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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.

311535 (v.1) Lifespan Health Sciences 652

Area: School of Physiotherapy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 6.0
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 Weekly
Practical: 2 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 303202 (v.2) Electrophysical Agents 651 or any previous version
AND
    303205 (v.2) Neuroscience 651 or any previous version
    OR
    311782 (v.1) Neuroscience 653 or any previous version
AND
    303215 (v.2) Neuroscience 652 or any previous version
    OR
    311784 (v.1) Neuroscience 654 or any previous version
Syllabus: Development of competencies in the clinical presentation and management of problems related to pregnancy, child birth, incontinence and ageing. Topics include pelvic floor dysfunction, psychosocial issues in child rearing, gynaecological surgery,bladder and bowel dysfunction, models of geriatric care, functional assessment of the older person, dementia, steoporosis clinical decision-making in specific paediatric populations..
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