PTY5204 Disability and chronic disease

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

1. 1

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

2. 2

   Identify and explain the life-time burden imposed on people with chronic disability and their families;

3. 3

   Recognise the health policy and funding models aligned to the physiotherapy treatment of disability and chronic disease;

4. 4

   Explain local, federal and international health policy issues, including the role of agencies (government and non-government) on the development and implementation of health policy;

5. 5

   Categorise causes and presentation of intellectual impairment accordingly to major groups and match these to appropriate assessment tools and health services and programs;

6. 6

   Integrate knowledge and skills to effectively plan appropriate client interactions, including client-centred goal development, and the selection of appropriate interventions;

7. 7

   Recognise individuals who are at risk for under-treatment of their pain (e.g. individuals who are unable to self-report pain, neonates, and cognitively impaired individuals) or populations where care disparities exist;

8. 8

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

9. 9

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

10. 10

    Propose strategies to facilitate healthcare access for people with chronic disease and disability.