Unit Guide

General Information

Unit convenor and teaching staff	Unit convenor and teaching staff Tutor Victoria Podmore victoria.podmore@mq.edu.au 75T Friday Tutor Kelly Gray kelly.gray@mq.edu.au 75T Friday Tutor Jeremy Bernal Salcedo jeremy.bernalsalcedo@mq.edu.au 75T Wednesday Joanne Glinsky joanne.glinsky@mq.edu.au Taryn Jones taryn.jones@mq.edu.au
Credit points	Credit points 10
Prerequisites	Prerequisites Admission to DPT
Corequisites	Corequisites
Co-badged status	Co-badged status
Unit description	Unit description This unit will build upon your prerequisite and assumed knowledge with a focus on movement science in the context of physiotherapy. You will utilise skills in clinical observation and measurement of human performance to analyse the biomechanical and anatomical characteristics of everyday activities in healthy persons and those with health conditions. Using the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as a model of clinical reasoning you will apply strategies to manage common impairments, and promote skill acquisition within the context of motor learning, to optimise human movement and participation.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

ULO1: Apply proficient knowledge of anatomy to accurately describe and analyse everyday activities. (Scientist & Scholar)
ULO2: Describe the biomechanical characteristics of performance of common everyday activities in healthy persons across the lifespan. (Scientist & Scholar)
ULO3: Utilise clinical observation and measurement skills to identify adaptive behaviours during the performance of everyday activities, and apply sound clinical reasoning and assessment skills to determine the underlying impairments. (Clinical Practitioner)
ULO4: Competently select, perform and interpret tests commonly used in physiotherapy practice to assess human performance, applying strategies to enhance the reliability and validity of specific measurement procedures. (Clinical Practitioner)
ULO5: Design and progress an evidence-based exercise program to enhance motor learning and performance that considers impairments, goals and preferences, as well as social and behavioural factors alongside cultural background. (Clinical Practitioner)

General Assessment Information

Information concerning Macquarie University's assessment policy is available at http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html. Grade descriptors and other information concerning grading requirements are contained in Schedule 1 of the Macquarie University Assessment Policy.

To pass this unit, students must demonstrate sufficient evidence of achievement of the learning outcomes. Further details for each assessment task will be available on iLearn, including marking rubrics.

All final grades in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences are determined by the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human 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.

Students will be awarded one of these grades 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. If there is a lack of sufficient evidence demonstrating that a student has met the required level of achievement in all learning outcomes 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 Disruption to Studies Policy available at https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/special-consideration/disruption-to-studies

Late Submission of Work

All assignments which are officially received after the due date, and where no extension has been granted by the Unit Convenor, will incur a deduction of 10% of the overall assessment weighting for the first day, and 10% for each subsequent day, including the actual day on which the work is received. Assessments received 5 days or more beyond the due date, without an approved extension, will be awarded a maximum of 50% of the overall assessment marks. Weekends and public holidays are included. For example:

Due Date	Received	Days Late	Deduction	Raw Mark	Final Mark
Friday, 14th	Monday 17th	3	30%	75	45

Hurdle Assessment

The PHTY8101 Mastery Register is a hurdle assessment task. A hurdle requirement is an activity for which a minimum level of performance or participation is a condition of passing the unit in which it occurs. Students are required to achieve 60% completion of the Mastery Register by the due date to successfully complete the unit. A student who has obtained a SNG over 50, yet failed the hurdle assessment, fails the unit. Please see Macquarie University's assessment policy for more information about hurdle assessment tasks.

Assessment Tasks

Name	Weighting	Hurdle	Due
Mastery register	0%	Yes	Continuous
Online Quiz 1	20%	No	Week 4
Online Quiz 2	20%	No	Week 8
Viva Examination	30%	No	Week 14/15/16
Clinical skills evaluation	30%	No	Week 14/15/16

Mastery register

Assessment Type ¹: Clinical performance evaluation
Indicative Time on Task ²: 12 hours
Due: Continuous
Weighting: 0%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)

The mastery register for PHTY8101 is a list of key skills in which competence is considered to be a requirement for the assurance of quality physiotherapy practice for registration. You 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 in order to successfully complete the unit.