Overview

This clinical placement unit integrates, consolidates and provides opportunity for students to apply advanced knowledge and skills to achieve competencies across all areas of physiotherapy practice ready for entry to practice.

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
HE Block 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
22-January-2024
23-February-2024
Last self-enrolment date
22-January-2024
Census date
02-February-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
09-February-2024
Results released date
30-April-2024
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
26-February-2024
26-May-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-March-2024
Census date
31-March-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
12-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024
HE Block 3
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
06-May-2024
16-June-2024
Last self-enrolment date
06-May-2024
Census date
17-May-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
31-May-2024
Results released date
16-July-2024
Winter
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
10-June-2024
12-July-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-June-2024
Census date
21-June-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
28-June-2024
Results released date
13-August-2024
Term 4
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
23-September-2024
25-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
23-September-2024
Census date
04-October-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
11-October-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
HE Block 8
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
28-October-2024
08-December-2024
Last self-enrolment date
28-October-2024
Census date
08-November-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
22-November-2024
Results released date
17-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Critically consolidate research evidence that supports the comprehensive management of complex neurological, cardiorespiratory and orthopaedic/musculoskeletal disorders
  • Safely examine and manage complex health presentations across physiotherapy disciplines
  • Apply advanced clinical reasoning with regard to diagnosis, management and evaluation of outcome of complex presentations across physiotherapy disciplines
  • Effectively collaborate with patients and clients to develop short- and long-term management goals for best practice physiotherapy management
  • Efficiently manage patient caseloads in line with graduate entry to physiotherapy practice

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Placement
Placement
32.00 5 weeks 160
TOTAL160

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Evidence of CompletionIndividual 100% 1,2,3,4,5 

Content

  • Recognition of clinical presentations and physical manifestations in common neurological, orthopaedic/musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory, men’s/women’s health and paediatric conditions
  • Written and verbal communication skills
  • Systematic and evidence-informed approaches to the subjective and physical assessment of neurological, cardiorespiratory, orthopaedic/musculoskeletal, men’s/women’s health and paediatric conditions
  • Short- and long-term goal setting
  • Evidence-based research for the differential diagnosis and management of common neurological, cardiorespiratory and orthopaedic/musculoskeletal conditions
  • Radiological features and findings of common neurological, cardiorespiratory, orthopaedic/musculoskeletal, men’s/women’s health and paediatric conditions
  • Therapeutic exercise prescription and their progression

*Minimum requirement to pass this unit are 160 hours of mandatory supervised clinical placement. 

Study resources

Reading materials

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