PALL8443 Capstone in Palliative or End-of-life Clinical Practice

This topic is taught and assessed as a continuum.

This topic provides an opportunity for students to consolidate their postgraduate study and extend their learning into professional practice and work place settings. It is designed to challenge and grow the student's higher level communication, dissemination and critical thinking abilities by developing and completing a field of study that is relevant and is of interest to the individual student.

This topic aims to provide students with the opportunity to:

• Consolidate and critically review their own postgraduate learning to apply a capstone experience to their clinical/workplace setting
• Extend and deepen their analytical and strategic thinking
• Develop networks and linkages with industry, professional bodies, their workplace setting or consumer groups
• Consolidate and develop higher level communication and dissemination skills (written, interpersonal, professional presentation or publication)

1. Extend their analytical, strategic thinking and problem solving skills
2. Further develop their career networking skills and/or experience
3. Consolidate higher level communication (written, oral, professional) negotiation and dissemination skills
4. Deepen their critical self-reflection and commitment to further learning and personal/ professional development