Faculty Of Health Sciences
NSG5CAU, 2012
| Subject Code: | NSG5CAU |
| Subject Short Title: | CLINICAL AUDIT |
| Credit Points: | 20 |
| Special Conditions: | Students require access to a professional group in order to conduct a seminar on their clinical audit topic. |
| Subject Description: | In this subject students are introduced to the clinical audit process as a means of investigating the effectiveness, appropriateness and feasibility of a clinical practice. The subject requires students to have an understanding of the clinical audit process and then plan the conduct of a clinical audit based on best practice evidence. Students will be required to mount a case for what is considered best practice, given the available evidence on their topic and write a detailed report of the plan for conduct of a clinical audit, including ethical considerations. |
| Incompatibles: | NSG4CLE, NSG4CAU, NSG5CPD |
| Class Requirements: | A flexible learning package equivalent to 50-hours of classroom contact via the University's Learning Management System (LMS). Students have regular contact via LMS, telephone, email and personal appointments. For information on computing requirements visit: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/lms/requirements.html. This may vary for off-shore course offerings. |
| Work Experience Indicator: | Student is not undertaking work experience in industry |
| Available to 'Study Abroad' students: | N |
Assessment:
| Assessment Type | % | Comments |
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| One 3,000 to 3,500 word essay | 50 | This may vary for off-shore course offerings. |
| One 3,000 to 3,500 word seminar presentation and an ethics application. | 50 | This may vary for off-shore course offerings. |
Readings:
| Reading Type | Title | Author | Publisher |
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| Prescribed | Using Evidence to guide nursing practice 2nd edn | Courtney, M and McCutchen, H 2010 | Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, Marrickville, NSW |
| Recommended | Evidence-based practice: a primer for health care Professionals | Dawes, M, Davies, P, Gray, A, Mant, J, Seers, K, & Snowball, R 2005 | 2nd edn, Churchill Livingstone, London |
Subject Coordinator: Dr Les Fitzgerald
| Subject Availability |
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| DISTANCE EDUCATION |
| Semester 1, Distance Education. Dr Les Fitzgerald (l.fitzgerald@latrobe.edu.au) |
| Semester 2, Distance Education. Dr Les Fitzgerald (l.fitzgerald@latrobe.edu.au) |
| SINGAPORE |
| Semester 1, On-Line. Dr Les Fitzgerald (l.fitzgerald@latrobe.edu.au) |
| Week 51-09, Day. Ms Sonia Reisenhofer (s.reisenhofer@latrobe.edu.au) |
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