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We have expanded our immunisation learning pathways to support anyone working in Primary Healthcare. Click on tabs below to explore your learning pathway options.
You have selected Ears which means you have the option to start your Ear Health learning pathway! The Ear Health learning pathway starts by building your base knowledge with the nationally-accredited online program, Foundations of Ear Health (level 1). You can then continue on with 4 more nationally-accredited Courses (level 2) - options are dependent on your current qualifications, and topics include the ear and hearing health (including wax removal), otitis media, tympanometry and microsuction. Once you hit ‘apply now’ from any of the individual course pages below, you can bundle as many courses as you like. Happy learning!
We look forward to expanding the Ear Health Learning Pathway in 2021 with some exciting new programs.
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Interested in an immunisation learning pathway? Fantastic! A great place to start is to select a pathway based on your current qualification in Primary Healthcare.
Course in Immunisation Support
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioners, Practice Support Staff, Practice Managers and Reception Staff.
Course in Immunisation Practice
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners, Registered Nurses and Midwives, Enrolled Nurses, Pharmacists and Medical Officer (GP).
Immunisation Endorsement
Registered Nurses or Registered Midwives.
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Key Information
As a general guide, one hour of active learning equates to one hour of CPD. It is the responsibility of the individual student to calculate how many hours of active learning have been completed. The hours of active learning estimated above should act as a guide to CPD hours.
First level in Ear Health learning pathway
Once this program has been completed students can then continue on with 4 more nationally-accredited Courses - options are dependent on your current qualifications, and topics include the ear and hearing health (including wax removal), otitis media, tympanometry and microsuction.
Units of competency
Suitable Professions
Course delivery
- Online assessment completed via accessIQ
- Workplace observed practice.
Entry requirements
Entrants to the Foundation of Ear Health must provide evidence of a relevant professional role. Relevant roles would include:
- Registered and Enrolled Nurses
- Allied Health Professionals E.g. Audiologists
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Care Practitioners and Workers
- General Practitioners.
Entrants should have:
- A minimum of six months’ employment or experience working with clients in a clinical environment
- High language, literacy and numeracy levels. Sufficient to interpret medical documents/referrals/requests and write medical notes and reports.
Terms & conditions
Course overview
The Foundations of Ear Health Program aims to provide students with foundation knowledge to provide education, develop management plans, identify and manage hygiene issues regarding ear and hearing health, and provide ongoing management where complex needs regarding ear and hearing health are required.
The Foundations of Ear Health Program aims to provide students with foundation knowledge to provide education, develop management plans, identify and manage hygiene issues regarding ear and hearing health, and provide ongoing management where complex needs regarding ear and hearing health are required.
Students will also gain knowledge on the requirements to perform ear health examinations, basic point of care hearing evaluations, management planning, and referral processes for further or specialist care in relation to a range of conditions, based on knowledge of the anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of the auditory system.
Upon successful completion of the program students should have the ability to:
- Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the ear
- Assess and determine factors that affect ear and hearing health, assess the client’s physical and pathological auditory status and seek advice where appropriate.
- Provide education including identifying and manage hygiene issues regarding ear and hearing health, provide ongoing management and appropriate referral pathways
- Perform ear health screening assessments on children
- Develop management plans
- Develop education materials.
- Online assessment completed via accessIQ
- Workplace observed practice.
No pre-reading
To achieve competency students must demonstrate successfully completion of:
- Written assessment covering essential knowledge and skills
- Workplace observed practice.
Workplace observed practice is a mandatory requirement for this course, workplace practice must be observed by a medical practitioner, practice manager or practice nurse that performs the identified workplace tasks as part of their role.
All workplace activities must be completed in accordance with work health and safety.
There is no associated workshop with this unit. All learning is online via accessIQ.
Students enrolled in The Benchmarque Group courses should adhere to the following principles:
- Display a commitment to learning and to achieving success
- Be responsible and accountable for their own learning, behaviour and decisions
- Actively participate in all workshop activities and learning experiences
- Attend all scheduled sessions and be punctual at all times
- Complete all online assessments and workplace practice activities
- Work in harmony and respect the rights and opinions of staff and other students
- Treat others as they themselves would like to be treated
- Use acceptable language at all times.
A simplified learning journey with accessIQ
We are paving the way for innovative and easy online learning through our bespoke online course and assessment platform, accessIQ. This online platform represents an intuitive end-to-end solution for managing a student’s learning journey from enrolment to completion.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Continuing professional development is the means by which members of the clinical profession maintain, improve and broaden their knowledge, expertise and competence, and develop the personal and professional qualities required throughout their professional lives.
The CPD cycle involves reviewing practice, identifying learning needs, planning and participating in relevant learning activities, and reflecting on the value of those activities.
As a general guide, one hour of active learning equates to one hour of CPD. It is the responsibility of the individual student to calculate how many hours of active learning have been completed. The hours of active learning estimated above should act as a guide to CPD hours.
For all other health professionals completing this program, your continuing professional development (CPD) requirements may vary and it is important to remember that it is your responsibility to maintain and register CPD with your professional body. In many instances, your regulatory authority will recognise hours of learning as stated above.
12 months. The time is calculated from when a student is provided with online access to their assessment. Within the accessIQ platform, students will be provided an initial 6 months to complete and submit all required assessment activities. Friendly email reminders will be sent to students to ensure an assessment is completed on time. At the completion of the 6 month period, students can request up to a maximum of 2 extensions, each extension being for a period of 90 days. If requesting a second extension, the request must be in writing.
If the entire 12 month period expires and a final assessment has not been submitted, The Benchmarque Group reserves the right to deem the assessment Not Competent and remove the student from the program.
If you are deemed Not Yet Competent on your first and second assessment submissions, feedback will be provided. It is very important that you read all the feedback provided. The Assessor will have identified any areas where additional evidence is required or any questions that need to be reviewed and resubmitted. If, after 3 unsuccessful submissions, you are unable to demonstrate competency on your assessment, your assessment will be deemed Not Competent. Feedback will be provided to you and what the possible following steps and outcomes are.
Observed practice is when a student demonstrates within their workplace, skills and knowledge learned as a part of a course or program. The observer’s role is to confirm the transfer of skills to the workplace not to assess competency.
As a Registered Training Organisation, we are required to gather evidence of a student’s ability to transfer skills and knowledge from the classroom environment to the work environment. We use workplace observation as evidence of this transfer.
No. Whilst a doctor would be an ideal observer, the requirement is that your observer is of equal qualification to you or above. For example, an enrolled nurse cannot observe the work of a registered nurse, but an enrolled nurse can observe the work of another enrolled nurse. This is why we refer to this process as peer observation.
At the completion of the program, successful students will receive a Statement of Attainment for the Foundations of Ear Health. A Statement of Attainment is issued when an individual has completed one or more accredited units.
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