Overview
In this unit you will develop your skills in the examination, assessment, treatment and management of patients with musculoskeletal conditions in the upper limb, head, cervical and thoracic spine for clients across the lifespan. You will increase your knowledge of the theory and research underpinning physiotherapy practice, including the use of self-management, education strategies, electrotherapeutic agents, and outcome measures. Completion of this unit will enable you to effectively clinically reason and integrate specific and generic physiotherapeutic skills that underpin client-centred assessment and management.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
To enrol in PSIO12005 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy 2 you must be enrolled into the CB85 course and have completed the following pre-requisites: PSIO12001 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy 1ALLH12008 Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2019
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Have Your Say
Students thoroughly enjoyed the knowledge and passion of the teaching staff of this unit.
Where possible the teaching staff will remain the same for 2019.
Feedback from Have Your Say
The students felt the timing of the competency assessment on Electrophysical Agents was too close to the end of term and impacted on their ability to study for the Objective Structured Clinical Exam.
If the competency assessment on Electrophysical agents remains within PSIO12005, the timing of the assessment will be moved to closer to the midterm break to allow students more time to study for the end of term Objective Structured Clinical Exam.
Feedback from Have Your Say
Students loved the practical handbook and requested the inclusion of more blank pages for taking notes. There was limited specific feedback for improving the handbook.
The Unit Coordinator will add in additional notes pages for the 2019 practical handbook. The Unit Coordinator will read through the practical book and aim to improve the content and flow for 2019.
Feedback from Have Your Say
The students felt the classes around examination of the shoulder were too short as the online quiz takes up 1 hour of the class.
The classes related to examination of the shoulder will be changed from Week 5 to Week 6 to allow greater time on the shoulder as this is relatively difficult content.
- Identify and discuss clinical presentation of common musculoskeletal conditions
- Identify and discuss assessment and treatment techniques for common musculoskeletal conditions, while identifying clinical indicators of serious pathology
- Design and demonstrate an assessment of the client and interpret and analyse the findings
- Design and demonstrate safe and effective physiotherapy interventions
- Demonstrate acceptable professional and ethical behaviours consistent with a physiotherapy practitioner.
The Learning Outcomes and Assessment tasks have been mapped against and aligned with the Australian Physiotherapy Council’s Physiotherapy Practice Thresholds.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | |||||
2 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||||
3 - On-campus Activity - 0% | |||||
4 - Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) - 50% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
1 - Communication | |||||
2 - Problem Solving | |||||
3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
4 - Information Literacy | |||||
5 - Team Work | |||||
6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
8 - Ethical practice | |||||
9 - Social Innovation | |||||
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures |
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | ||||||||||
2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
3 - On-campus Activity - 0% | ||||||||||
4 - Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) - 50% |
Textbooks
Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: Injuries, Volume 1
Edition: 5th ed (2017)
Authors: Brukner P, Clarsen B, Cook J, Cools A, Crossley K, Hutchinson M, McCrory P, Bahr R, and Khan K
McGraw-Hill
Australia
ISBN: 9780070998131
Binding: Hardcover
Neuromusculoskeletal Examination and Assessment: A Handbook for Therapists
Edition: 5th ed (2018)
Authors: Petty N and Ryder D
Churchill Livingstone
London London , UK
ISBN: 9780702067174
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
Please note that both of these text books are rolled over from PSIO12001 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy 1.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Clinics in Motion
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
l.heales@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Cervical Spine 1
Chapter
Petty, N. & Ryder, D. (2018). 'Chapter 6: Examination of the upper cervical region' p168
Petty, N. & Ryder, D. (2018). 'Chapter 7: Examination of the upper cervicothoracic region' p208
Brukner, P. & Khan, K. (2017). 'Chapter 23: Neck Pain' p347
Events and Submissions/Topic
N/A
Module/Topic
Cervical Spine 2
Chapter
Same as week 1
Events and Submissions/Topic
N/A
Module/Topic
Temporomandibular Joint
Chapter
Petty, N. & Ryder, D. (2018). Chapter 5 "Examination of the temporomandibular region" p146
Events and Submissions/Topic
N/A
Module/Topic
Thoracic Spine Region
Chapter
Petty, N. & Ryder, D. (2018). 'Chapter 8: Examination of the thoracic region' p231
Brukner, P. & Khan, K. (2017). 'Chapter 28: Thoracic and chest pain' p507
Events and Submissions/Topic
N/A
Module/Topic
Shoulder Region 1
Chapter
Petty, N. & Ryder, D. (2018). 'Chapter 9: Examination of the shoulder region' p249
Brukner, P. & Khan, K. (2017). 'Chapter 24. Shoulder Pain' p377
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online Quiz 1
Module/Topic
N/A
Chapter
N/A
Events and Submissions/Topic
N/A
Module/Topic
Shoulder Region 2
Chapter
Same as week 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
N/A
Module/Topic
Elbow Region
Chapter
Petty, N. & Ryder, D. (2018). 'Chapter 10: Examination of the elbow region' p271
Brukner, P. & Khan, K. (2017). 'Chapter 25. Elbow and arm pain' p439
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Hand and Wrist Region
Chapter
Petty, N. & Ryder, D. (2018). 'Chapter 11: Examination of the wrist and hand' p299
Brukner, P. & Khan, K. (2017). 'Chapter 26: Wrist pain' p463 and 'Chapter 27: Hand and Finger Pain' p489
Events and Submissions/Topic
N/A
Module/Topic
Selection and Progression of Peripheral Joint Mobilisations
Chapter
Brukner, P., & Khan, K. (2017). Clinical Sports Medicine. (5th Ed.) Sydney: McGraw-Hill. Pg 250-253
Petty, N. & Ryder, D. (2018). The SNAG information is spread throughout the text book. Pages: 100-113, 227, 205, 206, & 242. This information can be found on p469 under "Sustained natural apophyseal glides"
Events and Submissions/Topic
N/A
Module/Topic
Mobilisation with Movement (MWM)
Chapter
Same as week 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
N/A
Module/Topic
Introduction to Electrophysical Agents
Chapter
N/A
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online Quiz 2
Module/Topic
OSCE Revision
Chapter
N/A
Events and Submissions/Topic
N/A
Module/Topic
N/A
Chapter
N/A
Events and Submissions/Topic
OSCE (50%) - will be scheduled in either Exam Week 1 or Exam Week 2. See Moodle for updates.
Reminder to complete the 'Have your say' Unit evaluations.
Module/Topic
N/A
Chapter
N/A
Events and Submissions/Topic
OSCE (50%) - will be scheduled in either Exam Week 1 or Exam Week 2. See Moodle for updates.
Reminder to complete the 'Have your say' Unit evaluations.
1 Online Quiz(zes)
There are two online quizzes. Each quiz will consist of up to 20 questions, and each quiz will have a time limit of up to 50 minutes. The questions will be identical for all students but the order in which they appear will be randomly generated by a computer, so that the order of questions will appear differently for each student. Access to books, notes, websites (other than the quiz) and use of other electronic devices are prohibited during the quiz. The use of a mobile phone is not permitted for this assessment item. Each quiz is supervised by a staff member and must be completed in person on either the Rockhampton or Bundaberg campuses at the specified time allocated below and on Moodle.
- Quiz 1 in Week 5 (10% of unit grade) - covering content from weeks 1-4.
- Quiz 2 in Week 11 (10% of unit grade) - covering content from weeks 5-10.
The quizzes will consist of some or all of these categories:
- Multiple choice questions.
- Fill in the missing word(s) questions.
- Questions relating to multimedia material (e.g. images, videos).
- Short answer questions
Weighting: 20% of your final mark (10% from each online quiz).
Day/Time Quiz 1: 9:00am Monday 12th August, 2019 (Week 5)
Day/Time Quiz 2: 9:00am Monday 30th September, 2019 (Week 11)
2
Other
Quiz questions will be marked within 2 weeks and students will receive an overall percentage mark out of 100%.
Quiz questions will be marked to provide a raw score with students awarded an overall percentage mark.
- Identify and discuss clinical presentation of common musculoskeletal conditions
- Identify and discuss assessment and treatment techniques for common musculoskeletal conditions, while identifying clinical indicators of serious pathology
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
Students will develop a written appraisal of one assessment or treatment technique relevant to a chosen musculoskeletal condition of the upper limb, TMJ, cervical, or thoracic spine (covered in MSK2). A list of example assessment and treatment topics will be provide in Moodle. The written component must be within 1,350 and 1,650 words including in-text referencing, tables, and figures. The written component will include a background/introduction to the assessment or treatment technique, an appraisal of the current literature, and a take home message.
Weighting: 30% of your final mark.
Format: You are required to use a standardised format (see Moodle for instructions).
Word Count: Maximum word count is 1500 words including in-text referencing, tables and figures. The reference list is not included in the word limit.
Referencing: American Psychological Association (APA) Referencing Style
Submission Instructions: Online submission through Moodle.
Week 7 Friday (6 Sept 2019) 4:30 pm AEST
You must upload your assignment to Moodle prior to the due date.
Week 10 Friday (27 Sept 2019)
The assessment rubric for this assessment task is based on the Practice Thresholds for Physiotherapy set by the Australian Physiotherapy Council, and The Assessment of Physiotherapy Practice Instrument. These quality frameworks are mapped against the CQUniversity Graduate Attributes, and intended to give a holistic understanding of standards expected for the assessment task.
Detailed marking criteria will be available on the unit Moodle site, and will be based on the following rubric categories:
- Overall Presentation (10%)
- Background (25%)
- Critical evaluation of the evidence (40%)
- Take home message (25%)
- Identify and discuss clinical presentation of common musculoskeletal conditions
- Identify and discuss assessment and treatment techniques for common musculoskeletal conditions, while identifying clinical indicators of serious pathology
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
3 On-campus Activity
A minimum attendance requirement of 85% for all practical classes is required to PASS this unit. This is recommended by the Australian Physiotherapy Council and is required for accreditation purposes. The monitoring of attendance will take into consideration legitimate reasons for absence, such as those outlined in the Assessment of Coursework Procedures policy, and these will not be counted as absence for the purpose of this attendance requirement. To ensure your absence does not count towards the attendance requirement, you must contact the Unit Coordinator at your earliest convenience and supply appropriate evidence (e.g. medical certificate).
A role will be taken each week to monitor attendance.
- Design and demonstrate safe and effective physiotherapy interventions
- Demonstrate acceptable professional and ethical behaviours consistent with a physiotherapy practitioner.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
4 Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)
- Demonstrate knowledge of the presenting condition, including relevant pathophysiology, pathoanatomy and symptomatology.
- Identify and act upon any precautions and/or contraindications to assessment and/or treatment.
- Demonstrate knowledge and clinical reasoning in the selection of assessment, treatment and/or overall management.
- Demonstrate clear, effective and thorough communication.
- Demonstrate safe and effective application of clinical assessment, treatment and/or overall management.
- Explain and interpret the findings of a clinical assessment and/or treatment, including progression and regression of selected treatment techniques.
The OSCE will take place within the examination period between October 14th and Oct 25th 2019. A detailed timetable will be made available on Moodle.
Provisional results will be provided prior to the Certification of Grades.
The assessment rubric for this assessment task is based on the Australian Standards for Physiotherapy, the Accreditation Standard set by the Australian Physiotherapy Council, and The Assessment of Physiotherapy Practice Instrument. These quality frameworks are mapped against the CQUniversity Graduate Attributes and are intended to give a holistic understanding of standards expected for the assessment task.
Detailed marking criteria will be available on the unit Moodle site, and will be based on the following rubric categories:
- Professional Behaviour (5%)
- Communication (15%)
- Anatomical Knowledge (5%)
- Clinical Reasoning (20%)
- Selection, application and interpretation of assessment (30%)
- Selection, application and interpretation of treatment/management (25%)
- Risk Management/Safety (PASS/FAIL)
In order to PASS the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) you must:
1) achieve a PASS result for the PASS/FAIL component of Risk Management/Safety for each of the two clinical scenarios (i.e. PASS for clinical scenario one and PASS for clinical scenario two).
AND
2) achieve 50% or higher in the graded component for each of the two clinical scenarios (i.e. a minimum of 50% for clinical scenario one and a minimum of 50% for clinical scenario two).
If you do not meet the above criteria for each clinical scenario, you will be eligible for one opportunity to re-sit the entire OSCE assessment task, provided you have achieved an overall grade equal to, or higher than 44.5% for your OSCE.
OSCE re-sit conditions:
1) If you meet the eligibility criteria for a re-sit, you will be given only one re-sit opportunity to pass the OSCE.
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 from the release of grades.
4) The assessment criteria of the re-sit will be identical to the original OSCE.
5) If you pass the re-sit you will receive a grade of exactly 50% for the OSCE (i.e. 25% of the Unit grade), irrespective of your achievement for the graded component. This is to ensure equity to those students who only had one attempt.
If you do not meet the requirements to be offered a re-sit, you will receive your original grade and may be offered a supplementary assessment in line with CQUniversity Policy.
If you do not PASS the re-sit, you will receive a grade equal to your re-sit OSCE grade and may be offered a supplementary assessment in line with CQUniversity Policy.
No submission method provided.
- Design and demonstrate an assessment of the client and interpret and analyse the findings
- Design and demonstrate safe and effective physiotherapy interventions
- Demonstrate acceptable professional and ethical behaviours consistent with a physiotherapy practitioner.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.