Area: |
School of Occupational Therapy |
Credits: |
25.0 |
Contact Hours: |
34.0 |
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| ** 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. ** |
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Lecture: |
1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: |
1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Practical: |
1 x 30 Hours Quarterly |
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Syllabus: |
Rehabilitation theories and clinical reasoning in pain, hand and upper limb injury and disease. Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of pain. Anatomy, histology and pathology of upper limb musculoskeletal or neurological dysfunction. Design and fabrication of upper limb orthoses. Medico-legal issues. Professional practice emphasising clinical reasoning, communication, assessment, planning and intervention. |
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| ** 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. ** |
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Field of Education: |
61703 Occupational Therapy |
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 |
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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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