PTY-30061 - Module Specification
School of Allied Health Professions
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This module aims to:
1. Develop and advance the students; underpinning theory, knowledge and skills in the assessment and management of frailty, trauma and long term conditions.
2. Enable the student to clinically reason and effectively manage a complex clinical caseload utilising the wider healthcare team to promote quality of life; advancing their caseload management skills.

Intended Learning Outcomes

synthesise and apply underpinning knowledge in the management of frailty, trauma and long term conditions: 1
discuss and rationalise the safe and effective adaptation of physiotherapeutic assessment, treatment and handling skills within the context of a patient with frailty, trauma and/or a long term condition: 1
analyse and synthesise assessment findings, including differential diagnosis to formulate a clinically reasoned problem list: 1
propose and justify an effective physiotherapeutic caseload management strategy for a virtual ward involving complex patient presentations utilising evidenced based practice and current clinical guidelines: 1
effectively triage, assess and prioritise complex physiotherapy caseloads in environments including primary, secondary and tertiary care settings: 1
critically discuss the roles and integration of the multi-disciplinary team within the context of caseload management and discharge to enhance the patients' quality of life: 1

Study hours

50 tutor-led hours which includes:
~ 39 hours lectures,
~ 10 hours workshops, seminars, tutorials,
~ 1 hour of assessment preparation.
100 hours of independent study which includes:
~ 70 hours self-directed study;
~ 10 hours directed self-study;
~ 20 hours of assessment preparation.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment