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Unit description
Students undertake internal placements and case-based tutorials where they will apply clinical reasoning, profession specific and interdisciplinary skills to patients with a range of disorders. Students work collaboratively with patients and others to plan and implement evidence-based practice with considerations for patient centred care and informed decision-making.
Unit content
Theory
- Principles of interdisciplinary practice and roles within interdisciplinary teams
- Evidence-based practice using the International Classification of Functioning (ICF), Disability and Health Framework
- Clinical reasoning and treatment planning for patients with a range of disorders
- Discipline specific assessment and intervention techniques
- Interdisciplinary approaches to patient management.
Practicum
- Assessing and interpreting clinical data
- Writing reports of findings; providing recommendations regarding intervention and planning for intervention
- Presentation and discussion of patient details to audiences as appropriate
- Selecting outcome measurements to track progress of patients
- Applying profession specific and inter-professional assessment and intervention skills.
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | apply effective clinical reasoning, profession specific and inter-professional skills for patients with a range of disorders, and critically reflect on clinical practice |
| 2 | conceptualise and integrate use of the ICF, Disability and Health framework in the diagnosis of impairment (body function and structure) and its impact on life activities and participation |
| 3 | assess, plan, implement, measure and evaluate intervention for patients and their caregivers based on appropriate evidence, and using relevant technologies |
| 4 | write professional reports that include recommendations based on evidence and justified with clinical reasoning |
| 5 | identify and describe the roles of members of the inter-disciplinary team involved in patient management and care |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- apply effective clinical reasoning, profession specific and inter-professional skills for patients with a range of disorders, and critically reflect on clinical practice
- conceptualise and integrate use of the ICF, Disability and Health framework in the diagnosis of impairment (body function and structure) and its impact on life activities and participation
- assess, plan, implement, measure and evaluate intervention for patients and their caregivers based on appropriate evidence, and using relevant technologies
- write professional reports that include recommendations based on evidence and justified with clinical reasoning
- identify and describe the roles of members of the inter-disciplinary team involved in patient management and care
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
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