Required texts

Documented in consultation with the supervisor and recorded in the internship/research project proposal.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

• The attached assignment is my own work and no part of this work has been written for me by any other person except where such collaboration has been authorised by the lecturer/s concerned;

• Material drawn from other sources has been fully acknowledged as to author/creator, source and other bibliographic details according to unit-specific requirements for referencing; and

• No part of this work has been submitted for assessment in any other unit in this or another Faculty except where authorised by the lecturer/s concerned. 

Responsibility for understanding

If there is any doubt with regard to the requirements of any particular assignment or assessment procedure, the onus for clarifying the issue rests with the student who should contact the unit Convener or supervisor. Further, it is the responsibility of students to ensure that they are correctly enrolled in the unit and that the supervisor and Student Administration have their correct contact details.

Special assessment requirements

This is a unit that students may want to reference in employment, scholarship, and post-graduate applications. Consequently, students may want to aim for the highest mark that they can achieve.

For Research stream students, the project Proposal, together with evidence that the student has negotiated an agreement from an academic staff member in their discipline area to supervise the project, is essential. Failure to submit the proposal on time, or (after revision if necessary) by the due date to a standard acceptable to the staff member prepared to certify willingness to be a supervisor and to undertake an appropriate risk assessment will preclude involvement in the project.

The unit convenor reserves the right to question students on any of their submitted work for moderation and academic integrity purposes, which may result in an adjustment to the marks awarded for a specific task.

Supplementary assessment

Supplementary assessments will usually only be offered to students who have failed a single unit in their final semester with a final mark between 45-49% and the unit is required for course completion.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and 91Porn (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

The work-integrated learning experience will involve the student undertaking either an approved professional internship or research project under limited supervision of a UC academic, for no less than 15 x 7.5 hour days (or part-time equivalent, such as for part-time 30 x 3.25 hour days). In this unit, these hours include time spent in consultation with your supervisor and undertaking internship, laboratory, or field research. Be aware that internship/research time is not predictable however, students cannot exceed 112.5 hours of internship or research activities. Therefore, students should negotiate this with their supervisors at the start of the internship/research project to avoid activities beyond the allocated 112.5 hours. There is a 2 hour introductory workshop and a full day student seminar that you are expected to attend. The remaining unit hours (30.5) should be used for completing assessment tasks.

Participation requirements

Successful completion of the professional experience internship/research project is critical to succeed in the whole unit. Students must make themselves familiar with the processes and policies of professional experience.

Your participation in this unit will be determined in consultation with your internship/research supervisor and documented in the Internship/Research Report. This unit consists of an individual internship/research project and the onus is on the student to ensure that the internship/research is undertaken. Should you experience problems with undertaking the activities required to pass this unit, please contact the unit convener immediately.

Required IT skills

This unit may require specialist IT skills as discussed with your Internship/Research supervisor and the Unit Convener.

In-unit costs

This unit may require additional costs as negotiated with your Internship/Reserch supervisor and the Unit Convener.

Work placement, internships or practicums

A work-integrated learning experience is a required element of the unit to pass. 

This unit involves work-integrated learning: Internship/Simulation/WIL Fieldwork/WIL Project. Students must adhere to University policy during WIL activities, including the Student Conduct Rules 2018, the WIL Policy and WIL Procedure, and the Assessment Policy and Assessment Procedure.

This unit has pre-placement requirements. Students are required to complete details in InPlace, refer to . If you have any queries related to InPlace please contact placement@canberra.edu.au.

Additional information

This unit involves working in a professional research environment and therefore, additional student responsibilities are required in addition to those described in section 6. Work-place learning requires strict adherence to professional practice principles and ethics. Client /patient confidentiality must always be maintained, including for assessment items such as reports or essays. The professional nature of this unit also requires 100% participation in all activities specified in the internship agreement plan/Project Proposal for the successful completion of this unit. If attendance requirements cannot be satisfied, it is recommended that you meet with your Course Convener to schedule this unit for a future teaching period.

Some projects will require additional student responsibilities depending on their projects. Students must confirm with their supervisors if any of the following are required:

• Police Record Check: Please refer to the Police Check Policy in the Professional Practice for Medical Science Handbook for further information. Please check with your supervisor if this is required and organise for a check to be done.
• Immunisation Policy: The ACT Department of Health and Community Care recommends that all students are immunised according to the National Health and Medical Research Council Schedule. Please refer to the Immunisation Policy in the Professional Practice for Medical Science Handbook for further information.
• Client/patient confidentiality: Projects involving research or data collected from human subjects require strict adherence to professional practice principles and ethics. Please refer to the appropriate UC policies on human ethics. Students should note that if approval is required from the UC Human Ethics committee, this needs to be organised well in advance as the committee only meets a few times per year.
• Human ethics approval: Projects involving research or data collected from humans requires strict adherence to professional practice principles and ethics. Please refer to the appropriate UC policies on human ethics.  Students should note that if approval is required from the UC Human Ethics committee, this needs to be organised in advance as the committee only meets a few times per year.
• Animal ethics approval: Projects involving research or data collected from vertebrates require strict adherence to professional practice principles and ethics. Please refer to the appropriate UC policies on animal ethics.  Students should note that if approval is required from the UC Animal Ethics committee, this needs to be organised well in advance as the committee only meets a few times per year.
• Health and Safety Training: Internships or Projects require completing health and safety training as prescribed by the relevant institution.
• Specific PPE and Dress code: Please note that some of the internships may require a specific PPE/dress code that must be adhered to.

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