You are coming towards the end of your undergraduate clinical studies and are aware that patient harm from error is often avoidable through applying understanding ethical/legal parameters, and risk reduction methods.
PARA704 Clinical Risk Reduction Assessment Brief 2026 | AUT
PARA704 Assessment Brief
This is a 2,250 word (+/- 10%) essay
You are coming towards the end of your undergraduate clinical studies and are aware that patient harm from error is often avoidable through applying understanding ethical/legal parameters, and risk reduction methods.
To solidify your understanding of these aspects, you are to research them in the context of one particular type of error/presenting risk and compile a 2,250 word (+/- 1
Assessment instructions
- Choose ONE type of error/presenting risk (ie medication error, diagnostic error, wrong site surgery etc).
- Research this in relation to LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4. Use the marking rubric to guide your research and writing.
- Write an essay based on your findings.
- Your work must be supported by credible, relevant, and appropriate academic literature and sources. You must accurately cite and reference your work in line with
- Upload your essay as a word document via the Turnitin submission portal.
The essay is 2,250 words (+/- 10%). Material submitted over the 10% margin will not be marked. Any assessment with a word count below the threshold is likely to resu the word count.
Figures, tables, and appendices may be used as required and are not included in the word count. The use of these must be appropriate and accurately cited/referenced your writing.
You may allocate the word count as you see fit, ensuring that you cover all aspects of the Learning Outcomes effectively.
A title page must be used outlining your name, student ID number, course code, word count, date, and the academic integrity declaration.
Choose Arial 11 font or similar.
Line spacing of 1.5 should be used throughout, with 2.0 line spacing used for the reference list. —–
Course Learning Outcome Assessed
This assessment task relates to the following learning outcomes:
LO1. Critically analyse human factors and the impact on health care.
LO2. Discuss structured approaches to risk management.
LO3. Determine ethical and legal parameters of clinical risk management.
LO4. Analyse the merits of clinical risk reduction strategies and programmes.
LO5. Present work at the appropriate academic standard.
