PTY3051 - Physiotherapy 5 - 2019

PTY3051 continues to develop students' knowledge and skills in the five theme areas upon which the four year curriculum is based. These are:

• Theme 1: Personal and Professional Development;
• Theme 2: Population, Society and Health;
• Theme 3: Fundamental Knowledge of Health Science;
• Theme 4: Applied Practice; and
• Theme 5: Research.

Case based learning remains the cornerstone for integration of the different themes within the course.

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

THEME 1: Personal and Professional Development:

1. Summarise the aims of palliative care and factors that impact on end of life issues;
2. Explain how a physiotherapist can effectively contribute to health care teams working in the areas of palliative care, mental health, oncology, continence, women's health and amputee management;
3. Modify communication in response to individuals, clients and families;

   THEME 2: Population, Society and Health:

4. Identify how ethnicity and culture influence health, healthcare and illness;
5. Identify how the key elements of the Australian health care system, including treatment frameworks by third party insurers, impact on physiotherapy practice;

   THEME 3: Fundamental Knowledge in Health Science:

6. Apply knowledge of the endocrine, renal and reproductive systems and their common pathologies to physiotherapy management and patient care;
7. Compare the belief structures behind mainstream and complementary therapies, and their efficacy in therapy;
8. Explain the adaptation of human anatomy, posture and movement to workplace, leisure and aquatic environments, and apply these adaptations to patient conditions and patient care;
9. Describe common mental health conditions and their impact upon patient management;
10. Summarise the overarching principles of management for cancer, including therapeutic, surgical treatment options and physiotherapy management;
11. Justify adaptations in musculoskeletal care across emergency, acute, and subacute environments;
12. Categorise causes and presentation of intellectual impairment according to major groups and match these to appropriate assessment tools and health services and programs;

    THEME 4: Applied Practice:

13. Apply physiotherapy management in specialised areas of practice, including patients presenting with complaints relating to oncology, women's health, amputees, chronic pain, and vestibular conditions;
14. Verbalise sound clinical reasoning to justify modification of assessment and management skills reflecting patient-centred approaches;

    THEME 5: Research:

15. Prepare a sound research project proposal and describe circumstances when ethics approval would be required; describe necessary the steps in securing ethics approval for research:
16. Describe different approaches to qualitative research analysis; perform appropriate analysis of in depth interviews:
17. Define and describe the steps required for an audit; describe the role of the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards:
18. Explain the utility of clinical practice guidelines and describe the AGREE II approach to the evaluation of clinical practice guidelines

All PTY3051 assessments (all are hurdle requirements):

• 80% Attendance in case based learning (CBL) and practical classes
• Written examination (30%) (3 hours)
• Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) (35%)
• Clinical Scenario Assignment (2,500 words including video creation of simulated patient interactions) (20%)
• Anatomy image exam (30 minutes) (10%)
• Research Folio (5%)

Approximately 20 hours per week contact time for the twelve weeks of semester. Students will also be expected to undertake private study and preparation in addition to assigned self-directed study related to the material in the unit manual and further required reading.

See also Unit timetable information

Physiotherapy