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<p>This is the first of two clinical practice units comprising 450 hours of professional experience placements, designed to build a foundation for learning within health settings. The unit consists of three five-week placements, each in a different discipline area selected from the following mandatory options: acute care, rehabilitation, musculoskeletal physiotherapy, rural care, and virtual care. Students will be assessed against the Assessment of Physiotherapy Practice (APP).</p><p>The 15 weeks of supervised clinical practice will be undertaken across a range of public and private healthcare facilities throughout the state.</p>
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<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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Unit description
<p>This is the first of two clinical practice units comprising 450 hours of professional experience placements, designed to build a foundation for learning within health settings. The unit consists of three five-week placements, each in a different discipline area selected from the following mandatory options: acute care, rehabilitation, musculoskeletal physiotherapy, rural care, and virtual care. Students will be assessed against the Assessment of Physiotherapy Practice (APP).</p><p>The 15 weeks of supervised clinical practice will be undertaken across a range of public and private healthcare facilities throughout the state.</p>
Unit content
<p>450 hours of professional practice clinical placement experience.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Discipline:
Physiotherapy
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
45
EFTSL:
0.375
Field of education:
061701 - Physiotherapy
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 2</strong><p>Gippsland - Churchill (On Campus)</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
Yes
Placement hours:
480
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/nhpps3008">View unit fees</a>
Requisites
Prerequisite
<p>must have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=NHPHS3015" target="_blank">NHPHS3015</a>/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=NHPPS3015" target="_blank">NHPPS3015</a>/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=NHPPS3415" target="_blank">NHPPS3415</a></p>
Corequisite
None
Exclusion
<p>must not have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=NHPPS3107" target="_blank">NHPPS3107</a></p>
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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<p>Demonstrate professional behaviour and risk management practices that prioritise patient safety and culturally safe care, in accordance with ethical standards and legal requirements.</p>
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<p>Communicate effectively with patients, carers and health professionals, evaluating and refining this communication through feedback and self-reflection.</p>
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<p>Perform safe and effective physiotherapy assessment, evaluating findings to inform clinical planning.</p>
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<p>Apply clinical reasoning and current evidence to plan and justify management strategies for patients encountered on placement, with developing independence.</p>
5
<p>Collaborate with the interprofessional team to plan, deliver and evaluate patient-centred interventions for defined patient presentations, with developing proficiency.</p>
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<p>Reflect critically on clinical experiences across the placement to identify learning needs and inform ongoing professional development.</p>
Assessment
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<p>Collective clinical placement performance as marked by the APP</p>
<p>Clinical placement assessment</p>
<p>60-90%</p>
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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<p>Achieve clinical competency to a third year standard</p>
<p>Clinical placement assessment</p>
<p>S-U</p>
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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<p>Reflective e-portolio assessment on clinical placement experiences</p>
<p>Written assessment</p>
<p>10-40%</p>
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Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplementary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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Description of FedTASK outcome
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FedTASK 1: Interpersonal
The ability to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK 2: Leadership
The ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK 3: Critical Thinking and Creativity
The ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using imagination to create new ideas.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK 4: Digital Literacy
The ability to work fluently across a range of tools and applications to achieve a range of skills.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK 5: Sustainable and Ethical Mindset
The ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK
<p>Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FedTASKs (<strong>T</strong>ransferable <strong>A</strong>ttributes <strong>S</strong>kills and <strong>K</strong>nowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key, transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and co-operative learning opportunities.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Discipline:
Physiotherapy
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
45
EFTSL:
0.375
Field of education:
061701 - Physiotherapy
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 2</strong><p>Gippsland - Churchill (On Campus)</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
Yes
Placement hours:
480
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/nhpps3008">View unit fees</a>
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