PTY5106 Foundations of physiotherapy

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Identify the key elements of the Australian health care system and the roles and responsibilities of the health care team;

2. 2

   Articulate the attributes that define a profession and the conduct of professionalism

3. 3

   Review and critique personal and community determinants of health, and develop, implement and evaluate a program of personal health enhancement;

4. 4

   Compare and contrast a range of health promotion theories of change ranging from an individual to population-wide focus;

5. 5

   Apply contemporary learning theories to self and others;

6. 6

   Critique diverse definitions, concepts and interpretations of health and wellbeing, and how they apply to oneself and physiotherapy;

7. 7

   Describe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ key concepts of health and wellbeing and the influence of culture, family and connection to country in health practice;

8. 8

   Explain the biopsychosocial model and its relevance to pain, language, one’s response to pain, and the impact of pain on one’s life;

9. 9

   Apply knowledge of anatomy, physiology, biomechanics and kinesiology theory to exercise prescription and physiotherapy practice;

10. 10

    Apply the principles of exercise programming and prescription to client needs;

11. 11

    Describe Evidence Based Practice in physiotherapy in the context of integrating the best research evidence with clinical expertise and the client's unique values and circumstances;

12. 12

    Describe levels of research evidence, methods of study design and sources of bias in research and design electronic database searches to identify the best evidence.