| Type: | Postgraduate Subject |
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| Code: | PHTY72-418 |
| EFTSL: | 0.188 |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine |
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| Credit: | 15 |
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Description
This subject is designed to develop students’ skills in leadership, business management, public health, and advocacy, in order to enhance health outcomes and career opportunities. It provides the necessary knowledge and skills to enable strategic development and management of a physiotherapy practice, encompassing human resources (clinical and administrative staff), marketing, finances, and governance. Students work in small groups to successfully develop and submit a business plan. Students will also be introduced to the importance of public health, advocacy for community groups, and undertake a needs analysis to inform a public health submission while working in small groups. Students will also explore the science and application of leadership and apply critical self-reflection to their experience. The subject will draw upon evidence from the field of leadership, management, and behavioural sciences, as well as real-life examples and reports.
Subject details
Learning outcomes
- Integrate core aspects of business operations to develop a strategy to set up and manage a physiotherapy business.
- Devise and develop a marketing plan for a physiotherapy business, including use of technology and strategies which comply with the regulatory and professional standards.
- Analyse and prepare a financial plan for a physiotherapy business.
- Devise and develop human resource management strategies, including communication, motivation, leadership, and performance appraisal, for a physiotherapy business.
- Produce a cohesive business plan through effective group collaboration and interpersonal communication.
- Interpret the social and cultural determinants of health, public health structures and the integrated role of public health organisations in the delivery of health care.
- Articulate the role of physiotherapists in advocating on behalf of groups, to enhance health outcomes and incorporating appropriate first nations and / or cultural awareness
- Analyse leadership theories and concepts in the context of physiotherapy.
- Critically self-reflect on the application of leadership skills, including the ability to practice self-management.
Enrolment requirements
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Nil |
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| Assumed knowledge: |
Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.
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| Restrictions: |
This subject is not available to
This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure. |
Subject dates
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January 2024
Non-Standard Offering Enrolment opens: 12/11/2023 Semester start: 11/03/2024 Subject start: 11/03/2024 Last enrolment: 15/03/2024 Teaching census: 21/03/2024 Withdraw - Financial: 22/03/2024 Withdraw - Academic: 28/03/2024 -
January 2025
Non-Standard Offering Enrolment opens: 10/11/2024 Semester start: 10/03/2025 Subject start: 10/03/2025 Last enrolment: 14/03/2025 Teaching census: 20/03/2025 Withdraw - Financial: 21/03/2025 Withdraw - Academic: 27/03/2025
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| Enrolment opens: | 12/11/2023 |
| Semester start: | 11/03/2024 |
| Subject start: | 11/03/2024 |
| Last enrolment: | 15/03/2024 |
| Teaching census: | 21/03/2024 |
| Withdraw - Financial: | 22/03/2024 |
| Withdraw - Academic: | 28/03/2024 |
| Non-Standard Offering | |
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| Enrolment opens: | 10/11/2024 |
| Semester start: | 10/03/2025 |
| Subject start: | 10/03/2025 |
| Last enrolment: | 14/03/2025 |
| Teaching census: | 20/03/2025 |
| Withdraw - Financial: | 21/03/2025 |
| Withdraw - Academic: | 27/03/2025 |