Health Promotion in Physiotherapy B

Course aim

To develop the skills and knowledge required to enable people to increase control over, and to improve their health in an experiential learning model.

Course content

Principles and practice of health promotion, needs assessment, developing a proposal, planning implementation and evaluation, social marketing, health behaviour, health education, organisational and communication theory, report writing and exposure to broader socio-economic issues in health promotion.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
REHB 3007	Acute Care
REHB 3011	Rehabilitation
REHB 3065	Applied Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
REHB 3009	Pain Sciences
HLTH 3057	Advanced Evidence Based Practice

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Workshop	8 hours x 2 weeks
Clinical	100 hours x N/A

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

Assessment

Clinical assessment/OSCE/OSCA, Essay, Proposal, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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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.