Overview
The unit aims to develop the ability to integrate the knowledge, physical skills, principles of evidence based practice and clinical reasoning, ethical and professional behaviours that are necessary to function competently as a physiotherapist. This will include a variety of settings and patient groups, with an emphasis on effective and patient-centred management plans, within the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
ALLH11001 - Introduction to Allied Health Practice PSYC11010 - Fundamentals of Psychology MPAT12001 - Medical Pathophysiology ALLH11006 - Life Course Development for Health Professionals ALLH12007 - Research Methods for Therapy ESSC12001 - Exercise and Sport Physiology PSIO12002 - Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy ALLH12006 - Evidence Based Practice for Allied Health PSIO13001 - Neurological Physiotherapy PSIO13007 - Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy 3 PSIO13006 - Rehabilitation of Functional Movement SOCL19065 - Rural Sociology for Health and Social Services
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 - 2017
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 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 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 Verbal and written feedback, Have Your Say
Quality of the clinical placements and educators was of a high standard and students enjoyed the clinical experiences and hands on component of these placements.
Continue to source high standard clinical placements. Continue to provide training and support for Clinical Educators prior to and throughout the clinical placements.
Feedback from Verbal and written feedback, Have Your Say
Reflective essay some students found to be less beneficial to their learning and quote "didn't aid in my learning".
Provide the some resources on reflective practice and the benefits to health practitioners professional and personal growth to assist the students understanding of the link to clinical practice as a Physiotherapist.
- Demonstrate consistent adherence to the rules of professional conduct, including legal and ethical responsibilities, and take responsibility for the personal development as an autonomous physiotherapist.
- Communicate effectively and efficiently with service users and the multi-disciplinary team in all aspects of clinical practice.
- Identify and analyse key clinical problems by planning and leading complete assessments, including patient interview and physical examination.
- Plan and perform safe and appropriate physiotherapy programmes for a variety of service users, including establishing short and long term goals.
- Demonstrate competency at an entry level standard of practice in clinical reasoning, execution of techniques, and delivery of programs to manage specifc clinical problems.
- Critically reflect upon clinical development and relate this to relevant published sources and practice based experience.
Per NPC1326
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Professional Practice Placement - 70% | ||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Professional Practice Placement - 70% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
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.
t.palmer@cqu.edu.au
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1 Professional Practice Placement
This assessment task is based on performance and grading from your 5 week Clinical Placement as marked by your Clinical Educator.
On Completion of Clinical Placement
At completion of Clinical Placement
This grade is awarded based on your performance during the clinical placement and evaluated using the Assessment of Physiotherapy Practice (APP).
In order to pass the Clinical Placement you need to meet the "Adequate" level on the Global Rating Score on the APP, as graded by the Clinical Educator.
A Supplementary Assessment will be offered to those students who fail to gain a pass mark on the APP at the completion of their placement and whose grade is between 45-50%. Students below 45% on the APP will not be offered a supplementary and will be recorded as a fail. Students are also required to submit and pass the written assignment before a supplementary assessment will be considered. The supplementary assessment in this situation will be in the form of an OSCE examination with simulated or real patients in the same clinical area of practice that the clinical placement was completed.
- Demonstrate consistent adherence to the rules of professional conduct, including legal and ethical responsibilities, and take responsibility for the personal development as an autonomous physiotherapist.
- Communicate effectively and efficiently with service users and the multi-disciplinary team in all aspects of clinical practice.
- Identify and analyse key clinical problems by planning and leading complete assessments, including patient interview and physical examination.
- Plan and perform safe and appropriate physiotherapy programmes for a variety of service users, including establishing short and long term goals.
- Demonstrate competency at an entry level standard of practice in clinical reasoning, execution of techniques, and delivery of programs to manage specifc clinical problems.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
You are required to write a reflective essay on your first clinical placement. Select and critically appraise a component of your clinical placement that you found to be the most challenging and that you needed to improve or found the hardest to complete.
A written report - 2500 words, Font size 12, Font Calibri, Paragraph – 1.5 spacing, no headings
4pm, Friday 7th October 2016.
End of term
The assessment rubric for this assessment task is based on the Physiotherapy practice thresholds in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, the Accreditation Standard set by the Australian Physiotherapy Council, and The Assessment of Physiotherapy Practise 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.
Supplementary assessments will be considered for those students who achieve a 45-50% grade on their written assessment. This Supplementary assessment will be in the same format as the original written assessment item as outlined by the Unit Coordinator.
- Demonstrate consistent adherence to the rules of professional conduct, including legal and ethical responsibilities, and take responsibility for the personal development as an autonomous physiotherapist.
- Critically reflect upon clinical development and relate this to relevant published sources and practice based experience.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
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.
What can you do to act with integrity?
