PTY200 Core Physiotherapy Skills A

What is this course about?

Description

In this course you will be taught principles of acute assessment, management, and prevention of orthopaedic and sports injuries. You will reflect on and extend your communication skills to interact effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and diverse clientele. You will also practice applying massage, tape, braces/supports, prescribing exercise, and working safely and effectively under supervision as a physiotherapy student, allied health assistant and sports trainer.  Approximately 60 hours of work-integrated learning is embedded in this course.

How will this course be delivered?

Course Topics

Am I eligible to enrol in this course?

Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.

Pre-requisites

PTY101 and enrolled in BH001

Co-requisites

SPX201

Anti-requisites

Not applicable

Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills (where applicable)

Not applicable

How am I going to be assessed?

Grading Scale

Standard Grading (GRD)

Details of early feedback on progress

Students will receive early feedback in response to Part A of their portfolio due in week 3. Students will also receive feedback on knowledge and skills in practical laboratory sessions, massage clinic and simulations before clinical placement.

Assessment tasks

Part A 
* Consists of a:
(i) Written reflection of experience and learning with regards to the yarning session with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander physiotherapist (using Gibb's Cycle of Reflection, max 500 words) 
(ii) Narrated powerpoint presentation summarising how to ensure cultural safety in physiotherapy practice when working and communicating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people referring to online learning resources (max 5 minutes, 5 slides)

Part B 
* Consists of a:
(i) Video reflection of personal insights/learning in relation to the sports trainer simulation with particular consideration as to the scope of sports trainer versus physiotherapist (using "what, so what, now what" framework) (max 5 minutes)
(ii) Completed sports injury report and written handover in ISBAR format to an appropriate health professional as indicated by one of the sports trainer scenarios (max 500 words)

Part A Written assignment (1000 word limit, contributes 15% towards course grade)
* Describe the clinical presentation and diagnosis of an orthopaedic or sports injury as per allocation and explain the role of physiotherapy in assessment and treatment, using research evidence to justify and support your answer. 
* Give a specific example of taping techniques and exercise(s) that can be used in physiotherapy treatment of this orthopaedic or sports injury and explain the underlying rationale for use and reference supportive research evidence. 

Part B Video demonstration (10 minutes, contributes 10% towards course grade)
* Provide a video demonstration of safe, effective and evidence-based application of tape and exercise prescription for a client with this orthopaedic or sports injury.
* This should align with specific example provided in written assignment. Highlight when the demonstrated taping technique and exercise is best utilised with reference to diagnosis, stage of recovery and research evidence.

90 minutes

The placement assessment includes:
Part A. Student Massage Clinic Assessment (includes one page report completed by clinical educator, contributes 5%)
Part B. Clinical Educator Assessment (includes one page report and confirmation of completion of hours, contributes 15%)
Part C. Student Placement Workbook (including clinical experience log and reflective survey, contributes 5%)

Assessment to competency mapping

Directed study hours

A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.

Schedule

Module 1 - Cultural Safety and Communication

Workshop, Online Learning and Laboratory Sessions
Yarning session with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander physiotherapist

Module 2 - Massage and Physiotherapy

Workshop, Online Learning and Laboratory Sessions
4 hour Student Massage Clinic at University (as per allocation)

Module 3 - Orthopaedic and Sports Injuries

Workshops, Online Learning and Laboratory Sessions
Orientation to Plastering, Sports trainer simulation

External Clinical Placement

10 hours supervised by health professional who is not a physiotherapist or supervised sports trainer hours
50 hours supervised by a physiotherapist

What resources do I need to undertake this course?

Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.

Prescribed text(s) or course reader

Please note that you need to have regular access to the resource(s) listed below. Resources may be required or recommended.

Specific requirements

To enrol in this course, students are required to meet "Fit for placement" requirements, which includes completion of Level 1 Sports Training Course. Students also will be required to wear their physiotherapy clinical uniform for clinical simulations and clinical placements. 

Physiotherapy students will undertake a total of 120 hours of clinical placement across year 2 which may include a range of work integrated learning experiences and contexts. For example, students may observe and assist physiotherapists in clinical practice within a hospital, private practice or community setting, as well as work as a sports trainer and allied health assistant under supervision of physiotherapists or other health professionals. PTY200 requires 60 of the 120 hours of placement to be completed. 

During trimester, clinical placement may be scheduled on the weekend or during the week around classes and assessments, or alternatively during trimester breaks. Clinical placement hours may be able to be scheduled on a casual, part time or full time basis. The university will organise placements and allocate these to students using SONIA at the start of trimester. There may be some flexibility in timing of clinical placement hours at some sites and potential opportunities for students to swap placement allocations upon consultation with the clinical coordinator. Further direction and advice will be provided on the CANVAS site.

Please note: 
- Students must achieve at least 50% on the clinical educator placement assessment to pass this course and progress to graduate-level clinical placements in years 3 and 4. 
- Students also are required to submit a clinical experience log and complete a reflective survey in relation to each placement (within one week of placement being completed) to meet program requirements for the Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) program.

What administrative information is relevant to this course?

Assessment: Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation.  It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline.  This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.

Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person.  You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.

In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin.  This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.

Assessment: Additional Requirements

Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment

Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying:
(a) The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4%; and
(b) The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale

Assessment: Submission penalties

Late submissions may be penalised up to and including the following maximum percentage of the assessment task’s identified value, with weekdays and weekends included in the calculation of days late:
(a) One day: deduct 5%;
(b) Two days: deduct 10%;
(c) Three days: deduct 20%;
(d) Four days: deduct 40%;
(e) Five days: deduct 60%;
(f) Six days: deduct 80%;
(g) Seven days: A result of zero is awarded for the assessment task.
The following penalties will apply for a late submission for an online examination:
Less than 15 minutes: No penalty
From 15 minutes to 30 minutes: 20% penalty
More than 30 minutes: 100% penalty

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