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 principles relating to medical scientists, with an appreciation of all elements of a ISO/IEC 17025 Quality the Standard. Knowledge and understanding is developed specifically relating to the laboratory's quality system, quality control and continuing quality improvement programs. Students will appreciate all elements of the ISO 15189 Quality Standard and the NATA/RCPA supplementary requirements required for laboratoryaccreditation. 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.
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
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
2008	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