M2022 Bachelor of Allied Health

The course develops through three themes, which will provide you with interdisciplinary approaches to addressing the key challenges facing the rural and global community and in-depth expertise in your specialised area of study to enable you to effect change. These three themes are interwoven in units throughout the course: The Allied Health Professional in Context, Allied Health Professions Learning, and Applied Allied Health practice

The Allied Health Professional in Context
This theme will support development and understanding of the roles, responsibilities and expectations of health professionals and the personal and professional attributes required in the workplace. These include communication and interpersonal skills, professionalism, teamwork, critical thinking, ethical and legal issues, and reflexivity. The focus of these studies will also be on the social, environmental and behavioural contexts of ill health, disease and injury and broad societal issues such as health promotion, the application of epidemiology and statistics in the assessment of health risk in populations, public health, community diversity, population and global health. You will also develop a sound understanding of evidence-based practice.

Allied Health Professions Learning
This theme provides the knowledge and skills required for each profession specialisation. Within each profession-specific stream, this theme includes all the profession-specific knowledge and theory informing education and leadership practice

Applied Allied Health practice
This theme addresses competencies required for the practice of each of the profession's specialities. It focuses on the incorporation of the best available research evidence with the clinical reasoning skills of assessment, management, evaluation and health care across the lifespan and across a spectrum of educational and health care environments and circumstances. The goal of this theme is to progressively develop competent, entry-level practitioners who can function and thrive in a rapidly changing and dynamic health and human service delivery system, as well as to meet minimum entry-level competency standards.

Course progression map

The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.

This course comprises 144 credit points.

Core studies (42 points)
You must complete the following units AND one of the specialisations below.

• AHC1501 The rural allied health professional in context 6CP
• AHC1502 Foundations of biomedical sciences 6CP
• AHC1503 Foundations of healthcare practice 6CP
• AHC2501 Evidence based healthcare 6CP
• AHC2502 Health professionals in a globalised world 6CP
• AHC3501 Transitioning to allied health practice 1 6CP
• AHC3502 Transitioning to allied health practice 2 6CP

Specialisation studies (102 points)
You must complete one of the specialisations below

Occupational Therapy

You must complete the following units.

• OCC1501 Foundations of occupational therapy practice 6CP
• OCC1502 Introduction to occupational therapy professional practice 1 6CP
• OCC1503 Occupations across the lifespan 12CP
• OCC1504 Introduction to occupational therapy professional practice 2 6CP
• OCC2501 Analysis of occupations 12CP
• OCC2502 Enabling occupation applied practice 1 6CP
• OCC2503 Enabling occupations 12CP
• OCC2504 Enabling occupation applied practice 2 6CP
• OCC3501 Enabling occupations for groups, communities and populations 12CP
• OCC3502 Advanced professional practice 1 6CP
• OCC3503 Advanced professional practice 2 18CP

Physiotherapy
You must complete the following units.

• PTY1501 Foundations of physiotherapy theory 6CP
• PTY1502 Foundations of physiotherapy practice 6CP
• PTY1503 Musculoskeletal physiotherapy 12CP
• PTY1504 Foundations of musculoskeletal physiotherapy practice 6CP
• PTY2501 Cardiorespiratory physiotherapy 12CP
• PTY2502 Foundations of cardiorespiratory physiotherapy practice 6CP
• PTY2503 Neurological physiotherapy 12CP
• PTY2504 Foundations of neurological physiotherapy practice 6CP
• PTY3501 Consolidated physiotherapy theory and practice 12CP
• PTY3502 Physiotherapy clinical practice 1 6CP
• PTY3503 Physiotherapy clinical practice 2 6CP
• PTY3504 Physiotherapy clinical practice 3 6CP
• PTY3505 Physiotherapy clinical practice 4 6CP

Podiatry
You must complete the following units.

• POD1501 Dermatology and diseases of the lower limb 6CP
• POD1502 Clinical podiatry practice 1 6CP
• POD1503 Neurological podiatry 12CP
• POD1504 Clinical podiatry practice 2 6CP
• POD2501 Musculoskeletal podiatry 12CP
• POD2502 Clinical podiatry practice 3 6CP
• POD2503 Podiatry and medicines 12CP
• POD2504 Clinical podiatry practice 4 6CP
• POD3501 Advanced podiatry practice 12CP
• POD3502 Clinical podiatry practice 5 6CP
• POD3503 Clinical podiatry practice 6 18CP

Speech Pathology This specialisation is not offered in 2027.
You must complete the following units.

• SPH1501 Linguistics and phonetics 6CP
• SPH1502 Applied speech pathology practice 1A 6CP
• SPH1503 Speech and language 1 6CP
• SPH1504 Clinical methodology in speech pathology practice 6CP
• SPH1505 Applied speech pathology practice 1B 6CP
• SPH2501 Speech and language 2 6CP
• SPH2502 Motor speech disorders 6CP
• SPH2503 Applied speech pathology practice 2 12CP
• SPH2504 Acquired language disorders 6CP
• SPH2505 Augmentative and alternative communication and disability 6CP
• SPH3501 Voice and voice disorders 6CP
• SPH3502 Feeding and swallowing 6CP
• SPH3503 Applied speech pathology practice 3 6CP
• SPH3504 Fluency disorders 6CP
• SPH3505 Applied speech pathology practice 4 12CP