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OLET1403: Student Leadership: Community Engagement
2025 unit information
This OLE aims to give students theoretical and practical underpinning for their leadership aspirations and provide students with the opportunity to develop and practise relevant skills. The curriculum includes provision of foundational areas to support and inform study into leadership skills, the opportunity to broadly apply leadership skills and a strong focus on personal development and communication. The UoS comprises of a core 0 CP UoS called Student Leadership: Core and a 2 CP UoS called Student Leadership: Community Engagement, whereby the focus is on leadership in the community, workplace and industry and with different groups of people including clients, organisations and patients. The attributes of key community leaders will be discussed and evaluated. Students wishing to extend their leadership knowledge can undertake related Student Leadership OLEs in Representation and Peer Mentoring, each of 2 credits points, to scaffold student achievement.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Health Sciences |
| Credit points | 2 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. develop strategies for effective engagement with stakeholders and community leaders through effective written and verbal communication, including effective interviewing skills
- LO2. demonstrate positive and constructive attitudes of curiosity, acceptance, integrity and authenticity towards stakeholders, including demonstration of perspective thinking and empathy
- LO3. demonstrate reflective skills and plans for improvement when dealing with leadership issues in the community, workplace and industry
- LO4. demonstrate adaptive approach to problem solving using a myriad of approaches such as systems and complex thinking.
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Semester 1 2025
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Online | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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