Fit for Practice: the tale of two professions

dc.contributor.authorStupans, Ieva
dc.contributor.authorMcAllister, Sue Margery
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-11T22:42:52Z
dc.date.available2015-10-11T22:42:52Z
dc.date.issued2015-07
dc.descriptionCopyright 2015 HERDSA and the authors. Published version of the paper reproduced here with permission from the publisher.en
dc.description.abstractIn response to demands for health graduates, who are "fit for practice" the learning outcomes for health profession' University programs are now typically defined by professional competency frameworks. Students are deemed work ready when they have demonstrated these competencies, at an appropriate level; opportunities for demonstration are provided through good curriculum design focussed on alignment between specific competencies and their assessment. This paper compares and contrasts the expectations of graduates for the two health disciplines of Pharmacy and Speech Pathology. The related impact of how professional accreditation processes conceptualise the requisite knowledge, skills and attributes of graduates and the effect this has on assessing, evidencing and evaluating these is examined. We also discuss the implications for university teachers and the tensions around educating professionals entering uncertain, changing and complex practice environments where graduates need to be able to constantly adapt and develop skills throughout their professional life.en
dc.identifier.citationStupans, I. & McAllister, S. (2015) "Fit for Practice: the tale of two professions." In T. Thomas, E. Levin, P. Dawson, K. Fraser & R. Hadgraft (Eds.), Research and Development in Higher Education: Learning for Life and Work in a Complex World, 38 (pp 436-445). Melbourne, Australia. 6 - 9 July 2015.en
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-908557-96-7
dc.identifier.issn1441-001X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2328/35582
dc.language.isoen
dc.oaire.license.condition.licenseIn Copyright
dc.publisherHigher Education Research and Development Society of Australia Inc (HERDSA)en
dc.rightsCopyright © 2015 HERDSA and the authors.en
dc.rights.holderHERDSA and the authors.en
dc.subjectcompetency, Pharmacy, Speech Pathologyen
dc.titleFit for Practice: the tale of two professionsen
dc.typeArticleen
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookupMcAllister, Sue Margery: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1597-0563en_US
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