PHS300 Integrated Physiotherapy Clinical Practice (16)
CSU Discipline Area: Allied Health (ALHEA)
Duration: Two sessions
Abstract:
This subject will emphasise physiotherapy practice as the integration of skills from multiple areas and settings of practice. The focus is on the application of physiotherapy to different settings, including community based facilities, acute care, rehabilitation, nursing homes and hostels, home-based, work-place, and schools. In particular this subject will focus on extending, integrating and applying cardiopulmonary, neurological and paediatric elements of practice. Students will engage in two practice-based clinical education activities as part of this subject. The first will involve acute-care simulation activities and the second will involve students assisting in the running of a community-based exercise program for maintaining and enhancing health and well-being in individuals at risk of chronic illness and disability. Students undertaking this subject will be expected to have a broad and deep understanding of clinical reasoning, measurement and evidence based practice in specific areas of physiotherapy practice and sound levels of knowledge of relevant anatomy, physiology and behavioural sciences.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga |
| Internal | Orange | Session 2 |
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga |
| Internal | Orange |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: PHS300
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
This subject is restricted to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Physiotherapy.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
Be able to:
- Integrate and apply physiotherapy skills from multiple areas of practice to a broad variety of practice settings.
- Apply collaborative client management practices to the implementation and running of community based programs aimed at enhancing the health and well being of individuals at risk of chronic illness and disability.
- Describe chronic disease management principles and discuss implications for implementation of chronic disease management programs for persons living in rural and remote communities and persons of Indigenous heritage.
- Apply person centred practice principles with emphasis on goal setting and effective communications skills for working with persons with chronic disease, dementia, disability or mental health issues.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
Advanced anatomy, applied biomechanics, physiology (especially chronic pain and exercise), social and psychological factors influencing cardiopulmonary and neurological health and well-being Clinical reasoning for cardiopulmonary, neurological and paediatric practice Clinical reasoning in the event of an uncertain or conflicting evidence base Communication skills in teaching individuals and groups and developing written resources for client groups Comprehensive client management approaches including collaboration and goal setting across the range of settings Rural, remote, and indigenous practice Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation Gerontology and falls prevention including communication skills for dealing with persons with dementia issues Disability and community living with an emphasis on working with persons who have experienced amputation Chronic disease management principles Self-assessment of scope of practice and referral options Inter-professional care models including early-intervention. Mental illness as relevant to physiotherapy practice including issues such as suicide, self harm, obsessive compulsive disorder and post natal depression Ethical and professional practice as relevant to more complex contexts of practice. Application of family and client-centred practice
Workplace Learning
This subject contains a Workplace Learning component. Please contact the subject coordinator for further information.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.