CQUniversity Unit Profile.

• Online Quiz 1 (25%) will occur in week 5 on Friday 13th August at 9 am.. It will assess content from weeks 1-4 inclusive.

This quiz will consist of up to 45 questions (worth up to 60 marks) and will have a time limit of up to 90 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. This quiz must be completed at the scheduled time online. It is recommended that a laptop be utilised for this assessment, however a tablet is permitted.

Online quiz will consist of some or all of the following categories:

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

Refer to Moodle for further information and additional resources.

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.

• Online Quiz 2 (40%) will occur in week 12 on Thursday 7th October at 8am. It will assess content from weeks 1-11 inclusive.

This online written examination is in the format of an online quiz and will consist of up to 65 questions (worth up to 90 marks) and will have a time limit of up to 150 minutes. The questions will be identical for all students, however they will be randomly generated from a question bank so that the examinations may appear differently for each student. This examination must be completed at the scheduled time online. It is recommended that a laptop be utilised for this assessment, however a tablet is permitted. 

Online written examination will consist of some or all of the following categories:

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

Refer to Moodle for further information and additional resources.

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 three hurdle assessments:

• Hurdle 1 (Attainment of a Satisfactory Grade for the Observational Placement): This unit includes up to six (6) hours of observational learning. This clinical observation placement is designed to give you the opportunity to observe children interacting in a non-clinical environment. The location of these observational placements will be in child-care centres, educational facilities, community-based events, non-profit organisation or similar. These observational placements will be scheduled outside regular timetabled sessions. All pre-clinical requirements must be completed prior to the observational clinical placement and attendance at the placement is mandatory. Following your observational placement, feedback will be provided by the supervising to the Clinical Educator Coordinator on the following constructs of physiotherapy practice: professional behaviour, communication and assessment (observation). A satisfactory grade for the observational placement is required in order to be eligible to PASS this unit. Results for this hurdle will be available once all clinical observational placements are completed and satisfactory performance is confirmed by the clinical educator coordinator.

• 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: Attainment of a satisfactory grade on your observational placement is required to PASS this hurdle. You must PASS this hurdle in order to be eligible to PASS the unit.

Hurdle 2: 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 form of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and is intended to assess your performance of practical and clinical reasoning skills. The purpose of the practical assessment is to assess the your ability to:

• Design a safe, systematic and individualised paediatric neurosensory motor developmental assessment that demonstrates appropriate clinical reasoning and assessment item selection considering both video content and written parental concerns.
• Perform specific paediatric assessment items taking into consideration the age and condition of the paediatric patient.
• Design a safe, systematic and individualised treatment plan with consideration of assessment findings along with patient and/or family goals and be able to justify intervention items with appropriate clinical reasoning.
• Perform specific paediatric intervention taking into consideration the age and condition of the paediatric patient.

You will be provided with two scenarios.

The first scenario will be an initial assessment where you will observe a short video of a paediatric patient and be provided with the written concerns of the parent/guardian. You will be required to outline an assessment plan that is safe, systematic and individualised to the patient in the video. You will then be asked to demonstrate particular assessment items from the assessment plan to the examiner.

The second scenario will be an intervention scenario where the you will be provided with a completed assessment template. You will be required to use the assessment template to outline a safe, systematic and individualised intervention plan that is goal-oriented, evidence-based and demonstrates appropriate clinical reasoning. You will then be asked to demonstrate particular intervention items from the intervention plan to the examiner.

The clinical notes and video will be provided to you 30 minutes prior to the practical examination. The practical examination will have a time limit of up to 30 minutes.

For each clinical scenario, you may be requested to:

• Demonstrate appropriate clinical reasoning, that is evidence-based to guide assessment/intervention item selection and takes into consideration the age and condition of the paediatric patient.
• Demonstrate an understanding of neurosensory motor development and common paediatric conditions.
• Demonstrate effective communication and interaction with both the paediatric patient and their parent/guardian.
• Demonstrate an understanding of patient-centred, family-centred, strengths-based, culturally responsive practice embedded within paediatric frameworks such as the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.
• Demonstrate knowledge of age-appropriate assessment techniques (e.g. subjective examination, postural reactions, fine motor assessment, gross motor assessment, musculoskeletal assessment, sensory assessment, neurological assessment).
• Demonstrate knowledge of age-appropriate intervention techniques (e.g. facilitating transitions and appropriate positions, challenging limits of stability, improving neuro/sensory/fine motor/gross motor functioning).

You should be attired in your full clinical uniform and attend your corresponding CQUniversity campus at the allocated day and time for this OSCE. You will be using a doll to demonstrate assessment and intervention techniques.

The examiner or actor/peer student will play the role of the parent.

A timetable for the Practical Assessment will be published on Moodle at the end of Term 2.

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 rubric for this assessment will be based on the following categories and weightings:

• Risk Management/ Safety (Pass/Fail)
• Professional Behaviour (5%)
• Communication (20%)
• Analysis and Planning (25%)
• Practical application of intervention (50%)

Refer to Moodle for the assessment rubric.

In order to be eligible to PASS the Practical Assessment you must:

1) achieve a PASS result for the PASS/FAIL component of Risk Management/Safety for the Practical Assessment (OSCE).

AND

2) achieve 50% or higher in the graded component for each of the two parts (i.e. a minimum of 50% for Part 1 and a minimum of 50% for Part 2).

If you do not meet the above criteria for each part, you will be eligible for one opportunity to re-sit the part(s) of the assessment task for which you have not met the requirements to PASS, provided you have achieved an overall grade equal to, or higher than 44.5% for your OSCE.

Re-sit Conditions

1. If you meet the eligibility criteria for a re-sit, you will be given only one opportunity to pass the practical assessment.

2. The re-sit will be assessed by up to two examiners and will be of an equivalent format to the original assessment task.

3. Where possible, the re-sit will be conducted within two weeks of the date of grade release for this assessment item.

4. The assessment criteria of the re-sit will be identical to the original practical assessment.

5. If you pass the re-sit you will receive a grade of exactly 50% for the practical assessment (i.e. 27.5% of the entire unit grade), irrespective of your achievement for the graded component. This is to ensure equity to those students who only had one attempt.

6. If you do not meet the requirements to pass the re-sit, or to PASS the re-sit, you will receive a grade equal to your original OSCE grade and may be awarded a supplementary assessment in line with CQUniversity Policy.

Late Arrival to Assessment

You should aim to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the official assessment commencement time (8am). 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.