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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

311534 (v.1) Musculoskeletal Science 652

Area: School of Physiotherapy
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 4.0
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 2 Hours Fortnightly
Practical: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 303202 (v.2) Electrophysical Agents 651 or any previous version
AND
    303204 (v.2) Musculoskeletal Science 651 or any previous version
    OR
    311781 (v.1) Musculoskeletal Science 653 or any previous version
Syllabus: Development of knowledge and skills for the clinical presentation, diagnosis, assessment and management of common neuro-musculoskeletal disorders of elbow, wrist and hand in adults and children. Topics include management of burns, reconstructive surgery,sporting injuries, lateral epicondylalgia, tenosynovitis and carpal tunnel syndrome as well as disorders requiring splinting and plastering. Development of clinical competencies in musculoskeletal injury prevention and management, workplace assessment and intervention, vocational rehabilitation, work hardening and case management within the context of the health care system and insurance legislation.
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.
Field of Education: 060101 General Medicine
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 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