• Orientation and clinical meetings: Orientation activities prior to and at the commencement of block placements. Clinical meetings with clinical educator during placements. You must complete all the assessment tasks to pass the entire unit. Failure to complete any assessment item will result in you being awarded a Fail grade, regardless of your cumulative marks in the unit of study.
• Initial clinical paperwork: Paperwork includes a Work Health and Safety checklist which is a mandatory requirement. The learning agreement which is designed to facilitate discussion of the structure and content of the placement between the clinical educator(s) and student, to maximise the learning opportunities for the student within the clinical context of the site.
• COMPASS®: Students’ clinical performance is assessed using the COMPASS® in the middle (formative feedback) and at the end of the placement (final result).
• Final clinical paperwork: At the end of the placement, students must submit the following: learning agreement (finalised and signed by educator), summary of clinical practice (log) hours and update practice hours in SONIA, noting client experiences across range-of-practice areas, and a clinical placement evaluation.
• Professional portfolio (after final placement only): Students prepare a professional portfolio collating their experiences and skills in order to establish their entry-level competence (Competency Based Occupational Standards (CBOS) for Speech Pathologists: Entry Level, 2011). It is a strong piece of evidence used by the Discipline of Speech Pathology in order to maintain
  unit accreditation from Speech Pathology Australia.
• Case based viva (after final placement only): If this unit is the final clinical placement of the degree, students will need to complete viva exams. Students will complete one or more viva exams dependent on the number of clients managed across each range of practice area (RoPA) during the final two entry-level placements. The minimum client requirement for each RoPA determines the number of viva exams.
• Cultural competence module 5 (during first placement only): If this unit is the first clinical placement of the semester, students will need to complete the 5th and final cultural competence module developed by the University of Sydney’s national centre for cultural competence.

Detailed information for each assessment can be found on Canvas.