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

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 25 July 2024

PTY-30061 - Caseload Management of Frailty, Trauma and Long Term Conditions
Coordinator: Adam Winterton Tel: +44 1782 7 33811
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office:

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25


Aims
This module aims to develop and advance the students underpinning theory, knowledge and skills in the assessment and management of frailty, trauma and long term conditions and to 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.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/pty-30061/lists

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

Active learning hours:
Practicals ~ 2.5 hours.
Lectures (live in situ or synchronous online) ~ 41.5 hours.
Tutorials / seminars ~ 5.5 hours.
Asynchronous directed material ~ 7.5 hours.
Independent study
Preparation for tutorials / seminars ~ 30 hours (4 hours for each hour of directed learning).
Preparation and writing for assessment ~ 63 hours.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Oral Exam weighted 100%
30 minute oral examination
30 minute oral exam based on a previously seen and prepared virtual ward scenario (to include up to 5 patients). Students are asked to synthesise and plan a prioritised management strategy for these patients. The oral exam will include more in depth analysis of at least one patient in the caseload.

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Last Updated: 25 July 2024