PHS401 Physiotherapy Clinical Practice Competency (24)
CSU Discipline Area: Allied Health (ALHEA)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
Students will undertake sustained periods of physiotherapy clinical practice in a range of clinical settings to develop and consolidate their skills and abilities in professional practice client assessment, clinical reasoning, intervention planning, implementation and evaluation across a range of settings. Learning will be achieved through direct client contact under the supervision of qualified physiotherapists. Students will integrate knowledge from their university studies into clinical practice. Students will be assessed for their achievement of the Australian Standards for physiotherapy using the criteria and forms developed for the National Assessment of Physiotherapy (AAP).
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga |
| Internal | Orange |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: PHS401
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Assumed Knowledge:
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 knowledge gained from academic subjects into a variety of clinical settings.
- Demonstrate achievement of the standards required of an entry level physiotherapist in core areas of physiotherapy practice (Australian Standards for Physiotherapy 2006).
- Demonstrate an ability to effectively integrate skills in assessment, clinical reasoning, planning and implementation of physiotherapy intervention in the management of a client's condition.
- Be able to safely and effectively perform physiotherapy interventions in the clinical setting.
- Be able to articulate and illustrate their achievement of competency and the CSU graduate attributes.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
Implementation and achievement of entry level competency as outlined in the Australian standards for physiotherapy (APC 2006) CSU graduate attributes Sustained reflective practice and Self-appraisal
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.