Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast |
Unit description
Students undertake clinical practice and case-based tutorials where they will apply clinical reasoning, profession specific and interdisciplinary skills to clients with a range of disorders.
Unit content
Theory and preclinical information on:
- 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 clients with a range of disorders
- Discipline specific assessment and intervention techniques
- Interdisciplinary approaches to client management.
Clinic experience (under supervision) in:
- Assessing and interpreting clinical data
- Writing reports of findings; providing recommendations regarding intervention and planning for intervention
- Presentation and discussion of client details to audiences as appropriate
- Selecting outcome measurements to track progress of clients
- 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 clients 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 clients 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 client management and care |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- apply effective clinical reasoning, profession specific and inter-professional skills for clients 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 clients 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 client management and care
Prescribed texts
- Higgs, J, Ajjawi, R, McAllister, L, Trede, F & Loftus, S, 2012, Communicating in the health sciences, 3rd edn, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic. ISBN: 9780195579048.
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Structured online learning 30 mins (6 weeks) |
| Tutorial 2 hours (6 weeks) |
| Placement 96 hrs (Across Sessions) |
| Assessment | |
| Clinical skills | SR |
| Clinical skills | SR |
| Portfolio | SR |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Fee paying courses
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International
Please check the international course and fee list to determine the relevant fees.