Area: | School of Physiotherapy |
Credits: | 12.5 |
Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 303100 (v.1) Physiotherapy Practice 352
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Co Requisite(s): | 4720 (v.6) Physiotherapy Honours 451
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11126 (v.3) Physiotherapy Research Honours 451
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Syllabus: | Development of physiotherapy competencies in health management. Topics covered typically include - changes in health care systems, program development and evaluation, costs of physiotherapy services, marketing, quality assurance, business meetings, employment and legal issues. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have - Discussed the legal, industrial and ethical implications of practising physiotherapy within the context of the public and private health care systems in Western Australia and Australia. Discussedkey issues in health care management and administration from a local, national and international level, including models of health care delivery. Discussed the principles of accreditation - both physiotherapy specific and broader health system - and how these processes work in clinical practice. Identified key concepts/definitions relating to continuous quality improvement. Discussed and implemented basic principles of marketing health services. Demonstrated the ability to develop a health service program proposal and methods for its successful implementation - taking into consideration the demands for efficiency and effectiveness, consumer wants/demands/needs, and ethical and legal requirements. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | Physiotherapy Management 451 Reader, School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Group Assignment 65%. Individual Assignment 35%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 61701 Physiotherapy | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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