Unit Outline

Speech Pathology Practice 2 extends students’ core knowledge and application of concepts and skills developed in Stage 1 and concurrently in Optimising Communication and Swallowing 1. Students will integrate and apply their understanding and skills in workshops in the residential schools and as they work in supervised practice in either a paediatric, adult or mixed practice context. Throughout the learning activities and the practice education placement, students will focus on person and family-centredness, biopsychosocial models of practice, clinical reasoning, self-reflection, critical thinking, cultural responsiveness, and evidence-based practice. Students will develop a range of communication and swallowing assessment and management skills across the lifespan. During practice education experiences, students in Stage 2 will receive significant levels of support and guidance from their Practice Educator and/or peers and will be managing relatively straightforward speech pathology client or community needs.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1.	Provide evidence-based, person-centred and responsive speech pathology practice in situations involving a low degree of complexity, high degree of familiarity and significant levels of support.
2.	Plan and administer contextually appropriate assessments and demonstrate clinical reasoning to synthesise, interpret, and report assessment findings for relatively straightforward needs in either an adult, paediatric or mixed practice context.
3.	Plan, implement and evaluate intervention or service responses and demonstrate a range of therapeutic skills for relatively straightforward needs in either an adult, paediatric or mixed practice context.
4.	Achieve respectful partnerships and collaboration in situations involving a low degree of complexity, high degree of familiarity and significant levels of support.
5.	Critical reflect and evaluate own performance and learning to inform ongoing professional development and life-long learning in situations involving a low degree of complexity, high degree of familiarity and significant levels of support.

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	CXA725 Speech Pathology Practice 1 and CXA724 Foundations of Speech Pathology
Co-requisite	CXA734 Optimising Communication and Swallowing 1

Alterations as a result of student feedback

In response to student feedback the professional expereince placement (PEP) has been changed to a 2-day/week placement over 10 weeks rather than a 3-day/week placement over 6 weeks. This change aims to distribute the time commitment required for placement and allow a more balanced workload throughout the semester.
The Speech Pathology Skills assessment has also been changed in 2024 to have smaller tasks distributed across the two residential schools rather than a single assessment with multiple stations to demonstrate skills.
The residential schools have also been rescheduled to have more time in between the two on-campus weeks. This aims to allow more online content to be completed and then followed up with interactive application activities in the residential schools.

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Speech Pathology Skill Performance	Week 5	0 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Case presentation and clinical viva	Exam Period	0 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
Assessment Task 3:	My Practice Standards portfolio and reflection assignment	Refer to Assessment Description	0 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
Assessment Task 4:	Assessment of Speech Pathology Practice	Refer to Assessment Description	0 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Speech Pathology Skill Performance

Task Description:

This practical assessment requires students to rotate through clinical skills stations and demonstrate speech pathology skills whilst demonstrating person-centredness, professional communication and clinical documentation.

Students must demonstrate their ability to provide safe and quality speech pathology differential diagnosis and intervention skills across the lifespan. Students are also required to demonstrate person centred communication.
This is a compulsory hurdle task that must be completed at a pass standard to achieve an overall pass result in this unit. Students who do not meet the required level of competency will be given an opportunity for a re-attempt of the required skill/s.

Task Length:

60 minutes

Due Date:

Week 5

Weight:

0 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Demonstrate ability to interpret assessment information for differential diagnosis of communication and/or swallowing needs.	LO1, LO2
2	Complete documentation of assessment and analyses of communication and/or swallowing skills.	LO1, LO2, LO4
3	Conduct a clinical interaction to assess and/or provide communication and/or swallowing intervention in a simulated environment.	LO1, LO3, LO4
4	Use accurate and accessible communication to explain communication and/or swallowing assessment and/or management information to clients and/or families in a simulated environment.	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment Task 2: Case presentation and clinical viva

Task Description:

This individual oral examination will follow the completion of the paediatric or adult practice education placement.
Students will submit a written case summary of a client they have worked with during their placement using a standard template. This written information will be submitted one week before the exam and is not assessed but will be used by examiners to select appropriate questions to assess the student’s clinical reasoning, application of theory, and critical reflection. In the oral exam students will present a 2-minute case presentation and then respond to questions from two staff members regarding their assessment and/or management of the client.
This is a compulsory hurdle task that must be completed at a pass standard to achieve an overall pass result in this unit. Students who do not meet the required level of competency will be given an opportunity for a re-attempt of the required skill/s.

Task Length:

20 minutes

Due Date:

Exam Period

Weight:

0 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Demonstrate evidence-based, holistic, client-centred clinical reasoning skills.	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
2	Justify diagnosis and/or management decisions based on clear theoretically motivated rationales.	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
3	Critically reflect on own practice and learning.	LO5

Assessment Task 3: My Practice Standards portfolio and reflection assignment

Task Description:

Students will complete a portfolio of evidence and critical reflection, evaluating their development with respect to the Professional Standards. They will then identify goals based on their reflection, and strategies for achieving these goals, in a learning plan.
Submission of the critical reflection is a compulsory hurdle task that must be completed at a pass standard to achieve an overall pass result in this unit. Students will have an opportunity to resubmit if they do not meet the required level of competency.
Critical reflection: 1000 words

Task Length:

1000 words

Due Date:

Refer to Assessment Description

Weight:

0 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Evaluate development of speech pathology knowledge, skills and attributes against the Professional Standards	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
2	Critically reflect on own practice to evaluate strengths and weaknesses and formulate goals and strategies for continued lifelong learning.	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
3	Discuss strategies to ensure speech pathology decision making is legally compliant.	LO3, LO4, LO5

Assessment Task 4: Assessment of Speech Pathology Practice

Task Description:

A placement evaluation will be completed at the end of the Stage 2 placement by the practice educator/s. Students are required to demonstrate ‘approaching intermediate’ level competency overall rating on COMPASS® and an ‘approaching intermediate’ level of competency across each of the Professional Competencies and the CBOS competencies.
This assessment task is Pass/Fail. Students must pass this assessment task to be eligible for a pass in the unit.

Task Length:

20 days

Due Date:

Refer to Assessment Description

Weight:

0 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Perform across the COMPASS competencies at ‘approaching intermediate’ competency level on the COMPASS evaluation.	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, and pass all assessment tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.