Undergraduate - UnitPTY4283 - Physiotherapy 8C: campus

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12 points, SCA Band 2, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	Department of Physiotherapy
Offered	Peninsula Second semester 2013 (Day)

Synopsis

PTY4280 continues to develop the five themes upon which the four year curriculum is based. This campus based unit occurs in two sections in Semester 2. It extends students' integrated knowledge and skills into specialised areas of physiotherapy practice and prepares students for graduation and entry into the workforce. Unique to PTY4280 is an Interprofessional Seminar series which will take place in the final week of Semester 2, Year 4. Students will have the opportunity to listen to presentations from multiprofessional students and will participate in peer review of these sessions

Outcomes

There are 28 specific objectives for this unit which address the five themes outlined in the unit synopsis.

Assessment

Formative and hurdle assessments:
AT1: Professional conduct (hurdle)
AT2: Achieve a pass in all summative tasks (hurdle)
AT3: Attendance and participation (hurdle)
AT6: Peer review IPE presentations (formative)

Summative and hurdle tasks
AT4: Written assignment (3000 words summative) 20%
AT5: Research oral presentation 10 minutes (IPE conference) 10%
AT7: Written exam (3 hour, end of semester) 60%
AT8: Reflective assignment (2000 words) 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Michael Storr

Contact hours

PTY4280 comprises three campus based weeks and additional self directed learning time. On campus there will be approximately 17 hours per week contact teaching. A campus based learning week will consist of approximately 5-8 hours of lectures; 4 hours of CBL tutorials; and 4-6 hours of physiotherapy practical sessions, master classes and tutorials. For every formal teaching contact hour, students are expected to complete a minimum 2.5 additional hours self directed learning related to content, tasks and further reading as described in the PTY4280 Unit Guide and Practical Manuals. Other written assessment tasks will be completed by students in self directed learning time.