Information concerning Macquarie University's assessment policy is available at https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/assessment . Grade descriptors and other information concerning grading requirements are contained in Schedule 1 of the Macquarie University Assessment Policy.

Further details for each assessment task will be available on iLearn, including marking rubrics.

All final grades in the Department of Health Professions are determined by the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Assessment Committee, and are approved by the Faculty Board. They are not the sole responsibility of the Unit Convenor. Students will be awarded an Assessment Grade plus a Standardised Numerical Grade (SNG). The SNG is not necessarily a summation of the individual assessment components. The final grade and SNG that are awarded reflect the corresponding grade descriptor in Schedule 1 of the Assessment Policy.

This unit consists of two distinct modules: cardiorespiratory physiotherapy and neurological physiotherapy. To pass this unit, students must demonstrate sufficient evidence of achievement of learning outcomes for both the neurological physiotherapy and cardiorespiratory physiotherapy modules. If there is a lack of sufficient evidence demonstrating that a student has met the required level of achievement in all learning outcomes in one or both of the modules, they will be awarded a Fail grading with an assigned mark of 49 or less. 

Extensions for Assessment Tasks

Applications for assessment task extensions may be considered for short-term, unexpected, serious, and unavoidable circumstances affecting assessment. Applications must be submitted via www.ask.mq.edu.au . For further details please refer to the Special Considerations Policy available at https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration

Mastery - Hurdle Requirement

In this unit mastery is a hurdle requirement. A hurdle requirement is an assessment task mandating a minimum level of performance as a condition of passing a unit of study. The mastery register for PHTY8107 PPC is a list of 10 skills in which competence is considered to be a requirement for the assurance of quality physiotherapy practice for registration. Students must demonstrate a minimum level of competence in these skills as a condition of passing this unit by achieving 60% completion of the mastery register (that is to achieve completion of 6/10 items) by the date stipulated by 5pm on Friday in week 13 in order to successfully complete the unit. For PHTY807 PPC there are 5 mastery items related to the neurological module and 5 items related to the cardiorespiratory module. Students are required to achieve 60% completion of the mastery register within each of these modules (that is to achieve completion of 3/5 items for each module) in order to successfully complete the unit.

Textbooks and Readings

The following texts are essential resources and available in the library reserve and via Leganto.

• Carr and Shepherd (2010) Neurological rehabilitation: Optimizing motor performance (2nd ed). Elsevier Health Sciences
• Main and Denehey (2016) Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy: Adults and Paediatrics (5th Edition). Elsevier Health Sciences

Recommendations about specific readings from these and other resources (such as research papers, books, websites and videos) will be listed on iLearn and available through Leganto or the library reserve.

Technology and Equipment

Teaching rooms are equipped with state of art audio-visual and ICT equipment including iPads, internet connection, high quality video cameras and multiple LCD screens. Students will use a range of physiotherapy specific equipment typically used in the assessment and management of neurological and cardiorespiratory conditions. Videos of many of the assessment and treatment skills will be available on the iLearn site.

Consultation with staff

All staff will be available for individual consultations, please see iLearn site for information on staff availability for consultation.

Teaching and Learning Strategy

This unit will have 1 x 2 hr lecture and 2 x 2 hr tutorials per week for most weeks of the semester. Lectures will provide foundation knowledge and also use large group demonstrations and discussion, enabling students to use tutorial time efficiently to develop technical clinical skills and clinical decision making. Tutorials will rely heavily on the use of case studies and authentic learning environments to assist student engagement and preparation for clinical placements in the following semester.

Attendance

In the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, professionalism is a key capability embedded in all our programs. As part of developing professionalism, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences students are expected to attend all small group interactive sessions including tutorials, clinical and laboratory practical sessions. In most cases lectures are recorded; however, lecture recordings cannot be guaranteed and some discussion or content may not be available via the recording system.

All lectures and tutorials are scheduled in your individual timetable. The timetable for classes can be found on the University web site at: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/. You may make a request to your tutor to attend a different tutorial on a one-off basis for extenuating circumstances.

Failure to attend any learning and teaching activities, including lectures and tutorials, may impact your final results. It is the responsibility of the student to contact their tutor or the unit convenor by email to inform tutors if they are going to be absent.

iLearn

This unit's iLearn site will provide weekly resources for students, including:

• lecture notes
• tutorial worksheets
• preparation and consolidation material
• videos
• other teaching resources
• assessment details

The Unit Code for Physiotherapy Practice C has been changed to PHTY8107 in 2020. The previous unit code was PHTY807. Please consider this when searching for past examination papers.

No substantial changes have been made to the unit from 2019. Lecture and tutorial notes have been updated from previous offerings as appropriate.