310500 (v.1) Professional Practice 331

Area:

School of Biomedical Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

12.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Other:

1 x 10 Hours Weekly

Seminar:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Clinical Practice:

1 x 80 Hours Quarterly

Prerequisite(s):

8054 (v.9) Clinical Biochemistry 232 or any previous version
AND
302426 (v.2) Histopathology 232 or any previous version
AND
302431 (v.1) Haematology 232 or any previous version
AND
302436 (v.2) Immunobiology 232 or any previous version
AND
302477 (v.2) Clinical Microbiology 232 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Students gain knowledge and understanding of the medico-legal, professional and ethical principals relating to medical scientists, with an ppreciation of all elements of ISO/IEC 17025 Quality Standard. Knowledge and understanding is developed specifically related to the laboratory's quality system, quality control, continuing quality improvement programs. Students will appreciate all elements of ISO 15189 Quality Standard and the NATA/RCPA supplementary requirements required for laboratory accreditation.Students will attend where possible the continuing education programs provided by laboratory organisations and professional bodies and presentations by specialist and expert scientists invited to speak at the Western Australian Biomedical Research Institute (WABRI) Seminar program, Curtin University.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

010999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External