PTY5102 Advancing skills in paediatric physiotherapy: Neonates and infants
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
PTY5102 Advancing skills in paediatric physiotherapy: Neonates and infants is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Other periods
- Peninsula
- Assessment
- Exam 20%
- and 5 other tasks
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before PTY5102
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After PTY5102
No unit lists PTY5102 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
This unit will cover components of physiotherapy assessment and management options for neonates and infants with a range of conditions who present to physiotherapists. Aetiology and epidemiology of examples of conditions experienced by neonates and infants, and the physiotherapy role in evaluation of neonates and infants are described. An emphasis on establishing competence and confidence to work autonomously whilst identifying limits to own practice is stressed. Learning will be experienced in the online classroom environment with a single face to face day at the conclusion of the unit. A selection of case studies drawn from the special care nursery, subacute and community settings will be used to explore learning outcomes.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Term 2 | Peninsula | Online |
Assessment
- 4 x Online weekly quizzesQuiz / Test35%
- Online exam (MCQs)Examination20%
- Clinical practice activity (1,000 words) (Summative)Exercise15%
- Guided paediatric case study (2,000 words) (Summative)Written30%
- Attendance requirement (face to face day, available also via video footage)Demonstration-
- Contribution to 4 x discussion boards (one per module as per unit guide instructions)ExerciseCompetency hurdle-
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Apply the phases of foetal/neonatal neurological and respiratory development in clinical decision-making.
- 2
Apply knowledge of typical child development to the clinical physiotherapy management of neonates and infants.
- 3
Evaluate the principles of developmental care and apply these to clinical practice with neonates.
- 4
Appraise psychometric properties and clinical application of standardised outcome measures for the assessment of individual neonates and infants.
- 5
Critique the evidence relating to physiotherapy interventions for neonates and infants and apply this to justify clinical decision-making.
- 6
Justify physiotherapy plans for neonates and infants based on comprehensive musculoskeletal and neurodevelopmental assessments, consistent with clinical best practice.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
Approximately 12 hours per week of interaction with online lectures and course material, completion of online assessment tasks and participation in online communications with other students and tutor (online delivery only, block mode), plus self-directed study time. An additional 8 hours of face to face day attendance or video footage viewing required.
For full details of the teaching approach to this unit, please refer to Moodle.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Prue Morgan
- Unit Coordinators
- Margaret Cavanagh
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for PTY5102?
PTY5102 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is PTY5102 offered?
PTY5102 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.
Does PTY5102 have an exam?
Yes. The exam is worth 20% of the final mark, alongside 5 other tasks.