Sports, Occupational Health and Rehabilitation
Overview
This unit examines and consolidates the knowledge, practical clinical skills and contemporary evidence to effectively assess, treat and manage individuals from diverse backgrounds who have occupational and sport-related injuries. The assessment and management of common clinical presentations within the vertebral region will also be a focus of this unit.
Learning activities will provide students with the opportunity to develop clinical reasoning that underlies differential diagnosis utilising validated outcome measures. Students will link their assessment to treatment strategies that include exercise, technology and manual therapy.
Requisites
Rules
Pre-requisite
Admission into MA-PHYS - Master of Physiotherapy
OR
MA-PHYS1 - Master of Physiotherapy
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Evaluate and analyse how the neuromuscular system adapts to injury and the role of physiotherapy in maximising healing and recovery
- Examine sports and occupational health presentations utilising appropriate differential diagnosis tests
- Critically evaluate and justify the application of research evidence that supports a systematic approach to differential diagnosis and management of common vertebral region conditions
- Evaluate, safely and effectively apply physiotherapy intervention for sports and occupational health injuries and vertebral region conditions utilising appropriate technologies
- Evaluate and develop evidence-based clinical reasoning with respect to the management of sports and occupational health injuries as well as presentations within the vertebral region
- Apply evidence-informed inter-disciplinary physiotherapy management plans for patients/clients
- Sensitively communicate clinical information to patients/clients, carers and other stakeholders taking socio-economic and cultural factors into consideration
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Online Lecture | 4.00 | 6 weeks | 24 |
| On-campus Practical | 6.00 | 6 weeks | 36 |
| Specified Activities Various | 5.00 | 6 weeks | 30 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 10.00 | 6 weeks | 60 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Examination | Individual | 30% | 2,4,7 |
| Practical and Oral Examination | Individual | 40% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
| Quiz | Individual | 30% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
Content
- Sports and occupational health injury aetiology and pathophysiology
- Kinematic evaluation of sports and occupational activities
- Clinical presentations and physical manifestations of common conditions of the vertebral region, sports and occupational health injuries
- Systematic approach to patient centred care: assessment, interpretation of information, treatment planning, goal setting and evaluation of outcome
- Evaluation of contemporary research evidence to inform the differential diagnosis and management of vertebral region conditions, sports and occupational health injuries
- Technologies that support clinical assessment and management planning for vertebral conditions, sports and occupational health injuries
- Validated outcome measures and clinical tests that inform physical examination and differential diagnosis for vertebral conditions, sports and occupational health injuries
- Manual therapy techniques
- Inter-disciplinary short- and long-term goal setting
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.