Alternate Assessment 2
This alternate assessment may be chosen instead of the reflective journal. Whether or not you are
doing placement this term, you may choose the alternate assessment. Students whose placement
has been cancelled or who have not been able to arrange a placement because of the coronavirus
situation should choose the alternate assessment.
The second assessment task for this unit is a reflective essay. This is an individual assignment of
approximately 2000 words and is based on your experience and observations this term during a real
public health emergency. Your essay must consist of your reflection on the evolving situation that
has taken place during the course of term 1, 2020. The focus of the essay is to show your deepening
understanding of issues that may arise during a public health event, especially as they relate to
cross-cultural communities like the one we live in, and yourself as a developing practitioner. Your
essay should address the following points: 1) a very brief summary of the current pandemic and its
effects in Melbourne; 2)the actual effects on our cross-cultural community; 3) the potential effects
of this kind of situation on a cross-cultural community; and 4) what you, as a developing public
health practitioner has learned from experiencing a real life public health emergency. You do not
necessarily need academic references for this assignment but you will have to refer to outside
sources for item 2 above. It is recommended that you use the news media for this, but please make
sure that your sources relate specifically to Melbourne. For Item 3, you may refer to other locations
in Australia and the world as a comparison (in this case, you will need references to media courses),
but this section should reflect your considered opinion. In choosing sources for this assignment,
make sure you refer only to reputable media (ie newspapers, television broadcasters, radio
broadcasters, etc.; it is not acceptable to use social media sources, unless they come from reputable
organizations. In other words, the personal opinion of individual members of society should not be
used to address item 2 or support item 3.
This is a reflective assignment, so a more informal writing style is acceptable. However, the
reflection must not be wholly descriptive. It must contain an assessment of the way in which your
views or thinking has changed and what you have learned about yourself as a practitioner and the
community in which you are working.
While this assessment is not due until week 12 of the term, it will be beneficial to make some notes
for yourself as the situation develops that you can refer to when you write your reflective essay..
You must achieve a mark of 50% on this assignment to pass the unit.
This assessment task is due by 5:00pm on Friday of week 12. Students experiences and
impressions will be discussed in class in week 12.

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