Unit Outline

This unit is experiential and practice focused. The emphasis is on extending your leadership capabilities by addressing a practice problem within your workplace. The problem requires you to review and analyse evidence and apply leadership approaches to support a change ready workplace. Suggested changes will be addressed through the adoption of sustainable strategies that empower individuals to embed and support organisational culture into practice.

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	Analyse factors that influence the acceptance and sustainability of project work in healthcare settings and address strategies for implementation.
2	Critically analyse evidence that supports sustainable practice change in healthcare.
3	Lead a solution-focused practice change initiative that addresses inter and intradisciplinary collaborations.
4	Communicate a well-executed practice change strategy to address organisational culture and interdisciplinary stakeholder engagement.

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	CNA417 Exploring Leadership or CNA425 Professional Practice Enhancement

Alterations as a result of student feedback

This is the first time this unit has been delivered in the new Leadership Specialisation.

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:	Case Study - Leading Professional Practice Enhancement	Week 5	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Practice Change (Oral interactive)	Week 9	30 %	LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 3:	Portfolio - Leading solution-focused practice change	Week 12	40 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Case Study - Leading Professional Practice Enhancement

Task Description:

You will apply your leadership capabilities to address a real-world healthcare project from your practice area to address, build and sustain cultural change.

Task Length:

1200 words

Due Date:

Week 5

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Analyse factors influencing acceptance, sustainability and implementation of practice change in your clinical setting supported by relevant and credible evidence from current literature.	LO1, LO2
2	Develop evidence informed strategies to address facilitators and barriers to enhance sustainability of practice change.	LO2
3	Structure the report logically and communicate clearly.	LO4

Assessment Task 2: Practice Change (Oral interactive)

Task Description:

Verbally present an evidence-informed leadership plan for sustainable practice change addressing a healthcare issue relevant to your organisation. The change must be grounded in evidence-informed practice and include a strategy for cultural change using clear and effective communication.

Task Length:

10 min professional discussion

Due Date:

Week 9

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Critically analyse evidence to justify the need for practice change.	LO2
2	Present an implementation plan supported by relevant, high-quality evidence.	LO2, LO3
3	Apply appropriate communication strategies for interdisciplinary and organisational collaboration.	LO2, LO4
4	Present information logically, clearly, and professionally, with well-considered responses to questions.	LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment Task 3: Portfolio - Leading solution-focused practice change

Task Description:

You will demonstrate through your collated portfolio work your ability to lead a solution-focused practice change in healthcare. You will include evidence of leadership strategies to address the necessary interprofessional and organisational culture changes to sustain practice change and include supporting evidence from leaders in practice.

Task Length:

1500 words

Due Date:

Week 12

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Critically reflect on leadership strategies used to drive the change solutions in the context of practice.	LO1, LO2, LO3
2	Analyse inter- and intra-disciplinary collaboration and teamwork approaches to address sustained cultural change.	LO3, LO4
3	Evaluate strategies that will resolve any anticipated issues and empower others to lead.	LO1
4	Integrate authentic exemplars that capture evidence of your leadership in your portfolio, communicating ideas with clarity and variety, supported by your clinical leaders.	LO4

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes and achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater.

Academic progress review

The results for this unit may be included in a review of your academic progress. For information about progress reviews and what they mean for all students, see Academic Progress Review in the Student Portal.

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.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see Important Guidelines & Support.

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.