Topic outline
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The course provider demonstrates that it has the learning and assessment materials, facilities and equipment, and staff to provide students with the support and the expertise necessary to attain their graduate competency outcomes.
Resources and staffing Criteria Linkages Suggested Evidence 4.1 Academic staff are qualified to fulfill their teaching and assessment responsibilities, including current competence in area of teaching and assessment. 4.2, 7.3 1. Copy of the Staff Qualification Matrix for the course (M) 4.2 In cases where an academic staff member's qualifications do not include sonography their qualifications are relevant to the education of the students (e.g. in cross-disciplinary/elective courses). 4.1, 7.3 2. Copy of the staff Qualification Matrix fo the course (M) 4.3 Staffing arrangements around course delivery are aligned with course outcomes. Nil 3. Description and examples of how the staffing profiles enables the achievement of the course outcomes 4.4 Clinical supervisors are qualified to fulfill their supervisory responsibilities including current accreditation with ASAR where appropriate or being a suitably qualified and experienced medical practitioner. Nil 4. Processes for establishing the suitability of placements in regard to achieving the relevant graduate competency outcomes.
5. List of nominated workplace supervisors accompanies by a professional profile for the nominated workplace supervisors (M)4.5 The staff to student ratios for all learning and assessment activities, are adequate to enable students to achieve the graduate competency outcomes. 1.7, 1.10, 4.9, 5.1-5.4, 5.6, 5.7, 6.1-6.3 6. Provide the staff to student ratios for each subject included in the course (M)
7. Student satisfaction data (M) (R)
8. Employer satisfaction data (M) (R)
9. Course outcome data (M) (R)4.6 The monitoring of staff performance, including ongoing academic staff development. Nil 10. Processes for staff performance monitoring and staff development. 4.7 The course provider has a professional development program in place for staff involved in the delivery of the course that includes teaching, learning and assessment as well as clinical development opportunities. Nil 11. Processes for professional development that includes teaching, learning, assessment, clinical development, and any requirements for mandatory professional development.
12. Samples of professional development programs undertaken by staff.4.8 The design, size, state and currency of classrooms, laboratories, clinics (including those accessed for clinical experience), libraries, facilities and relevant equipment must enable the achievement of the clinical and educational objectives of the course. 1.10, 2.4-2.6, 3.1-3.4, 5.1-5.3, 6.2, 7.4-7.5 13. Course and subject outlines - Resource lists for each subject, inlcude facilities, equipment, support services and ratios of students to equipment (M)
14. Evidence of the state and currency of the facilities and equipment detailed in the resource lists in the subject outline.4.9 Clinical supervisors are provided with support from the course provider to structure and deliver an effective clinical learning experience in the workplace. 1.7, 4.5, 5.6, 5.7 15. Copies of all materials provided to clinical supervisors (M)
16. Processes for supporting clinical supervisors.
17. Employer satisfaction data (included the clinical supervisors) (M)
18. Processes for professional development including any requirements for mandatory professional development.