Musculoskeletal Clinical Science 2
Subject 513-405 (2008)
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| Credit Points: | 12.500 | ||||||||||||
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| Level: | Undergraduate | ||||||||||||
| Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008: , - Taught on campus.
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| Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: Equivalent of 60 hours throughout fourth year, 24 hours lectures and practical classes and self-directed learning, four weeks (28 hours per week) clinical placement Total Time Commitment: Students will need to allow time for self-directed learning. The following hours are given as minimum requirements: 1 hour pre/post reading for lectures, 2 hours per hour of tutorial sessions and 2 hours extra per week for practical classes. Fourth year students will need to spend approximately 2 hours per day in study and at least 2 extra hours per week practising clinical skills. | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: | This subject is not available as a single subject. Students must be currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Physiotherapy to undertake this subject. | ||||||||||||
| Corequisites: | None | ||||||||||||
| Recommended Background Knowledge: | None | ||||||||||||
| Non Allowed Subjects: | None | ||||||||||||
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For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry. It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability |
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Mr D Kelly| Subject Overview: | Students will build on their previous musculoskeletal knowledge to include more complex and chronic pathologies as well as vertebral disorders. Students should have the opportunity to perform independent assessments and demonstrate the ability to make differential diagnosis decisions; know the indications and contra-indications for, and demonstrate the safe use of, high velocity thrust treatment techniques; independently select and execute appropriate treatment techniques; be able to evaluate treatment effectiveness and to modify treatment as necessary. Students will be expected to organise and manage an appropriate workload, formulate and implement appropriate long- and short-term goals including discharge planning. Students will also be given the opportunity to understand the role of a physiotherapist in multidisciplinary clinical settings and apply the above principles to patients in a primary contact environment. |
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| Assessment: | Clinical: continuous clinical assessment (50%). Theory: case presentation (10%), and a 2-hour written examination at the end of the year (40%). Skills mastery in musculoskeletal physiotherapy (hurdle).Students must pass both clinical and theoretical components of the assessment in order to pass the subject. |
| Prescribed Texts: | None |
| Recommended Texts: | Recommended Texts:
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| Breadth Options: | This subject is not available as a breadth subject. |
| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
| Generic Skills: | At the completion of this subject, it is expected that students will have the following generic skills:
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| Related Course(s): |
Bachelor of Physiotherapy |
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