PSIO13006 - Physiotherapy Management of the Complex Patient

General Information

Unit Synopsis

You will develop an evidence-based and patient-centred approach to physiotherapy management of the complex adult and paediatric patient across a range of clinical areas. Topics include: orthopaedics, amputees, mental health, oncology, men's and women's health, neurodegenerative diseases, burns and plastics, sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome, palliative care, and community based rehabilitation. Your focus will be on establishing the connections between physiological capacity for improvement and symptomology, while considering all relevant domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) framework.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
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:

PSIO12002 - Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy

PSIO12005 - Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy 2

MPAT12001 - Medical Pathophysiology

PSIO12004 - Neurological Physiotherapy 1

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2025

Term 1 - 2025 Profile
Bundaberg
Rockhampton

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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

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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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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 18.92% response rate.

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.

Source: SUTE
Feedback
Groups assignments were challenging as they were scheduled in the same week as the neuro assessment.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the group presentation assignment be scheduled in the week prior or after any other external unit assignment.
Action Taken
Group assignment presentations were scheduled to ensure there were no clashes with other units' assessments.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The complex case scenarios were excellent, and really helped to embed learning.
Recommendation
It is recommended that complex cases continue to be developed and incorporated into the unit to help students embed their learning.
Action Taken
New case scenarios were developed and incorporated into the unit.
Source: Email
Feedback
The external lecturers were excellent and made the unit really interesting.
Recommendation
It is recommended that external (specialist physiotherapist) lecturers continue to be scheduled into the teaching timetable for this unit.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Email
Feedback
It would be useful to have more cardiorespiratory paediatric teaching in this unit.
Recommendation
It is recommended that more paediatric content is included in this unit.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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