Professional Development

This module provides students with opportunities to integrate their learning throughout the duration of their course, to prepare for ongoing professional development and to think about the role of reflective practice and stress management in their lives.

Emphasis throughout the module is centred on maximising the student's self-awareness, integrating reflective practice and the application of appropriate and effective stress management strategies into their professional and personal lives. Student resources for career development, strategies to maintain and promote a healthy lifestyle and to prioritise goals and objectives are explored and developed.

• BSBFLM501B Manage personal work priorities and professional development

• Develop self-understanding and explore one's personal identity
• Determine professional goals and priorities
• Explain the concept of reflective practice and describe the process for integrating reflective practice as part of professional development
• Develop a career plan, identify resources for career development and apply job-seeking skills

• The process of professional development and reflective practice
• Personal identity
• Professional development
• Personal and professional goals and priorities
• Becoming a reflective practitioner
• Developing a professional identity
• Support mechanisms for professional development and reflective practice
• Professional and personal networks
• Marketing yourself in print and in person
• Identifying the indicators of stress and managing stress in life
• Being professional and reflecting on practice