Overview

This unit covers advanced sports physiotherapy specific practices, including injury prevention, acute sports injury management and clinical management skills to optimise the athletes return to sport

Requisites

Prerequisites
PHT80006 Professional Practice
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Unit learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:

  1. Develop and adapt evidence-based strategies for injury prevention
  2. Apply the principles of acute sports injury assessment and management
  3. Manage injured athletes using advanced sports physiotherapy skill

Teaching methods

All applicable locations

Activity Type Activity Total Hours Number of Weeks Hours Per Week
Online Lecture 6 3 weeks 2
Live Online Class 6 3 weeks 2
Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning 10 3 weeks 3.33
Unspecified Activities Assessment Preparation 33 9 weeks 3.67
Placement Placement 60 8 weeks 7.5
On-campus Practical 35 1 week 35
Total Hours: 150 Total Hours (per week): 53.5

Assessment

All applicable locations

TypeTaskWeightingULOs
Written AssignmentIndividual20%1,2
Professional Experience PlacementIndividual50%1,2,3

Hawthorn

Type Task Weighting ULOs
Practical Examination Individual 30% 1,2,3

Content

The proposed unit will cover the following materials

  • Injury Prevention
  • Acute Sports Injury Management
  • 60 hours of Clinical Placement

Graduate attributes involved include

  • Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Verbal communication
  • Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Communicating using different media
  • Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Collaboration and negotiation
  • Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Teamwork roles and processes
  • Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Information literacy

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.