Advanced Clinical Reasoning in Practice
PostgraduateTAS-CAA5002027
Course information for 2027 intake View information for 2026 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 14 Feb 2027
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Price from
- $3,065
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Advanced Clinical Reasoning in Practice
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- Develop a range of illness scripts appropriate to advanced clinical practice.
- Evaluate common clinical reasoning models, their strengths and weaknesses and how they inform decision-making in advanced clinical practice.
- Justify the clinical reasoning process using appropriate clinical decision-making models, taking account of its limitations.
- Critically reflect on own practice against principles of evidence-based practice, considering implications for patient safety, quality of care, patient experience and clinical outcomes.
- Clinical Reasoning
- Novice to Expert
- Effort and Time
- Knowledge and Learning
- Information Processing Model
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Researching the Evidence
- Forming Professional Habits
- Probabilistic Reasoning in Clinical decision-making
- Decision Making and Reasoning Models
- Collaborative Decision Making
- The Clinical Examination
- Inter-Rater Agreement in Clinical Practice
- Analysing the Clinical Examination Data
- Syndrome and Disease
- Differential Diagnosis and Tiering
- Illness Script Summary and Extension
- Capstone Activity
- Case Studies
CAA500 develops advanced clinical reasoning and decision-making for health professionals working across a range of practice settings. The subject examines clinical reasoning models, the development and use of illness scripts as organised knowledge about conditions, patient assessment, diagnostic reasoning, probability and uncertainty, and the influence of context on clinical decisions. Students apply these concepts to complex patient cases and consider how evidence, clinician expertise, patient preferences, collaboration and available resources inform safe and effective care. The subject also examines legal and ethical responsibilities and the opportunities and risks associated with clinical decision-support systems and artificial intelligence, including bias, reliability, transparency, privacy and professional accountability. Through case-based activities, reflection and discussion, students evaluate their own reasoning, recognise its limitations and develop strategies to improve the safety, quality, experience and outcomes of patient care.
- Portfolio (40%)
- Interactive oral presentation (35%)
- Critical Analysis of Clinical Practice (25%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-CUC-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
- TAS-CUC-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
- TAS-CCR-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Critical Care and Retrieval)
- TAS-CCR-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Critical Care and Retrieval)
Elective
- TAS-ADP-GCE-2027 - Graduate Certificate in Advanced Practice
- TAS-APG-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Governance)
- TAS-ADH-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
- TAS-APD-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
- TAS-CDP-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
- TAS-AQS-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Applied Quality and Safety)
- TAS-AWP-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
- TAS-SCL-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
- TAS-AOR-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
- TAS-AOP-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
- TAS-AMS-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
- TAS-HSI-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
- TAS-APH-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
- TAS-APG-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Governance)
- TAS-ADH-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
- TAS-APD-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
- TAS-CDP-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
- TAS-AQS-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Applied Quality and Safety)
- TAS-AWP-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
- TAS-SCL-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
- TAS-AOR-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
- TAS-AOP-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
- TAS-AMS-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
- TAS-APM-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Management)
- TAS-HSI-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
- TAS-APH-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
- TAS-APM-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Management)
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Minimum of 6 hrs weekly individual study including online learning materials.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
PostgraduateTAS-CUC-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
PostgraduateTAS-CUC-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Critical Care and Retrieval)
PostgraduateTAS-CCR-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Critical Care and Retrieval)
PostgraduateTAS-CCR-MAS
Graduate Certificate in Advanced Practice
PostgraduateTAS-ADP-GCE
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Governance)
PostgraduateTAS-APG-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
PostgraduateTAS-ADH-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
PostgraduateTAS-APD-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
PostgraduateTAS-CDP-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Applied Quality and Safety)
PostgraduateTAS-AQS-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
PostgraduateTAS-AWP-MAS
Master of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
PostgraduateTAS-SCL-MAS
Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
PostgraduateTAS-AOR-MAS
Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
PostgraduateTAS-AOP-MAS
Master of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
PostgraduateTAS-AMS-MAS
Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
PostgraduateTAS-HSI-MAS
Master of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
PostgraduateTAS-APH-MAS
Master of Advanced Practice (Governance)
PostgraduateTAS-APG-MAS
Master of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
PostgraduateTAS-ADH-MAS
Master of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
PostgraduateTAS-APD-MAS
Master of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
PostgraduateTAS-CDP-MAS
Master of Advanced Practice (Applied Quality and Safety)
PostgraduateTAS-AQS-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
PostgraduateTAS-AWP-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
PostgraduateTAS-SCL-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
PostgraduateTAS-AOR-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
PostgraduateTAS-AOP-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
PostgraduateTAS-AMS-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Management)
PostgraduateTAS-APM-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
PostgraduateTAS-HSI-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
PostgraduateTAS-APH-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Management)
PostgraduateTAS-APM-MAS