310715 v.3 Continence and Women's Health Major (Grad Cert)

Introduction

The Graduate Certificate in Clinical Physiotherapy (Continence and Women's Health) course provides an opportunity for physiotherapists to become advanced clinicians in women's health physiotherapy and its related areas of practice. The Continence and Women's Health Major is designed to develop clinical expertise through a foundation of evidence based practice, clinical reasoning and sound diagnostic and therapeutic skills. Students will develop knowledge and skills in the management of conditions that are unique to women, more prevalent in women, more serious in women, have different risk factors in women and require different interventions in women. In particular, the course will develop clinical skills in the assessment and management of pelvic floor dysfunction and its many presentations - disorders of bladder and bowel functions and pelvic organ and pelvic girdle support; sexual dysfunction and pelvic pain. Participants in this course will also become expert evaluators and consumers of research.

Course Structure			Hrs/Wk	Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
307456	v.1	Evidence Based Practice 750	5.0	25.0
309438	v.1	Human Continence 650	4.0	25.0
309439	v.1	Pelvic Floor Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation 650	4.0	25.0
311898	v.1 *	Physiotherapy Clinics 751	3.0	12.5
311899	v.1 *	Physiotherapy Project 651	2.0	12.5
				100.0

Part time students can choose Women Through the Life Stages 650 in Semester 2 as an alternative to Physiotherapy Clinics 751 AND Physiotherapy Project 651