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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

309925 (v.2) Clinical Anatomy and Physiotherapy Practice 550

Note

Tutition Patterns

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.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

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.

Area: School of Physiotherapy
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 30.0
Lecture: 1 x 5 Hours Weekly
Practical: 1 x 25 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Development of knowledge of the human anatomy, and its applications, sufficient for entry to the study of physiotherapy. Topics covered include terminology, osteology, arthrology, myology, peripheral nervous system, lower limb anatomy, upper limb anatomy, and trunk anatomy. Development of the foundation competencies for physiotherapy practice. Basic patient care skills such as patient handling, soft tissue manipulation, passive movements and patient handling. Skills in assessment of joint movement, muscle performance and posture, and movement analysis and gait are covered. Case presentations are used to integrate student learning.
Field of Education: 010913 Human Biology
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Pass/Fail

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2011 Bentley Campus Study Period 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