PTY304 Paediatric Physiotherapy

What is this course about?

Description

This course will equip you to assess and treat paediatric clients in collaboration with other health professionals in a safe, effective, and evidence-based manner across musculoskeletal, neurological, and cardiorespiratory domains. You will be introduced to the typical stages of development and growth from infancy to maturity as well as the clinical presentation and management of common congenital and acquired conditions in paediatric populations.   Physiotherapy assessments and treatments will be research informed and based on a family-centred and interprofessional model of care. 

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

PTY300 and PTY301 and enrolled in BH001

Co-requisites

PTY305

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 will receive regular formative feedback within laboratory classes and workshops from week 1 but also when undertaking fieldwork in week 5. The online quiz due in week 4 will also provide feedback on learning with the course and can direct revision and preparation for subsequent assessments. 

Assessment tasks

Part A - Online quiz related to typical child development - 30 minutes

Part B - Fieldwork report

20 minutes (including 5 minutes of questions)

90 minutes (plus 15 minutes reading time)

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: Paediatric physiotherapy and typical child development

Workshops, online learning and laboratory sessions
School fieldwork visit

Module 2: Developmental delay and intellectual disabilities

Workshop, online learning and laboratory sessions

Module 3: Neurological disorders and physiotherapy

Workshop, online learning and laboratory sessions

Module 4: Cardiorespiratory disorders and physiotherapy

Workshop, online learning and laboratory sessions

Module 5: Musculoskeletal disorders and physiotherapy

Workshop, online learning and laboratory sessions

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. Students also will be required to wear their physiotherapy clinical uniform for practical assessments and fieldwork and also bring their stethoscope, study notes and writing materials. Fieldwork visits to clinic sites, preschool or schools will likely be scheduled in week 5, although some student visits may be scheduled in week 4 if required. Students will need to attend their allocated fieldwork placement as per allocation in SONIA. Students are responsible for all costs associated with attending clinical placement, including transport.

Standard PTY course requirements for practical classes (e.g. comply with OH&S, manual handing, infection control; be prepared for disrobing and hands on practice with peers; clinical uniform for practical assessments; inform tutor of any pain or injuries or illnesses affecting participation). Classes at Sunshine Coast Health Institute also require students to be vaccinated against COVID 19 and be inducted to the site.

Students must achieve at least 50% in the practical OSCE to pass the course and progress to clinical placement. This is a program and accreditation requirement to ensure client safety. Students who fail their first attempt will be provide with feedback and opportunity to re-sit the examination. A maximum score of 50% will be achieved in re-sit examinations. Feedback will be provided from the first attempt to inform preparation and revision for the second attempt.

Students must also complete and submit a clinical experience log using template from SONIA in relation to fieldwork visits. 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 3 OSCE - Paediatric Physiotherapy. 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 pass these assessment items to progress to future clinical placements. Students who pass their re-sit examination will receive a maximum of 50% for the relevant assessment item. The re-sit examinations will be scheduled as close as possible to trimester timing. If students do not pass their first attempt and they have been allocated a clinical placement in block 9, they may have their clinical placement rescheduled until they have had the opportunity to resit the examination. There is no guarantee that the clinical placement allocation location and type of placement will be the same as the original allocation (depends on availability and timing of placements).

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

Student Charter

UniSC is committed to excellence in teaching, research and engagement in an environment that is inclusive, inspiring, safe and respectful. The Student Charter sets out what students can expect from the University, and what in turn is expected of students, to achieve these outcomes.

General Enquiries

For course-specific questions, contact your teaching staff or Course Coordinator.  

For other enquiries or to access support, please contact Student Central: 

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