Course overview
This course involves three modules: (i) advanced spinal physiotherapy, (ii) professional practice, and (iii) a self-directed project. Advanced spinal physiotherapy expands on the clinical reasoning and manual therapy skills developed earlier in the course, with focus on spinal physiotherapy. The professional practice module aims to prepare students to commence practice as a newly graduated health professional, covering legislation, codes of conduct and ethical practice. In the third module, students will identify and research a gap in physiotherapy practice and undertake a self-directed project to develop a creative solution, with the ultimate aim of improving physiotherapy practice within the chosen context.
Course learning outcomes
- Critically reflect on personal and colleagues' professinal behaviour based on relevant legislation, ethical standards and codes of practice, and provide appropriate feedback
- Propose a program that could be implemented to address an aspect of heatlh, and propose how the program would be evaluated
- Design, justify and conduct safe, sensitive, advanced and highly case-specific assessment
- Analyse assessment findings and prioritise patient needs to at least the minimum standard expected for an entry level physiotherpaist
- Design and conduct an advanced case-specific physiotherapy management plan
- Prioritise and evaluate interventions using reliable and valid outcome measures to at least the minimum standard for a beginner/entry level physiotherapist
- Develop an application for a physiotherapy job, and provide feedback to other students on their applications