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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.

311781 (v.1) Musculoskeletal Science 653

Note

Tuition 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: 25.0
Contact Hours: 6.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Practical: 2 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 303187 (v.2) Anatomy and Pathology 552 or any previous version
AND
303194 (v.3) Movement Science 552 or any previous version
AND
    303196 (v.2) Musculoskeletal Science 552
    OR
    311779 (v.1) Musculoskeletal Science 554 or any previous version
AND
303197 (v.2) Physiotherapy Practice 552 or any previous version
AND
303202 (v.2) Electrophysical Agents 651 or any previous version
AND
311533 (v.1) Applied Clinical Science 552 or any previous version
Syllabus: Development of clinical competencies in the management of spinal musculoskeletal disorders across the lifespan. Aspects of typical acute and chronic spinal musculoskeletal disorders including aetiology, pathology and clinical features, assessment, clinical decision-making, management strategies (education, prevention, occupational health, functional rehabilitation, mobilisation, manipulation, work hardening, case management) and health care system including legislation insurance.
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 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