PTY5105 Advanced physiotherapy clinical skills and project
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
PTY5105 Advanced physiotherapy clinical skills and project is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Peninsula. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 1, Semester 2
- Peninsula
- Assessment
- No exam
- 7 tasks
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before PTY5105
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After PTY5105
No unit lists PTY5105 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: MAP5003 and any two of PTY5100, PTY5101, PTY5102, PTY5104.
Corequisite: Must be enrolled in course M60011, M60013.
Overview
This final unit will allow consolidation of advanced clinical practice. Skills in critical decision-making and clinical reasoning ability for the management of complex conditions will be emphasised.
Problem solving and advanced clinical skills within the context of client or family-centred practice will be explored.
Learning will be experienced in the online classroom environment with individually tailored clinical experiences.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Peninsula | Immers blk |
| Second semester | Peninsula | Immers blk |
Assessment
- Contribution to 4 x discussion boardsExerciseCompetency hurdle-
- Professional portfolio (1,000 words)Artefact10%
- Clinical Practice Journal (2,000 words)Exercise25%
- Project Oral (10 minutes)Project10%
- Project poster (400 - 600 words)Artefact20%
- Project report (2,500 to 3,000 words)ProjectCompetency hurdle35%
- Attendance requirement (individualised clinical experience; 80%)DemonstrationCompetency hurdle-
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Evaluate the key performance characteristics of an advanced practice physiotherapist.
- 2
Critically evaluate the evidence underpinning relevant physiotherapy practice, including individual research studies, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines
- 3
Answer a clinical question exploring an issue in advanced physiotherapy practice.
- 4
Evaluate an intervention to address an issue in advanced physiotherapy practice.
- 5
Summarise findings from a project and present them, consistent with the standards of a professional conference.
- 6
Lead discussion of specific patient cases, with an advanced level of clinical reasoning.
- 7
Evaluate the effectiveness of episodes of paediatric physiotherapy care.
- 8
Apply the principles of reflective learning and self-assessment to develop your own professional learning goals and formulate a plan to meet those goals.
Workload and teaching
Approximately 12 hours per week of interaction with online lectures and course material, completion of assessment tasks and participation in online communications with other students and tutor, plus an equal amount of self-directed study time. An additional up to 5 days of individualised clinical experience will be scheduled.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Margaret Cavanagh
- Chief Examiners
- Ms Adrienne Harvey
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for PTY5105?
PTY5105 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is PTY5105 offered?
In 2025, PTY5105 runs in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Peninsula.
Does PTY5105 have an exam?
No. PTY5105 has 7 assessment tasks and no exam.