Area: | School of Physiotherapy |
Credits: | 12.5 |
Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 303207 (v.2) Physiotherapy Practice 651 or any previous version
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Co Requisite(s): | 303211 (v.1) Physiotherapy Practice 652
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Syllabus: | Further development of basic physiotherapy competencies in using research to enhance evidence based practice. Practical skills in research project planning, data collection and analysis and results communication are covered for typical physiotherapy research methods including phenomenological, small time series, sequential clinical trials, survey, factorial and repeated measures designs. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have - Developed the skills to use a particular type of research to answer important physiotherapy questions. |
Unit Texts: | Jenkins, Price and Straker, (1998), The Researching Therapist, Churchill Livingstone. Portney and Watkins, (1993), Foundations of Clinical Research, Appleton Lange. |
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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 2 | Y | 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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