PTY201 Core Physiotherapy Skills B

What is this course about?

Description

In this course you will be orientated to additional orthopaedic conditions, common orthopaedic surgeries, and physiotherapy roles. You will extend skills in assessing balance, posture, and gait, and be taught how to apply electrophysical agents, prescribe gait aids, and educate and assist a client to mobilise and exercise in a safe, efficient, and effective manner.  You will also undertake interprofessional clinical simulations related to discharge planning and handovers/referral. 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

PTY200 and enrolment in BH001

Co-requisites

SPX202 and SPX211

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 receive early feedback after completion of online quizzes - the first quiz will take place in week 2. Students also receive formative feedback on knowledge and skills in practical laboratory sessions and simulations. 

Assessment tasks

75 minutes in total (15 minutes per quiz)

40 minutes (including 10 minutes reading time),

40 minutes (including 10 minutes reading time).

60 minutes

A minimum of 60 hours of clinical placement will be scheduled in association with this course. 
* Clinical educators will complete a one page assessment at the end of a placement. 

Students will also need to complete and submit a clinical experience log and reflective survey at the end of placement to meet accreditation and program requirements.

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

Week 1: Introduction to Course & Bone Disorders

* Online preparation for laboratory classes
* Laboratory 1 (Includes plaster casting)
* Laboratory 2 (Bone injuries & fractures, includes exercise simulation)

Week 2: Soft Tissue Injuries & Pain

* Assessment 1a - Online Quiz 1 Due (Fractures & bone disorders, contributes 5% towards course grade)
* Online preparation for laboratory classes
* Laboratory 1 (Soft Tissue Injuries)
* Laboratory 2 (Pain, including simulation education)

Week 3: Electrophysical agents - Heat, Ice, Therapeutic Ultrasound

* Assessment 1b - Online Quiz 2 Due (Soft tissue injuries & pain, contributes 5% towards course grade)
* Online preparation for laboratory classes
* Laboratory 1 (Heat, ice, therapeutic ultrasound)
* Laboratory 2 (EBP, Practice for OSCE, documentation)

Week 4: Electrophysical agents - TENS, Interferential Therapy, FES

* Online preparation for laboratory classes
* Laboratory 1 (TENS, Interferential, FES)
* Laboratory 2 (EBP, Practice for OSCE, documentation)

Week 5: EPA OSCE only

Assessment Item 2a Practical OSCE - EPA as per schedule on CANVAS
* Contributes 15% towards your course grade. You must achieve 50% to pass this course and progress to clinical placement (i.e. required competency for registered physiotherapists)
* Please wear your clinical uniform to your EPA OSCE exam. You also will be required to a be a simulated client for your peer, so be prepared to disrobe to singlet/shorts/suitable underwear .

Week 6: Arthritis and Rheumatology

* Online preparation for laboratory classes
* Laboratory 1 (Different types of arthritis - clinical reasoning, treatment plan and simulation)
* Laboratory 2 (Orthopaedic spinal disorders, connective tissue & autoimmune conditions - clinical reasoning, additional assessment)

Week 7: Balance, Falls, Posture & Motor Control

* Assessment 1c - Online Quiz 3 Due (Arthritis & Rheumatology, contributes 5% towards course grade)
* Online preparation for laboratory classes
* Laboratory 1 (Balance, Falls Risk, Exercise)
* Laboratory 2 (Posture, Motor Control, EMG & RTUS feedback)

Week 8: Gait analyses and prescription of gait aids

* Assessment 1d - Online Quiz 4 Due (Balance & Falls, Motor Control & Posture, contributes 5% towards course grade)
* Online preparation for laboratory classes
* Laboratory 1 (Abnormal Gait Patterns, Re-education & Feedback)
* Laboratory 2 (Gait aids - Frames, walking sticks - PWB, WBAT)

Week 9: Prescription of gait aids & orthopaedic surgery

* Online preparation for laboratory classes
* Laboratory 1 (Crutches and frames - NWB/PWB)
* Laboratory 2 (Pre & Post Orthopaedic Surgery)

Week 10: Lower limb surgeries and post-operative care

* Assessment 1e - Online Quiz 5 Due (Gait Analyses & Gait Aids), contributes 5% towards course grade)
* Online preparation for laboratory classes
* Laboratory 1 (Hip Surgery Case Studies - includes simulation)
* Laboratory 2 (Knee & Ankle Surgery Case Studies - includes simulation)

Week 11: Upper limb surgeries and post operative care

* Online preparation for laboratory classes
* Laboratory 1 (Shoulder surgery case studies - includes simulation)
* Laboratory 2 (Elbow, wrist & hand case studies - includes simulation)

Week 12: Spinal surgeries and post operative care & interprofessional collaboration

* Online preparation for laboratory classes
* Laboratory 1 (Spinal Surgery Case Studies - includes simulations)
* Laboratory 2 (Interprofessional Collaboration - discharge planning, handovers/referral)

Week 13: Community-based rehabilitation for orthopaedic clients

* Online preparation for laboratory classes
* Laboratory 1 (Hydrotherapy & pool exercises)
* Laboratory 2 (Pilates, Yoga, Tai Chi & Gym Exercise)

Examination Period

1. Assessment 2b. Practical OSCE - Mobilisation With Gait Aids
* Contributes 25% towards course grade
* Need to achieve 50% to pass the course and progress to clinical placement.
* Students will need to act as simulated clients for peers, so need to note therapist and client times. 
* Physiotherapy clinical uniform required for therapist roles, and ability to disrobe to singlet/shorts/suitable underwear to simulate client roles
* Will be scheduled around other centrally scheduled examinations. See schedule on Canvas. 

2. Assessment 3. Online Written Examination (1 hour) 
* Contributes 25% towards course grade
* Centrally Scheduled examination (online)

Clinical Placement

- Placement timing, location hours as per allocation via SONIA. Placement is likely to be scheduled outside of semester in second year clinical blocks C, D, E or F. 
- Assessment 4. Placement assessment will contribute 10% towards course grade. You will need to achieve at least 50% to pass the course and progress to graduate-level clinical placements in years 3 and 4. 
- Clinical experience log and reflective survey need to be submitted within one week of clinical placement to meet program and accreditation requirements.

Please note

This teaching schedule is a guide only, and topics, timing and activities may vary slightly from this document. Changes may be due to efforts to enhance learning & experiences, to meet professional accreditation requirements, and/or due to timetabling/space/teaching clashes. Any changes will be communicated via CANVAS course site.

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 OSCE examinations, 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 with physiotherapists and other health professionals. 

During semester, clinical placement may be scheduled on the weekend or during the week around classes and assessments, or alternatively during semester 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 semester. 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 a minimum of 50% in practical OSCE assessments (i.e. electrophysical agents, and mobilisation with gait aids) and the placement assessment to pass the course and undertake graduate-level placements in years 3 and 4. 
- Students also will need to achieve at least 50% in practical OSCE assessments to progress to clinical placement in this course (to ensure sufficient competency to safely apply new skills with clients on placement). 
- One re-sit examination for each practical OSCE will be offered to students who do not pass their initial attempt due to the stressful nature of assessment. Students will receive a maximum of 50% for assessment items which have been passed on the student's second attempt. 
- Students will also be required to complete and submit a clinical experience log and reflective survey within one week of completing clinical placement course. This is a program and accreditation requirement.

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
Please note: Students will also have one re-sit examination opportunity for Assessment Item 2a. OSCE - Electrophysical agents and Assessment Item 2b. OSCE - Mobilisation with gait aids. The re-sit opportunity will be offered if students fail their first attempt given the potentially stressful nature of an OSCE, and need for students to achieve a minimum of 50% to progress to clinical placement and pass the course. Students who re-sit and pass their OSCE will receive a maximum of 50% for this assessment item on their second attempt. Students will receive feedback from first attempt to guide revision and preparation for their second attempt.

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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• Supplementary Assessment
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