PHTY71-407: Physiotherapy: Clinical Practice Unit 1

This is the first clinical practice unit in a series of six sequential clinical practice units. This is a five-week full-time (38-40 hours per week) clinical practice subject designed to provide opportunities for students to develop effective communication skills and an empathic, client-centred approach to the management of clients. Clinical educators will facilitate students' learning about the practical clinical environment: how to work effectively in a health care team, how to examine, diagnose, plan and deliver the treatment and management of clients, and how to manage the various roles and responsibilities of a physiotherapist in the clinical practice environment. The emphasis of the clinical experience will be on one or a combination of: Inpatient or outpatient clients with relatively straightforward cardiorespiratory disorders; inpatient or outpatient clients with relatively straightforward orthopaedic and musculoskeletal disorders of all regions; or inpatient or outpatient clients with neurological or age-related disorders. An evidence-based approach will form the basis for this subject. Students will be provided with opportunities to reflect on their clinical learning and their ability to integrate knowledge and skills from previous subjects into this clinical practice subject.