Courses Handbook 2008 - [ Archived ]

308275 (v.1) Musculoskeletal Clinical Practice 750


Area: School of Physiotherapy
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 5.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Clinical Practice: 1 x 5 Hours Weekly
Co Requisite(s): 308276 (v.1) Musculoskeletal Practice 751
Syllabus: Advanced level of communication skills, professional behaviour and ability to address legal and ethical issues related to musculoskeletal physiotherapy practice. All assessments and interventions in musculoskeletal physiotherapy are based on an advanced level of clinical reasoning. In the clinical setting, perform advanced physical examination and management of the neuromusculoskeletal system for spinal and some peripheral disorders. Evaluate current research findings to determine the level of evidence for the efficacy of musculoskeletal physiotherapy practice. Supervised clinical experience in hospitals. Advanced level of documentation and report writing.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 061701 Physiotherapy
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Categorised
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2008 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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