PHS403 Rural and Remote Physiotherapy (8)

'Rural and Remote Physiotherapy' is a defining, capstone level subject within the Bachelor of Physiotherapy program. It is the final subject in a series of core subjects including PHS100 Introduction to Physiotherapy Clinical Practice, PHS250 Evolving Physiotherapy Clinical Practice and PHS350 Integrated Chronic Health Condition Management . This subject aims to extend students' understanding of rural and remote health care and ensure their readiness for graduate practice in this area. This subject will extend students' knowledge of, and skills in, planning effective service delivery to rural and remote communities.  Students will devise strategies to improve the accessibility, availability, acceptability and quality of health services for Indigenous Australian peoples and communities in rural and remote areas. Students will plan innovative, feasible and sustainable models of physiotherapy service delivery that can be implemented in rural and remote locations in Australia. They will also extend their skills in collaborative practice, digital technologies, service planning and financial management.

 

 

Subject Outlines
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Availability

Session 2 (60)
On Campus
Albury-Wodonga Campus
Orange Campus

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: PHS403. Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

One session

School

School of Community Health

Enrolment Restrictions

Bachelor of Physiotherapy and Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours)

Prerequisites

PHS401

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to encourage, guide and motivate others to operate efficiently and effectively in the practice context within legal and ethical frameworks
  • be able to demonstrate effective collaboration with peers to create and deliver effective evidenced based presentations to key stakeholders
  • be able to demonstrate appropriate decision making after having considered all relevant legal, professional, ethical standards and codes of physiotherapy practice
  • be able to reflect upon their own leadership style and identify key leadership characteristics and strategies for their own improvement (including ideas for professional development and networking)
  • be able to devise strategies to improve the accessibility, availability, acceptability and quality of health services for Indigenous Australian peoples and communities in rural and remote areas
  • be able to devise strategies for building respectful, collaborative partnerships with rural and remote communities, including Indigenous Australian peoples to develop culturally competent physiotherapy services.
  • be able to critically evaluate the challenges, barriers and enablers to accessing healthcare, to inform the development of a culturally competent physiotherapy service model in rural and remote Australia
  • be able to critique historical physiotherapy service delivery in rural and remote Australia

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:
  • Historical and critical view of physiotherapy service delivery in rural and remote Australia.
  • Project development and presentation to key stakeholders.
  • Critical examination of cultural competency for the self-reflective practitioner.
  • Challenges, barriers and enablers to accessing healthcare, to inform the development of a culturally competent physiotherapy service model in rural and remote Australia
  • Building respectful, collaborative partnerships with rural and remote communities, including Indigenous Australian peoples, to create culturally competent physiotherapy services.
  • Physiotherapy service delivery - historical, funding models, public/private/public-private partnerships, benchmarking, evaluation and financial management of service delivery
  • Frameworks for leadership, reflexivity and reflection on practice

Contact

Current Students

For any enquiries about subject selection or course structure please contact Student Central or ask@csu.edu.au or phone on 1800 275 278.

Prospective Students

For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 275 278 (free call within Australia) or enquire online.

The information contained in the 2018 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: August 2018. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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