior to your pre-clinical workshop and uploaded onto the learnonline site. Assessment #3 - Portfolio (including Clinical Assessment) (Non-Graded) You will be required to commence and maintain a portfolio. The following items will need to be completed and submitted 2 weeks following the completion of your Experiental Learning Activity (ELA) 5. Part 1. A Learning Plan: (1000 words equivalent) The purpose of the learning plan is for you to develop an individualised plan for your experience, learning and evaluation while on the professional practicum for ELA 5. You will be required to develop this learning plan prior to commencing your professional practicum. This will then form the basis of your supervisory process with your allocated clinical facilitator and will also assist in guiding the clinicians who supervise you each shift. At the completion of your professional practicum you will need to submit the learning plan with your portfolio identifying how well you achieved your objectives. Development of the learning plan requires you to firstly: identify your learning and experience needs; formulate appropriate, relevant and achievable objectives to meet these needs during the professional practicum (objectives must include the required knowledge, skills and attitudes); Use the S.M.A.R.T. framework to help develop your learning objectives so that each objective is specific, measureable, achievable, realistic and has a timeframe. You will then be required to complete the Learning Plan template which requires you to: indicate resources (both material and human) that may be of value/facilitate in achievement of the above objectives; identify the strategies that will be utilised to actually achieve each objective (incorporating above resources); the NMBA Competency Standards should guide this process, along with the Course Objectives; indicate realistic time lines for address and achievement of objectives through your determined strategies; specify criteria to be utilised for evaluation of experience, learning and development during the ELA. Identify specific outcomes and whether you achieved your learning objectives. You will be able to access the SMART framework guidelines and Learning Plan template under Assessment on the course online site. Part 2: Portfolio records Minimum Professional Experiences While you are on clinical placement and/or undertaking the Continuity of Care Experience (COCE) you are required to maintain a midwifery portfolio. The portfolio is compiled sequentially across the Bachelor of Midwifery program as a cumulative record of the minimum profession experiences requirements as stipulated by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council. This will include antenatal, postpartum and 9
Continuity of Care experiences, as well as the births achieved and complex care episodes. Students may remain on an Interim (I) grade at the discretion of the Course Coordinator and/or Program Director if these requirements are not met. Associated with this, in this course students need to successfully complete the Midwifery Clinical Assessment Tool detailing their achievement of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Competencies. You can access all clinical records and COCE information at https://lo.unisa.edu.au/ course/view.php?id=7069 (i) In each ELA you are required to continue undertaking the required clinical experiences. It is anticipated that by the end of ELA 5 you will have documented, on the summative record, completion of at least: Continuity of care experiences; (10 completed 5 commenced) 100 antenatal visits with women, which may include women being followed as part of continuity of care experiences; 10 abdominal palpations; 100 postnatal visits with women and their healthy newborn babies, which may include women being followed as part of continuity of care experiences; Being with 30 women giving birth, which may include women being followed as part of continuity of care experiences; 10 vaginal examinations; Experience of caring for 30 women with complex needs across pregnancy, labour and birth, and the postnatal period, which may include women the student is following through as part of their continuity of care experiences; 15 Physical examination of the Neonate Involvement in 10 neonatal complex care episode. In order to validate your experiences a record of each of the minimum requirements is to be maintained. Each clinical experience needs to be signed by a midwife/doctor/facilitator that you are being supervised by at the time of completion. A cumulative record of each experience must also be maintained but does not need to be signed. An overall summative record must be updated following each ELA and included in the submission of your portfolio. (ii) Clinical Assessment Tool (CAT) for the Midwifery Student CAT Tools 22, 23, 24,26 need to be assessed by a midwife or clinical facilitator while on placement and submitted with your portfolio. CAT Tool 26 will be completed as your OSCA and does not need to be repeated. You will need to achieve a score as indicated in the ELA 5 Midwifery Student Practice Portfolio. *Tools must be completed prior to submitting your portfolio - it is your responsibility to undertake all required assessments while on placement or through COCE. If CAT tools are not completed you may receive a fail grade for this course. Completion of a competency assessment is to be undertaken with your clinical facilitator at the end of each 2 weeks through a discussion reflecting on your learning plan. Note that by the end of ELA 6 you will be expected to have completed all CAT tools at proficient or independent level. If you have the chance to complete more than the recommended CAT tools for this placement, you can get these signed off and they will be included against your 26 completed CAT Tools for ELA6. iii) Venue feedback We advise that you collect at least 2 venue feedback forms from clinicians that supervise you during your placement for your record. This will be the last placement before you apply for the TPPP so make sure you 10
collect feedback to submit with your application, and start approaching potential referees. Part 3: Critical reflection: (500 words) Describe and critically reflect on one particular complex neonatal care experience in which you observed or participated in a process of 'clinical reasoning'. You will need to focus on the Clinical reasoning cycle that can be accessed under Assessment 3: Portfolio, under the Assessment Tab on the course online site and include references to relevant literature, as outlined on the Feedback form, also available from the Course Essentials block on the course homepage. Negotiable assessment methods A secondary assessment will be available for the preclinical assessment OSCA in this course. Where a fail grade is achieved for the preclinical assessment, a second opportunity will be offered along with an opportunity for remediation when necessary. The secondary assessment item will be offered, where possible, at a time close to the original assessment. This will be at the discretion of the Course Coordinator. Students must be available to undertake this secondary assessment prior to placement commencement or the fail grade will stand. There may not be a secondary assessment for the clinical placement component of this course (Assessment Policy and Procedures Manual 7.1.2). As a consequence students who are unable to attend part or all of placement for any reason and are unable to demonstrate competence may receive a fail grade. In exceptional circumstances students may be able to have the placement component rescheduled. Students may apply to have their enrolment and fees reversed in special circumstances please follow the link (January 2016) below to access the form and conditions for application. http://i.unisa.edu.au/global/campuscentral/student%20forms/ Application_for_amendment_to_enrolment_and_fees_in_special_circumstances.pdf At times students may be identified as being at risk of failing a clinical placement and will be offered an opportunity to engage in a clinical challenge. This will be identified and developed by the Course Coordinator in collaboration with the Clinical Facilitator. Supplementary Assessment Supplementary assessment is not available for this course. Important information about all assessment All students must adhere to the University of South Australia's policies about assessment: http://w3.unisa.edu.au/policies/manual/default.asp. Students with disabilities or medical conditions Students with disabilities or medical conditions or students who are carers may be entitled to a variation or modification to standard assessment arrangements. See Section 7 of the Assessment Policy and Procedures Manual (APPM) at: http://w3.unisa.edu.au/policies/manual/default.asp Information for students with disabilities is available at: http://www.unisa.edu.au/disability/current-students/ Variations to assessment tasks Variation to assessment methods, tasks and timelines can be provided in: Unexpected or exceptional circumstances, for example bereavement, unexpected illness (details of unexpected or exceptional circumstances for which variation can be considered are discussed in clauses 7.8-7.10 of the Assessment Policy and Procedures Manual). Variation to assessment in unexpected or exceptional circumstances should be discussed with your course coordinator as soon as possible. 11
Special circumstances, for example religious observance grounds, or community services (details of special circumstances for which variation can be considered are discussed in clause 7.11 of the Assessment Policy and Procedures Manual). Variations to assessment in expected circumstances must be requested within the first two weeks of the course (or equivalent for accelerated or intensive teaching). More information about variation to assessment may be found by consulting the relevant policy: http:// w3.unisa.edu.au/policies/manual/default.asp(section 7). Academic Integrity UniSA is committed to fostering and preserving the scholarly values of curiosity, experimentation, critical appraisal and integrity. Students are expected to demonstrate the highest standards of academic integrity. Academic integrity is a term used at university to describe honest behaviour as it relates to all academic work (for example papers written by staff, student assignments, conduct in exams, etc) and is the foundation of university life. One of the main principles is respecting other people's ideas and not claiming them as your own. Anyone found to have used another person's ideas without proper acknowledgement is deemed guilty of Academic Misconduct and the University considers this to be a serious matter. The University of South Australia wants its students to display academic integrity so that its degrees are earned honestly and are trusted and valued by its students and their employers. To ensure this happens and that students adhere to high standards of academic integrity and honesty at all times, the University has policies and procedures in place to promote academic integrity and manage academic misconduct for all students. Work submitted electronically by students for assessment will be tested using the text comparison software Turnitin http://www.turnitin.com. More information about academic integrity and what constitutes academic misconduct can be found in Section 9 of the Assessment Policies and Procedures Manual (APPM) at: http://w3.unisa.edu.au/policies/manual/ or on the Academic Integrity Module website at: https://lo.unisa.edu.au/mod/book/view.php?id=252142 Submission and return of assessment tasks You will be required to attend a portfolio interview two weeks after completion of placement. At this interview you will be required to submit your portfolio for review during a half hour meeting with the Course Coordinator or allocated course marker. These interviews will be arranged and booked by you via the learnonline site. If your portfolio is not assessed as being complete during this interview you will be required to attend a second interview with all aspect of the portfolio completed. Failure to do this may result in a fail grade for this course. Action from previous evaluations Students are encouraged to complete an online student experience evaluation about this course and their individual tutor. These questionnaires are completed on-line and will be available at the end of the study period. There will also be feedback collected about the facilitator and venues. Portfolio interviews have been implemented as a result of previous student evaluations 12
Conceded and Terminating Passes Conceded and Terminating passes are not available in this course. Further Assessment Information Attending COCE Clinical placement is an important aspect of your clinical experience. It is important that placement is prioritised above other commitments, this includes COCE appointments. However, if you have a COCE woman in labour you are able to attend this experience. Please communicate with the midwives you are working with and let your Clinical Facilitator know. A student may be removed from the clinical venue at any time during the placement for unsafe practice or inappropriate behaviour as outlined in the Assessment Policy and Procedure Manual Section 4.5. This will result in a Fail grade for the course. Evidence for Placement Prior to selection and commencement of placement students are required to submit conditional evidence including but not limited to the following: Criminal check (Instructions on how to apply are available on the Clinical Placement Unit website): ALL students: National Criminal History Record Check (NCHRC) from the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion (DCSI) Senior First Aid Certificate or if you are Registered Nurse a copy of your current practising certificate CPR update Immunisation record Medicine Calculation test These requirements are detailed on the course online resources and Clinical Placement Unit (CPU) site http:// w3.unisa.edu.au/health/cpu/info.asp.and the Passport to Placement documentation If you have foreseen commitments that may affect your ability to undertake placement please complete the Special Consideration form. http://w3.unisa.edu.au/health/cpu/documents/special_consideration_form-pre-allocation.doc Policy statements for courses with clinical placements In addition the standard University policies, due to the inclusion of clinical placement as the delivery mode of this course, Section 4 of the University Assessment Policies and Procedures has particular relevance: http://w3.unisa.edu.au/policies/manual/default.asp In addition, students are advised to access the Division of Health Science-Clinical Placement Policy (see CPU website http://w3.unisa.edu.au/health/cpu/forms.asp) for specific clinical placement information. Students are advised that there may be penalties for non-compliance of this placement policy. Implementation of a Clinical Challenge In the event that a student s practice and performance is not at the required standard and the student is identified as being at risk of failing the course, a Clinical Challenge may be implemented. The Clinical Challenge is formulated by the Course Coordinator based upon information provided to them by the Clinical Facilitator and/or venue senior clinical staff. This information should be in written form and include specific examples where the student s practice has not met the required standards to pass the course. Failure to redeem the Clinical Challenge If the student is unable to meet the objectives set and demonstrate an acceptable standard of practice in the time specified in the Clinical Challenge contract (redeem the Clinical Challenge), then the student will fail the course and be removed from placement. Students may be removed from the clinical venue at any time during the placement for unsafe practice or 13
inappropriate behaviour as outlined in the Assessment Policy and Procedure Manual Section 4.5. This will result in a Fail grade for the course. Further information regarding the clinical challenge is available on the course site. 14
Course Calendar Study Period 3-2016 Weeks Topic Practical Assessment Details (Adelaide Time) 07-13 March Pre-teaching 14-20 March Pre-teaching Pre-Clinical (OSCA) 17 March C5-14 & CEA/ BJ2-34 18 March C5-14 & CEA/ C3-22 Comments Public Holidays Adelaide Cup Day 14 Mar 2016 1 21-27 March Pre-clinical (OSCA) 21 March C5-14 & CEA/ BJ2-34 Good Friday 25 Mar 2016Easter Saturday 26 Mar 2016 2 28 March - 03 April Upload Medication Calculations certificate to learnonline 3 04-10 April 4 11-17 April Placements commence 5 18-24 April Easter Monday 28 Mar 2016 6 25 April - 01 May Anzac Day 25 Apr 2016 7 02-08 May 8 09-15 May 9 16-22 May 10 23-29 May Post Clinical Workshop 15
11 30 May - 05 June Portfolio interviews scheduled during this week 12 06-12 June 13 13-19 June Placements complete Queen's Birthday 13 Jun 2016 14 20-26 June Post Clinical workshop 15 27 June - 03 July Portfolio interviews scheduled during this week 16