Physiotherapy Competency Placement 2 provides physiotherapy students with further opportunity to undertake a 25 day sustained period of physiotherapy clinical practice in a workplace setting. The purpose of this 25 day clinical placement is to enable students to further develop and consolidate knowledge, skills and attributes in professional physiotherapy practice; client assessment; clinical reasoning; intervention planning; implementation of physiotherapy management; identify the role of other health professionals; and evaluate the effectiveness of management strategies. The placement setting undertaken in PHS417 will differ from other workplace learning subjects to ensure students cover the full range of areas required for registration with AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) and course completion. Students' learning will be enabled through direct client contact under the supervision of qualified physiotherapists and other health professionals. 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 use in the Assessment of Physiotherapy Practice (APP). Students will complete a self-reflection on their capacity to seek, accept and respond to feedback from their clinical educator and clients which will be evaluated separate to the APP.
Students will be encouraged to identify the role of other team members or services providing care for their clients and will be required to prepare a document that facilitates collaborative practice which will be assessed separate to the APP.
HD/FL
One session
School of Community Health
This subject is restricted to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Physiotherapy and the Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours).
PHS301 and PHS318 and ( PHS329 or ( PHS328 and PHS309 ) ) and PHS313 and PHS314 and PHS350
PHS418 : PHS417 is offered in the same session as two (2) other workplace learning subjects PHS416 and PHS418. PHS417 precedes PHS418 and is subsequent to PHS416. PHS418 makes obsolete PHS401.
PHS416 : PHS417 is offered in the same session as two (2) other workplace learning subjects PHS416 and PHS418. PHS417 precedes PHS418 and is subsequent to PHS416. PHS418 makes obsolete PHS401.
This subject contains a 25 days Compulsory Workplace Learning component.
Students will assessed using the national competency assessment tool, the APP and on successful completion of the placement will have demonstrated safe and effective professional practice in the allocated placement setting and client context. Students will also be assessed on their understanding and application of collaborative practice in the placement setting and client context using an additional assessment tool.
Students attending compulsory workplace learning placements are responsible for all associated travel, uniform, accommodation and required resources.
Students must meet pre-clinical requirements prior to undertaking workplace learning placements. Students who have not met all pre-clinical requirements will not be allocated a workplace learning placement. These requirements, mandated by the State Departments of Health and the University include but are not limited to vaccinations, first aid certification, police clearance and working with children checks. Costs incurred are the responsibility of the students. Students who do not meet these requirements will need to re-do the subject.
It is an expectation that students will be required to travel away from home to undertake their workplace learning placements, which may mean adjusting employment and social commitments. The cost of travel and accommodation of these placements are the responsibility of the students.
The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: June 2022. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.