PS5101 - Clinical Expert Updates
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | Sch Public Health,Trop Medicine&Rehabilitation Sc |
Registered Australian Physiotherapist. Completion of an overseas recognised physiotherapy qualification. Completion of this subject within the degree Masters of Rehabilitation (Physiotherapy) will not enable Australian registration of overseas qualified physiotherapists.
Students enrolled in this subject will have access to some of Australia's foremost practitioners and medical specialists. Lectures from up to 10 expert practitioners will be recorded. The topics will focus on current trends and innovations in practice in their areas of specialisation. The range of topics will be useful to the rural clinician in Australia and overseas. Teaching guides will be used to help students identify their own learning needs and goals within the various topic areas. A short (four day) residential school will be an opportunity to share views on the topics and presentations, hear new presentations from local experts and to practice and learn new skills in some of the areas of work. Topics will include for example: medical imaging update; women's health issues and updates; lymphoedema management; tropical diseases; neurology and pain management. Assessment will be through demonstration of the application of three or four of the lectures to their own clinical practice in case study format.
Learning Outcomes
- critically review the evidence presented in lectures and demonstrations, with respect to their level of knowledge and understanding;
- plan and present their own learning contract for this subject around three or four lecture content topics;
- demonstrate their critical analysis skills in evaluation of the material and the published literature on the topics presented.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to appraise information critically;
- The ability to use independent judgment to synthesise information to make intellectual and/or creative advances;
- The ability to place their research in a broader (preferably international)theoretical, practical and policy context.;
- The ability to think laterally and be original;
- The ability to conceptualise problems;
- The ability to conceptualise and evaluate a range of potential solutions to relevant problems;
- The ability to encompass and use methods and conceptual advances in areas of knowledge cognate to their central area(s) of expertise;
- The ability to evaluate and extrapolate from the outcomes of their research;
- The ability to communicate the methodology, results and implications of their research in a manner appropriate to different purposes and audiences;
- The ability to make constructive contributions to project teams or collegial activities.
| Prerequisites: | None |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 25-Aug-2011 | |
| Non-standard start/end 25-Jun-2011 to 27-Nov-2011 | |
| Face to face teaching 24-Nov-2011 to 27-Nov-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Sally Ruston |
| Lecturers: | Ms Anne Jones, Dr Susan Gordon, Dr Ruth Barker, Dr Sally Ruston, Mrs Helen Land, Mr Stefan Mutavdzic. |
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| Assessment: | quizzes or tests (%); presentations (%); mind map and annotated plan for study framework (30% of subject) (%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Nil |
| Townsville, Limited, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Face to face teaching 02-Jun-2011 to 05-Jun-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Sally Ruston |
| Lecturers: | Ms Anne Jones, Dr Susan Gordon, Dr Ruth Barker, Dr Sally Ruston, Mrs Helen Land, Mr Stefan Mutavdzic. |
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| Assessment: | quizzes or tests (%); presentations (%); mind map and annotated plan for study framework (30% of subject) (%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Nil |
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.