There are two parts of Practical Assessment 1. The weighting of Practical Assessment 1 is 30% of the overall unit grade, with Part 1 constituting 15% of the overall unit grade and Part 2 constituting 15% of the overall unit grade.

Part 1: Subjective Examination (15%)

You are required to conduct a patient interview and provide a summary of the most important findings that were obtained in the interview. Five clinical scenarios will be utilised for this assessment task. You will have access to all clinical scenarios on Moodle by no later than the end of week 2. You will be randomly allocated one scenario at the time of your assessment. To assist in developing your ability to both structure a systematic interview and recall important findings, you are permitted to utilise notepaper or a template during the interview. The clinical scenario will be provided to you 10 minutes prior to the practical examination. The patient interview must be no longer than 10 minutes and the summary no longer than 2 minutes.

Part 2: Documentation (15%)

You are required to watch a video of a physiotherapist conducting a patient interview and organise, structure and record the interview as if you were documenting a formal patient record. You will watch the video twice with a 10 minute interval between viewings. Following the final viewing, you will have 30 minutes to complete your documentation. You will be provided with blank paper and a body chart.

Grading of Assessment

The assessment rubric for this task is based on the Physiotherapy Practice Thresholds in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand . This quality framework is mapped against the CQUniversity Graduate Attributes and is intended to give a holistic understanding of standards expected for the assessment task. The rubrics for this assessment will be based on the following categories and weightings:

Part 1: Subjective Examination (15%)

• Professional Behaviour (10%)
• Communication (30%)
• Patient Interview (50%)
• Interview Summary (10%)

Part 2: Documentation (15%)

• Compliance with Medicolegal Documentation Requirements (20%)
• Organisation and Structure of Patient Record (30%)
• Accuracy and Completeness of Patient Record (30%)
• Accuracy and Completeness of Body Chart (20%)

Late Arrival to Assessment

You should aim to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the official assessment commencement time. In the extraordinary circumstance that you are late, you will be permitted late entry to your assessment of up to 10 minutes after the official commencement time. The period of lateness will be deducted from your overall assessment time. If you are denied access to the assessment due to lateness (i.e. arriving beyond the permitted late entry period), you should make an application for deferred assessment, which may or may not be approved in line with CQU policy. If the application for deferred assessment is denied, you will receive a grade of zero percent (0%) for the assessment item.

The supervised online quiz will assess content from weeks 2-10 inclusive. The quiz will consist of 30 questions (worth 35 marks) and will have a time limit of 70 minutes. The questions will be identical for all students, however they will be randomly generated from a question bank so that the quizzes may appear differently for each student. The quiz is a closed book assessment which will be supervised by a CQUniversity staff member and must be completed at the scheduled time on either the Rockhampton or Bundaberg campus. Access to all resources other than the quiz itself is prohibited (e.g. books, notes, electronic devices or websites other than the quiz itself). It is recommended that a laptop be utilised for this assessment, however a tablet is permitted. The use of a mobile phone is not permitted for this assessment item.

The supervised online quiz will consist of some or all of the following categories:

• Multiple choice 
• True/ false 
• Short answer 
• Fill in the missing word(s) 
• Questions relating to multimedia material (e.g. images, videos)

Refer to Moodle for further information and additional resources.

Grading of Assessment

All questions will be marked numerically and an overall percentage mark awarded.

Late Arrival to Assessment

You should aim to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the official assessment commencement time. In the extraordinary circumstance that you are late, you will be permitted late entry to your assessment of up to 10 minutes after the official commencement time. The period of lateness will be deducted from your overall assessment time. If you are denied access to the assessment due to lateness (i.e. arriving beyond the permitted late entry period), you should make an application for deferred assessment, which may or may not be approved in line with CQU policy. If the application for deferred assessment is denied, you will receive a grade of zero percent (0%) for the assessment item.

There will be two hurdle assessments:

Hurdle 1 (Pre-Clinical Requirements)

Prior to your commencement of any clinical placement, there are a number of mandatory pre-clinical requirements that must be completed. In order to be eligible to PASS this unit, all pre-clinical requirements must be completed, and evidence of completion of each requirement submitted to the clinical educator coordinator (via the online platform SONIA), by no later than week 12 of term 1. Results for this hurdle will be available once completion of all pre-clinical requirements is confirmed by the clinical educator coordinator. The following list documents the current pre-clinical requirements, however, please note that these requirements are mandated by authorities and facilities external to CQUniversity and are subject to change at any time.

• CQU Pre-Clinical Student Declaration
• Australian Federal Police Check
• Queensland Blue Card – Working with Children Check
• First Aid and CPR
• Vaccination Evidence Record
• TB Mantoux Screen Testing
• Queensland Health Orientation Requirements

The CQUniversity Physiotherapy Clinical Placement Moodle Site contains all information required to complete the pre-clinical requirements

Hurdle 2 (Attendance)

A minimum attendance rate of 85% for practical and tutorial sessions is required in order to be eligible to PASS this unit. This minimum attendance requirement is recommended by the Australian Physiotherapy Council. The monitoring of attendance will take into consideration legitimate requests for absence such as those outlined in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework) as reasons for requesting time extensions for submitting assessment tasks (e.g. medical or allied health, compassionate, misadventure and exceptional circumstances). Attendance rates for this hurdle will be calculated in week 12.

Refer to Moodle for further information and additional resources.

Hurdle 1 (Pre-Clinical Requirements): Evidence of completion of all mandatory pre-clinical requirements is required in order to PASS this hurdle. You must PASS this hurdle in order to be eligible to PASS the unit.

Hurdle 2 (Attendance): An attendance rate of 85% at practical and tutorial sessions is required to PASS this hurdle. You must PASS this hurdle in order to be eligible to PASS the unit.

The Practical Assessment will be in the format of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and is intended to assess your theoretical knowledge, practical application of physiotherapy skills and clinical reasoning. The OSCE will be scheduled for either week 1 or week 2 of the university's examination period. The weighting of the Practical Assessment is 45% of the overall unit grade. Each of the three clinical scenarios constitute 15% of the overall unit grade. All content from PSIO11004 and co-requisite units is examinable in this assessment task.

The OSCE will include three (3) clinical scenarios. One scenario will focus on each of the following topics:

• Therapeutic massage
• Manual handling
• Walking aid prescription.

Your OSCE will have a total time limit of 60 minutes (30 minutes preparation, 30 minutes examination). The examination will commence with 30 minutes of preparation time, at which point the each scenario will be provided to you. You will be then be allocated 15 minutes to complete each scenario. Your performance on each scenario will be assessed by a different examiner. Each scenario is designed to contextualise your examination. The expectation for examination purposes is that you demonstrate competence relative to the topic/ practical skill, not the specific scenario. For each scenario, you are required to demonstrate both knowledge and understanding of the topic/ technique and perform the practical technique instructed. You are expected to:

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of indications/ aims, precautions, contraindications and general considerations for the technique
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of advantages and disadvantages for the technique and/ or any specific equipment
• Demonstrate specific practical skills (therapeutic massage, manual handling and walking aid prescription) that are safe, effective and efficient
• Demonstrate good communication and professional and ethical behaviour

Grading of Assessment

The assessment rubric for this task is based on the Physiotherapy Practice Thresholds in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand . This quality framework is mapped against the CQUniversity Graduate Attributes and is intended to give a holistic understanding of standards expected for the assessment task. The rubrics for this assessment will be based on the following categories and weightings:

• Professional Behaviour (10%)
• Communication (20%)
• Knowledge and Understanding (20%)
• Practical Application of Technique (30%)
• Risk Management (20%)

Refer to Moodle for further information and additional resources.

Late Arrival to Assessment

You should aim to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the official assessment commencement time. In the extraordinary circumstance that you are late, you will be permitted late entry to your assessment of up to 10 minutes after the official commencement time. The period of lateness will be deducted from your overall assessment time. If you are denied access to the assessment due to lateness (i.e. arriving beyond the permitted late entry period), you should make an application for deferred assessment, which may or may not be approved in line with CQU policy. If the application for deferred assessment is denied, you will receive a grade of zero percent (0%) for the assessment item.