Postgraduate - UnitPTY5103 - Principles of paediatric physiotherapy

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	Department of Physiotherapy
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2015 (Off-campus block of classes)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Prue Morgan

Synopsis

This unit will introduce principles underpinning physiotherapy assessment and treatment for paediatric conditions. It will cover common assessment tools, principles of family-centred practice, and introduce age-appropriate interventions for infants and children. Case-based examples will illustrate key components of paediatric physiotherapy practice and facilitate the achievement of learning objectives. Learning will be experienced in the online classroom environment.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Identify key milestones of motor development across infancy and childhood.
Describe key elements of motor development during infancy.

Postural control
Transitions between postures
Acquisition of upper limb dexterity

Identify and describe key elements of the acquisition of locomotion skill.
Identify common causes of developmental motor delay.
Critique some commonly applied tests of infant and child motor development.
Analyse the key elements of family-centred practice.
Describe key members of a multidisciplinary paediatric team and their roles.
Formulate a treatment approach to facilitate motor skill acquisition in a child with developmental delay.

Assessment

Online quizzes x 3 (30%)
Online exam (MCQ and short answers) (1 hour) (20%)
Paediatric assessment tool activity (1,500 words) (20%)
Guided paediatric case study (2,000 words) (30%)

Workload requirements

40 hours interaction with online lectures and course material, completion of online assessment tasks and participation in online communications with other students and tutor (online delivery only), additional self-directed study time.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Prue Morgan

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Physiotherapy