PTY201 Core Physiotherapy Skills B

What is this course about?

Description

In this course you will extend your knowledge regarding orthopaedic conditions and surgeries, and physiotherapy functional rehabilitation roles in hospital and the community. You will extend your skills in assessing balance, posture and gait, assisting client mobility, transfers and gait, and prescription of gait aids and exercise. You will also develop and demonstrate safety and competency in the application of electro-physical agents and undertake inter-professional education 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

Microcredential Information

Not applicable

How am I going to be assessed?

Grading Scale

Standard Grading (GRD)

Details of early feedback on progress

Students receive early feedback from Module Quiz & EPA OSCE in week 4

Assessment tasks

40 minutes plus reading time (10min)

40 minutes (plus reading time)

The portfolio includes 3 different components:

1. Online Quizzes (15%) - 30-minute time limit, 1 per module (5% each), application of theoretical learning to case studies, provides formative feedback pre OSCE and placement
2. Interprofessional education (10%) - 2-page interprofessional practice and patient discharge plan (5%) and 1-page ISBAR handover/referral another health professional (5%) (linked to IPE event)
3. Physiotherapy Practice Thresholds Workbook Submission for Year 2 (5%). This is an annual program requirement (linked to programmatic assessment), and includes a 5-minute reflective video log, rating of competency and uploading/tagging evidence within Pebble Pad workbook.

Part A. The clinical educator will complete a clinical placement assessment within the PebblePad workbook and verify student completion of 60 hours via SONIA. 
Part B. Students will complete a placement workbook and complete clinical experience log and reflective survey. This should be submitted online as per instructions on CANVAS.

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. Electro-Physical Agents (Weeks 1-4)

Workshops, Online Learning and Laboratory Sessions

Module 2. Exercise Rehabilitation in the Community
(Weeks 5-8)

Workshops, Online Learning, Laboratory Sessions, Group Exercise

Module 3. Orthopaedic Surgery & Post-Op Physiotherapy 
(Weeks 9-12)

Workshops, Online Learning, Laboratory Sessions
Interprofessional Education Event (Second Year)

Clinical Placement (60 hours)

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

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

You need regular access to the resource(s) below. Many texts are available as ebooks through the Library at no additional cost.

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. 

A total of 60 hours of clinical placement will be undertaken in PTY201. 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 a minimum of 50% in OSCE assessments (i.e. electrophysical agents, and post-operative mobilisation and exercise) and the clinical educator assessment (Part B of 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.

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 1a. OSCE (Part A) Electrophysical Agents and Assessment Item 1b. OSCE (Part B) Post Op Mobilisation and Exercise. 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

Links to relevant University policy and procedures

For more information on Academic Learning & Teaching categories including:

• Assessment: Courses and Coursework Programs
• Review of Assessment and Final Grades
• Supplementary Assessment
• Central Examinations
• Deferred Examinations
• Student Conduct
• Students with a Disability

For more information, visit https://www.usc.edu.au/explore/policies-and-procedures#academic-learning-and-teaching

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