This unit will provide you with a focus on the theoretical component of neuroscience and will prepare you for the clinical application of this theory. You will study core areas of neuroscience, neuroanatomy and neurodevelopment. Topics covered will include the organisation and function of the nervous system, neuroplasticity, motor control and learning, and signs and symptoms in neurologic lesions. Normal and pathological development across the lifespan will be presented and will provide you with the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills central to the core concepts of paediatric, adult and older adult neurological physiotherapy. This unit will introduce you to the practical physiotherapy skills required to perform a neurological assessment, with a specific focus on the assessment of key neurological impairments and neurodevelopment across the lifespan.
Level | Undergraduate |
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Unit Level | 2 |
Credit Points | 6 |
Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
To enrol in this unit you must be enrolled in the CB85 Course and meet the following pre-requisites: BMSC11007 Medical Anatomy and Physiology 1 BMSC11008 Medical Anatomy and Physiology 2 PSIO11004 Foundations of Physiotherapy Practice 1 PSIO11003 Foundations of Physiotherapy Practice 2
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). |
Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
Residential School | No Residential School |
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).
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.
Assessment Task | Weighting |
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1. Online Quiz(zes) | 25% |
2. Written Assessment | 40% |
3. On-campus Activity | 0% |
4. Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) | 35% |
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%).
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Term 2 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 78.57% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 34.15% response rate.
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.
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Learning outcomes and assessment tasks have been mapped against and aligned with the Physiotherapy Practice Thresholds in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
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1 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | |||||
2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | ||
3 - On-campus Activity | • | |||||
4 - Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) | • | • | • | • | • | • |
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 | • | • | • | • | • | • |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
3 - On-campus Activity | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
4 - Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) | • | • | • | • | • | • |