Advanced Rehabilitation

Course aim

The aim of this course is to develop knowledge and management skills in the operation and evaluation of a physiotherapy service. This course provides direct exposure to best practice principles in clinical, management, education and innovative communication appropriate for provision of health care in the current and future environments.

Course content

This course provides direct, best practice experience of a private health service delivery model. Students will be required to organise and manage all aspects of best practice patient care including an evidence based approach to clinical interventions, monitoring of progress using appropriate outcome measures, administration including appointments, billing and ongoing referral and education using current interactive technologies. Students will be required to attend, participate and review in light of current best practice clinical guidelines one of six community based program for the management of chronic health problems.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
REHB 3011	Rehabilitation
REHB 5024	Evidence Based Practice in Health Care
REHB 3007	Acute Care
REHB 3009	Pain Sciences
REHB 3059	Physiotherapy with Children
REHB 3065	Primary and Ambulatory Care in Physiotherapy
HLTH 2021	Evidence Based Practice 2

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Clinical	3 hours x 5 days x 6 week

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment, Clinical Supervisor-Client Satisfaction Report, Group class report, Test

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.