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PSIO14003 - Professional Physiotherapy Practice 4

General Information

Unit Synopsis

The unit aims to develop a consistent 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 a framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 4
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

PSIO13002 Professional Physiotherapy Practice 1

PSIO13003 Professional 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).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2016

Term 2 - 2017 Profile
Bundaberg
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2018 Profile
Bundaberg
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2019 Profile
Bundaberg
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2020 Profile
Bundaberg
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2021 Profile
Bundaberg
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2022 Profile
Bundaberg
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Bundaberg
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2024 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 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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Professional Practice Placement 70%
2. Written Assessment 30%

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

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 6.25% 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: Student feedback
Feedback
Students feel the due date of the written assessment is difficult to complete when on clinical placements.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit coordinator reviews the due date of the written assignment and highlights the assignment requirements early in the year for the students to minimise the stress on students.
Action Taken
The unit coordinator ensured that students were aware of the due date for all written assignments early in the year. Nil further comments from students were received regarding due dates whilst completing clinical placements.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
The written assignment topic "New Graduate Job Application" and timing within the year was very helpful. Both on what will be expected for graduates to be submitting to be considered good candidates for highly competitive new graduation positions both in Queensland Health and Private Practices.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the Written Assignment topic for this unit remains as a New Graduate Job Application.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. 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.
  2. Communicate effectively and efficiently with service users and the multi-disciplinary team in all aspects of clinical practice.
  3. Identify and analyse key clinical problems by planning and leading complete assessments, including patient interview and physical examination.
  4. Plan and perform safe and appropriate physiotherapy programmes for a variety of service users, including establishing short and long term goals.
  5. Demonstrate competency at an entry level standard of practice in clinical reasoning, execution of techniques, and delivery of programs to manage specifc clinical problems.
  6. Critically reflect upon clinical development and relate this to relevant published sources and practice based experience.

Per NPC1331

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 - Professional Practice Placement
2 - Written Assessment
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Professional Practice Placement
2 - Written Assessment