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Sports and Advanced Manual Therapies (PHTY90127)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 18.75On Campus (Parkville)
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Semester 1
Overview
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This subject provides opportunities for students to engage with more advanced levels of musculoskeletal physiotherapy practice with an emphasis on manual therapy and sports physiotherapy. On completion of this subject, students will have further developed a range of assessment and therapeutic skills including manual handling, differential diagnosis, critical evaluation, clinical decision making, selection and justification of assessment and treatment. Advanced practice will also incorporate the identification, appraisal, synthesis and application of research evidence underpinning specific areas of musculoskeletal physiotherapy practice. Furthermore, students will understand the role of a musculoskeletal physiotherapist and a sports physiotherapist as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Advanced clinical reasoning and practical skills will be refined through facilitated practice with peers, masterclasses, clinical cases, practical demonstrations, and group tasks.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Build on prior knowledge of musculoskeletal physiotherapy to plan and justify the assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal and sports related conditions.
- Apply theoretical principles in the differential assessment and implementation of safe and effective physiotherapy treatment in complex scenarios.
- Execute risk assessment procedures and safely and effectively apply advanced assessment and treatment techniques, to address impairments and activity limitations in individuals with specified musculoskeletal and sports related conditions.
- Integrate evidence from high-quality clinical studies to ensure the efficacy of assessment and treatment strategies applied with clients.
- Safely apply emerging technologies for the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal and sports-related injuries.
- Analyse how legal, ethical, and cultural issues impact on musculoskeletal and sports physiotherapy practice.
- Identify how the rights of individuals with musculoskeletal and/or sport conditions are incorporated in physiotherapy practice.
- Influence and engage with compensable bodies and other healthcare stakeholders.
Generic skills
- Analytical and cognitive skills to address complex problems with sensitivity to individual, organisational and community social and cultural diversity
- Accessing new knowledge from all sources, to analyse and interpret it in a critical manner, and to apply it appropriately
- Understanding and respecting the rights of individuals including choice, dignity and privacy
- Clinical reasoning and decision making as applied to practice
- Application of new research information to the solution of unfamiliar problems.
Last updated: 7 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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PHTY90090 | Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHTY90125 | Strength and Conditioning for Life | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 7 February 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Digital presentation (Group of 4-5 students) and 800-word summary
| Mid semester | 25% |
4 station OSCE (7.5 minutes /station) (Individual)
| End of semester | 45% |
e-Portfolio (Individual)
| End of semester | 30% |
Last updated: 7 February 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Jessica Stander Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 20 hours Lectures: 2 hours / week over 10 weeks 60 hours Pracs - 5hours/ week over 12 weeks 20 hrs Seminars/ workshops 2 hours / week over 10 weeks 12 hrs Masterclasses: 2 hours each scattered throughout semester Total time commitment 225 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 7 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
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Last updated: 7 February 2024
Further information
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Prescribed texts
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Type Name Course Doctor of Physiotherapy
Last updated: 7 February 2024