UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

PTY5203 Clinical practice 2

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

PTY5203 Clinical practice 2 is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2021 in Summer A at Peninsula. It needs PTY5202 and PTY5201.

Credit points
12
Offered in 2021
Summer A
Peninsula
Assessment
No exam
4 tasks

This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before PTY5203

Corequisites

Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.

After PTY5203

No unit lists PTY5203 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.

Overview

This clinical placement unit will require you to complete a 5-week full time clinical placement in an acute, subacute/rehabilitation or community setting. This unit will enable you to build upon your knowledge and experience to further develop the competencies required for independent practice as a physiotherapist. Through supervised practice, 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. There is a focus on developing skills in feedback dialogue for facilitating learning in self and others. Additional study modules on pharmacology and feedback will supplement the clinical placement experience.

Offerings in 2021

Teaching periodCampusMode
Summer semester APeninsulaBlock off

Assessment

  • Graded against Assessment Physiotherapy Practice over 5-week placement (50%) (Hurdle)OtherCompetency hurdle
    50%
  • Online pharmacology module with SAQ (3000 word equivalent) (25%) (Hurdle)OtherCompetency hurdle
    25%
  • Clinical guideline appraisal (1200 words) (10%) (Hurdle)AssignmentCompetency hurdle
    10%
  • Feedback analysis in Work Integrated Learning portfolio (1800 words) (15%) (Hurdle)AssignmentCompetency hurdle
    15%

Learning outcomes

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

  1. 1

    Demonstrate professional behaviour in client care and rights that is culturally sensitive and in accordance with legal requirements;

  2. 2

    Communicate appropriately and effectively across written and verbal mediums, with clients, staff, and other health care stakeholders;

  3. 3

    Reflect critically on practice and propose knowledge and skill gaps and methods to achieve them;

  4. 4

    Analyse the role of feedback in learning;

  5. 5

    Synthesise the input of other professions and the patient/ client/family to reach a shared vision of care plans;

  6. 6

    Describe and analyse the pharmacological management of common clinical cases;

  7. 7

    Tailor knowledge and skills to effectively assess client needs, including selection of relevant measures of health indicators and outcomes;

  8. 8

    Analyse and plan appropriate patient interactions, including patient-centred goal development, and the selection of appropriate interventions;

  9. 9

    Critically analyse risks and adverse events associated with client assessments and interventions;

  10. 10

    Identify, critically appraise and apply evidence-based practice to client care;

  11. 11

    Appraise clinical practice guidelines used in physiotherapy practice.

Workload and teaching

Off-campus clinical placement: Students will be required to complete a full-time 5-week clinical placement block

Off-campus: During the 7 weeks where students are not on clinical placement, an average of 16 hours of online modules and private study is required weekly.

Contacts

Chief Examiners
Professor Prue Morgan

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for PTY5203?

You need PTY5202 and PTY5201 before you enrol; and PTY5204 before or alongside it.

When is PTY5203 offered?

In 2021, PTY5203 runs in Summer A at Peninsula.

Does PTY5203 have an exam?

No. PTY5203 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
12
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational unit
Department of Physiology
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.250
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
2021202220232024202520262027