Course Coordinator:James Clark (jclark5@usc.edu.au) School:School of Health - Psychology
UniSC Sunshine Coast |
Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
Please go to usc.edu.au for up to date information on the
teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
This course provides students who are working in applied health care with knowledge and understanding of the core psychological issues that will be important when managing clients in health care settings, particularly in paramedic science and psychology settings. There is a focus on gaining an awareness of psychological processes that relate to self and others and also how to communicate effectively in an interdisciplinary setting.
Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
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Learning materials – 1-hour online material to review on Canvas in student's own time | 1hr | Week 1 | 13 times |
Tutorial/Workshop 1 – On-campus Workshop - 2 hours | 2hrs | Week 2 | 11 times |
The topics covered in this course address psychological processes as they relate to the self and other in a healthcare context. The topics include: trauma, stress, coping, fitness to practice, developmental psychology and how they relate to healthcare, neuropsychology and the impact of brain injury, death and grief, health literacy and health communication, situational awareness, and impacts of childhood trauma and violence.
100 Level (Introductory)
12 units
Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Mapping Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | Professional Standard Mapping * Paramedicine Board of Australia | |
1 | Explain concepts, theories, and research relating to psychology in health care contexts. |
Knowledgeable Creative and critical thinker |
3.2.b, 5.2.b, 5.3.e, 5.3.f |
2 | Describe psychological processes relating to self and others. |
Knowledgeable Creative and critical thinker Empowered |
2.1.f, 3.2.b, 5.2.b, 5.3.e, 5.3.f |
3 | Communicate knowledge effectively within relevant discipline (paramedic science and psychology) and professional practice. |
Knowledgeable Empowered |
2.1.f, 3.2.b |
CODE | COMPETENCY |
Paramedicine Board of Australia | |
2.1.f | Identify and effectively manage communication barriers, including anxiety and stress, specific to individual patients and/or carers. |
3.2.b | Demonstrate a logical and systematic approach to problem-solving and situation analysis. |
5.2.b | Identify patients who are vulnerable or otherwise most at risk including those with mental health issues particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. |
5.3.e | Understand psychological and social factors, including intergenerational trauma that impact and influence an individual in health and illness. |
5.3.f | Understand the clinical sciences underpinning paramedic practice, including physiological, pharmacological, behavioural and functional. |
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
Enrolled in Program SC306, SC395, AR374, AR403 or AR405
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Standard Grading (GRD)
High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Timely and detailed feedback is provided for each assessment. Feedback is provided both within text and general comments to build scholarly skills. Students are able to seek feedback through face-to-face discussions with the course coordinator. Workshops will include extended discussion and review of the assessment task requirements and scope.
Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
All | 1 | Quiz/zes | Individual | 30% | 30-minutes |
Throughout teaching period (refer to Format) | Online Test (Quiz) |
All | 2 | Written Piece | Individual | 20% | 500 words |
Refer to Format | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
All | 3 | Essay | Individual | 50% | 1500 words |
Week 13 | Online Submission |
All - Assessment Task 1:Online Quizzes | ||||||||||
Goal: | The purpose of this task is for you to identify and describe foundational concepts and theories underpinning applied psychology in health care. These quizzes will assist in providing feedback on your learning throughout the course. |
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Product: | Quiz/zes | |||||||||
Format: | This task requires you to complete a series of online quizzes in Canvas (3 quizzes). Each quiz will focus on the content covered in the related weeks of the course. Quizzes will be activated for a period of seven days only and will be due in between Weeks 4 and 12 of the teaching semester. The final date of submission for these tasks will be determined once public holidays and the course timetable have been published prior to the commencement of semester. Please refer to your course Canvas site at the commencement of the teaching semester to confirm the due date for this assessment task. |
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Generic Skills: | Information literacy |
All - Assessment Task 2:Journal Article Review | |||||||||||||
Goal: | The goal of this assessment task is to develop skills in researching and to build self-reflection capabilities. |
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Product: | Written Piece | ||||||||||||
Format: | The written piece will requires students to write a report about a peer-reviewed journal article that they choose and relate the findings to their own circumstances and future career. This assessment task will be due between Weeks 3 - 5 of the teaching semester. The final date of submission for this task will be determined once public holidays and the course timetable have been published prior to the commencement of semester. Please refer to your course Canvas site at the commencement of the teaching semester to confirm the due date for this assessment task. |
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Generic Skills: | Communication |
All - Assessment Task 3:Essay | ||||||||||||||||
Goal: | The goal of this task is to answer an essay question related to the concepts from the learning materials, readings, videos, and course resources. This assessment will allow you to develop your skills in the selection of material, comprehension, application of theory, referencing, and presentation. |
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Product: | Essay | |||||||||||||||
Format: | This assessment task will require you to complete an essay related to the weekly topics, learning materials, workshops, and required readings. The essay question will be available on Canvas. |
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Generic Skills: | Communication, Applying technologies |
A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
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Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment
Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying:
(a) The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4%; and
(b) The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale
Late submissions may be penalised up to and including the following maximum percentage of the assessment task’s identified value, with weekdays and weekends included in the calculation of days late:
(a) One day: deduct 5%;
(b) Two days: deduct 10%;
(c) Three days: deduct 20%;
(d) Four days: deduct 40%;
(e) Five days: deduct 60%;
(f) Six days: deduct 80%;
(g) Seven days: A result of zero is awarded for the assessment task.The following penalties will apply for a late submission for an online examination:
Less than 15 minutes: No penalty
From 15 minutes to 30 minutes: 20% penalty
More than 30 minutes: 100% penalty
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