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SEXH5406: Professional Practice

2025 unit information

This capstone unit provides students with an opportunity to integrate their learning throughout the candidature with current and future practice in a capstone experience. Students will apply their newly gained knowledge, skills, and values in a professional setting. Students are expected to satisfactorily fulfil 60-80 hours of capstone experience in the form of clinical/observational placement, research project, data audit, field/site visits, gap analysis or a mixture of different options. The unit also provides students with an introduction to the essential practical competencies in their specific Pathway and emphasises the interdisciplinary nature of health. On completion of this unit, students will be able to: (i) Synthesise learning in the context of professional practice; (ii) Develop a practice framework which is based on ethical, regulatory and socio-cultural contexts of the discipline; (iii) Demonstrate understanding of inter-disciplinary practice; (iv) Apply reflexive practice to identify and act on opportunities for learning/professional development; and (v) Appraise the theory to practice/practice to theory nexus in the context of professional practice. The University will assist in locating clinical, public health, and counselling related observations and/or placements where relevant. In addition, students will work in multidisciplinary professional groups to reflect on their role in the multidisciplinary team for the management of sexual and reproductive health issues. There is a compulsory on campus intensive teaching block for this unit of study in addition to the online learning activities. Exemptions and/or credit requests are not available for this unit.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Medicine and Health

Study level Postgraduate
Academic unit Sexual Health
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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SEXH5401 or CEPI5100 or PUBH5010
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. synthesise learning in the context of professional practice
  • LO2. develop a practice framework which is based on ethical, regulatory and socio-cultural contexts of the discipline
  • LO3. demonstrate understanding of inter-disciplinary practice
  • LO4. apply reflexive practice to identify and act on opportunities for learning/professional development
  • LO5. appraise the theory to practice/practice to theory nexus in the context of professional practice

Unit availability

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2024
Block mode Westmead, Sydney
Semester 2 2024
Block mode Westmead, Sydney
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2025
Block mode Westmead, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Semester 2 2025
Block mode Westmead, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2020
Block mode Westmead, Sydney
Semester 2 Early 2020
Block mode Westmead, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Block mode Remote
Semester 1 2021
Block mode Westmead, Sydney
Semester 2 2021
Block mode Remote
Semester 2 2021
Block mode Westmead, Sydney
Semester 1 2022
Block mode Remote
Semester 1 2022
Block mode Westmead, Sydney
Semester 2 2022
Block mode Remote
Semester 2 2022
Block mode Westmead, Sydney
Semester 1 2023
Block mode Remote
Semester 1 2023
Block mode Westmead, Sydney
Semester 2 2023
Block mode Westmead, Sydney

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Modes of attendance (MoA)

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