PTY5204 · Disability and chronic disease

Overview

In this clinical placement unit you will be required to complete both a campus based block of study and a disability or chronic disease focused clinical placement. This unit will enable you to build upon your knowledge and experience to further develop the competencies required for working within the community to promote independence and physical ability across the lifespan. The two-week campus based intensive will expose you to expert practice in a range of masterclasses, focused on ethical and culturally sensitive client driven, integrated practice. Paediatric physiotherapy knowledge and skills will be further developed. Processes for utilising support from Aboriginal Health Workers and other Indigenous health professionals will be introduced. Through the supervised clinical practice placement, you will have the opportunity to apply your knowledge and skills in assessment, treatment and client education, whilst working as part of a larger health care team. The professional, ethical and legal aspects of physiotherapy will be applied to practice, providing an opportunity to develop technical, clinical, personal and professional skills.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment in this unit includes hurdle assessment tasks. Failure of any hurdle assessment task may result in failure of the unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Communicate appropriately and effectively across written and verbal mediums, with clients, staff, and other health care stakeholders;
2. Identify and explain the life-time burden imposed on people with chronic disability and their families;
3. Recognise the health policy and funding models aligned to the physiotherapy treatment of disability and chronic disease;
4. Explain local, federal and international health policy issues, including the role of agencies (government and non-government) on the development and implementation of health policy;
5. Categorise causes and presentation of intellectual impairment accordingly to major groups and match these to appropriate assessment tools and health services and programs;
6. Integrate knowledge and skills to effectively plan appropriate client interactions, including client-centred goal development, and the selection of appropriate interventions;
7. Recognise individuals who are at risk for under-treatment of their pain (e.g. individuals who are unable to self-report pain, neonates, and cognitively impaired individuals) or populations where care disparities exist;
8. Critically analyse risks and adverse events associated with client assessments and interventions;
9. Identify, critically appraise and apply evidence-based practice to client care;
10. Propose strategies to facilitate healthcare access for people with chronic disease and disability.

Workload

On-campus: You are required to attend and participate in a two-week block of campus-based study that consists of 10 hours of lectures, 12 hours of tutorials, 4 hours of seminars and 8-10 hours of self-directed activity Off-campus clinical placement: You are required to complete a 2-week (or equivalent) clinical placement conducted in a clinical setting focused on disability or chronic disease across the lifespan. This typically comprises the equivalent of 64 hours of clinical placement and 16 hours (or equivalent) of self-directed study in order to complete learning and reflection activities related to your experiences in the delivery of physiotherapy services across the lifespan during this time. Off-campus: When you are not on clinical placement or attending block study days, an average of 14-16 hours of online modules and private study is required weekly.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.