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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

PHTY5000 (v.1) Fundamentals of Communication in Physiotherapy

Area: School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 3.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Clinical Practice: 3 x 3 Hours Semester
Equivalent(s): 303186 (v.2) Physiotherapy Practice 551 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):     309925 (v.2) Clinical Anatomy and Physiotherapy Practice 550 or any previous version
    OR
    314022 (v.1) Clinical Anatomy and Physiotherapy Practice 551 or any previous version
    OR
    HUMB5000 (v.1) Fundamentals of Clinical Anatomy and Physiotherapy Practice
AND
    311532 (v.1) Applied Clinical Science 551 or any previous version
    OR
    MEDI5001 (v.1) Physiotherapy Applied Clinical Science Fundamentals or any previous version
AND
    303185 (v.2) Musculoskeletal Science 551 or any previous version
    OR
    311778 (v.1) Musculoskeletal Science 553 or any previous version
    OR
    313992 (v.1) Musculoskeletal Science 555 or any previous version
    OR
    GMED2004 (v.1) Orthopaedic Musculoskeletal Science or any previous version
AND
    303184 (v.2) Movement Science 551 or any previous version
    OR
    313989 (v.1) Movement Science 553 or any previous version
    OR
    PHTY2002 (v.1) Movement Science or any previous version
AND
    303048 (v.2) Anatomy and Pathology 551 or any previous version
    OR
    PATH2002 (v.1) Anatomy and Pathology
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: Development of basic physiotherapy competencies in professional and clinical practice including documentation, clinical reasoning, ethical behaviours in physiotherapy practice, professional communication across cultures, health beliefs and health behaviours, and physiotherapy practice in a clinical setting.
Field of Education: 061701 Physiotherapy
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External


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