RH5103 - Advanced Topics in Rehabilitation

Credit points:	03
Year:	2010
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Sch Public Health,Trop Medicine&Rehabilitation Sc

Recognised bachelor degree, or bachelor with honours degree in an allied health discipline or a recognised bachelor or bachelor with honours of nursing degree.

This subject aims to build upon knowledge gained in the first of the core subjects, RH5101 Rehabilitation in the Tropics, in that it challenges the student to examine difficult and complex issues of rehabilitation. These issues may arise from clinical, geographic, ethical, cultural or socioeconomic reasons, but all impact on the quality of rehabilitation services a health practitioner can provide a client. Students will identify and consider in depth these issues around a range of scenarios to develop problem solving skills to help them in their practice. The subject supports the JCU objectives of helping communities (local or regional) and working to improve healthcare and capacity within the tropics.

Learning Outcomes

• identify issues within the health care models that make them problematic for some communities and identify how to reduce or resolve problems;
• comprehend the complex interactions of culture, geography and socio-economy on health and health care and how best manage factors to achieve best practice;
• evaluate priorities within a rehabilitation services in both tropical (global) and local (Australian) contexts to maximise outcomes from rehabilitation services;
• describe comprehensively the process of evaluation and outcome of rehabilitation, to ensure quality service and best practice in tropical (global) and local (Australian) contexts with respect to rehabilitation.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to evaluate that information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Prerequisites:

A recognised bachelor or bachelor with honours degree in an applied health science course within the last 10 years eg nursing, allied health disciplines. Subjects to be undertaken in sequential order.

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 25-Mar-2010
Coordinator:	Dr Sally Ruston
Lecturers:	Ms Aya Pellatt, Professor Lorraine Sheppard, Ms Anne Jones, Dr Susan Gordon, Dr Ruth Barker, Dr Sally Ruston, Mrs Helen Land.
Contact hours:	16 hours lectures - 2hrs per week for 8 weeks 33 hours tutorials - 3hrs per week for 11 weeks 9 hours workshops/Seminars - 1 week of 9 hrs
Assessment:	major rehabilitation presentation (50%); preparation and presentation of a poster (15%); oral case presentation (35%).
Restrictions:	An enrolment quota applies to this offering.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 26-Aug-2010
Coordinator:	Dr Sally Ruston
Lecturers:	Ms Aya Pellatt, Professor Lorraine Sheppard, Ms Anne Jones, Dr Susan Gordon, Dr Ruth Barker, Dr Sally Ruston, Mrs Helen Land.
Contact hours:	16 hours lectures - 2hrs per week for 8 weeks 33 hours tutorials - 3hrs per week for 11 weeks 9 hours workshops/Seminars - 1 week of 9 hrs
Assessment:	major rehabilitation presentation (50%); preparation and presentation of a poster (15%); oral case presentation (35%).
Restrictions:	An enrolment quota applies to this offering.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.