PS5103 - Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Research and Evidence Based Practice

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.

This subject explores the principles of evidence based practice as it relates to areas of rehabilitation in health care, both from service provision and patient care perspective. The ability to critically appraise and analyse research papers and document will be covered. The outcome measures, issue of reliability, validity and applicability will be applied to research documents to ensure appropriateness for students and their work areas. Students will explore clinical research; methods, analysis and ethical issues, then be introduced to a review of research methods both quantitative and qualitative with respect to the consideration of current practice. Assessment will require a short exam, a critical appraisal of literature and a short written assignment.

Learning Outcomes

• acquire skills to retrieve and appraise relevant research information in the health and rehabilitation fields;
• be able to deconstruct published literature then systematically review the literature according to criteria and evaluate the findings in the context of rehabilitation practice and best practice;
• be able to demonstrate an understating of the polices and frameworks for the provision of rehabilitation and the outcomes commonly used in the literature.

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 plan, conduct and manage research in their discipline;
• The ability to identify and take serendipitous advantage of research opportunities;
• The ability to conduct their research in an ethical manner;
• 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;
• The potential to resolve conflicts.

Prerequisites:

None

Availabilities
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2011
Face to face teaching 04-Jun-2011 to 07-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.
Contact hours:	29 hours - Residential school activities: lectures, guest lecture; workshops; practical skills workshops; use of research library resources and other resources; prescribed assessment tasks.
Assessment:	presentations (%); multidraft Essays (%); assignments (%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Nil
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Non-standard start/end 25-Jun-2011 to 06-Dec-2011
Face to face teaching 03-Dec-2011 to 06-Dec-2011
Coordinator:	Dr Sally Ruston
Lecturers:	Ms Anne Jones, Dr Susan Gordon, Dr Ruth Barker, Dr Sally Ruston, Mrs Helen Land, Mr Stefan Mutavdzic.
Contact hours:	29 hours - Residential school activities: lectures, guest lecture; workshops; practical skills workshops; use of research library resources and other resources; prescribed assessment tasks.
Assessment:	presentations (%); multidraft Essays (%); assignments (%).
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.