PALL8443 Practicum

Dr Geraldine Lane

2017

5 x 2-hour tutorials per semester
3 x 2-hour on-line tutorials per semester

^ PALL8432 - Understanding Literature for Evidence-Based Practice

PALL8405 has been successfully completed

Familiarity in the use of literature and accessing relevant databases including OVID Medline, CINAHL, PubMed and any others appropriate to the area of study.

This topic is available to Postgraduate students only.

Assignments; Tutorial Presentation; Tutorial Participation

This topic provides a structured opportunity for students to reflect upon their own palliative care practice and identify an area for specific attention and review, in order to extend their professional development and enhance client services or patient care. Students negotiate a contract with their supervisor that is based on their current practice, to consider this in the context of current theory and best practice.

The aim of this topic is to provide students with the opportunity to reflect on their own palliative practice. This requires the student to:

identify area of clinical interest
identify, extend and evaluate personal professional skill development required
to contribute new information or perspectives to current thinking in a related area of practice
engage in professional discourse by completing to submission stage an item for publication or presentation in an appropriate professional forum

In order to achieve this aim, students will be given the opportunity to develop skills in reflective practice, critical appraisal, writing for publication and clinical skill development.

On completion of this topic students will be able to:

undertake critical analysis, reflection and interpretation of the student's own practice with a view to identifying a specific area of clinical interest.
reflect on and evaluate the process of skill development
critically appraise the literature in the area of interest.
describe and practice the skills necessary to prepare a paper for dissemination (publication or presentation)
plan and manage the progression of a practicum

Key dates and timetable

Timetable details for 2017 are no longer published.

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