Unit Outline

This professional experience placement unit brings together core foundational physiotherapy practice knowledge and skills and requires you to apply them to work in supervised practice with clients who present with complex and/or chronic conditions across the lifespan. There is a retained focus on the application of core theoretical knowledge and threshold concepts related to person and client-centeredness, biopsychosocial models of practice, clinical reasoning, self-reflection, critical thinking, cultural safety and awareness, pharmacology and evidence-based practice to direct client care. As the capstone PEP in the Masters of Physiotherapy course, you will further develop knowledge and skills, to a new graduate level, related to physiotherapy assessment and treatment skills for the management of complex and/or chronic conditions across the lifespan. You will learn to evaluate, quantify, and interpret participation and activity limitations and impairments in people with conditions specific to stages of the lifespan, and to provide appropriate interventions.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1	Critically evaluate and integrate evidence in the assessment and management of clients with conditions across the lifespan.
2	Assess and interpret activity and participation limitations in relation to underlying impairments and use clinical reasoning to plan and implement physiotherapy interventions in people across the lifespan.
3	Conduct a client assessment, including examination of the relevant systems, client history, physical examination, and demonstrate the use of basic measurement and testing procedures used to assess people across the lifespan.
4	Collaborate interprofessionally and communicate clinical information to patients/clients, carers, other healthcare practitioners and other stakeholders.
5	Justify the clinical reasoning rationale for assessment and selection and implementation of physiotherapy treatment procedures commonly used in the management of conditions across the lifespan.

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	CXA739 Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy Practice and CXA757 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Practice 1
Co-requisite	CXA742 Physiotherapy Across the Lifespan

Alterations as a result of student feedback

This is a new unit. As such, there are no alternations as a result of student feedback.

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Assessment of physiotherapy practice	See the MyLO site for the due date	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
Assessment Task 2:	Portfolio	Week 10	20 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
Assessment Task 3:	Evidence Review	Week 13	50 %	LO1

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Assessment of physiotherapy practice

Task Description:

By completion of your professional experience placement (PEP), you are required to demonstrate entry-level performance in practice. The supervising physiotherapist will assess your performance over the duration of the placement.
You will be assessed based on Physiotherapy professional competencies within the following domains:
• Professional Behaviour
• Communication
• Assessment and Planning
• Intervention
• Evidence-Based Practice

This is a hurdle assessment. You need to pass this assessment item to pass the unit.

Task Length:

2 weeks

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Perform across the identified physiotherapy professional domains at a graduate entry-level standard.	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Assessment Task 2: Portfolio

Task Description:

You are asked to submit your professional portfolio that you commenced in CXA705 Becoming an Allied Health professional and added to with each of your PEP placements (CXAGGG Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy Practice, CXAEEE Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Practice, CXAIII Neurological Physiotherapy Practice, which demonstrates your development as a Physiotherapy professional over the program

Task Length:

Due Date:

Week 10

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Demonstrate critical self-refection as a Physiotherapy professional	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Assessment Task 3: Evidence Review

Task Description:

The assessment task requires you to complete a formal systematic or scoping review of a clinical question.
You are expected to undertake a formal systematic/scoping review and present a report complying with established protocols and Reporting Standards (e.g. JBI/PRISMA). The review is to be presented in a format for submission to a journal and should comply with the journal requirements. Students should identify a relevant journal and download the specific “instructions for authors" for that journal and attach to the submitted review.

Task Length:

Up to 3500 words

Due Date:

Week 13

Weight:

50 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Use a structured systematic/scoping review process to formally answer a clinical question.	LO1
2	Use evidence-based practice to inform clinical decision making.	LO1
3	Produce a formal research output for dissemination.	LO1

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Academic progress review

The results for this unit may be included in a review of your academic progress. For information about progress reviews and what they mean for all students, see Academic Progress Review in the Student Portal.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see Important Guidelines & Support.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.