All final grades are determined by a grading committee, in accordance with the Macquarie University Assessment Policy, and are not thesole responsiblity of the Unit Convenor. Students will be awarded a final grade, which corresponds to the grade descriptors specified in the Assessment Procedure (clause 128). The final grade awarded is not necessarily a summation of the individual assessment components.

To pass this unit, students must demonstrate sufficient evidence of achievement of the learning outcomes, meet any ungraded requirements including professionalism, and achieve a final mark of 50 or better. 

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. You can also find out more on the MQ Student Portal at the following link: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/special-consideration

Should you encounter any personal issues or concerns in regard to health and wellbeing during your studies you can also gain personal support and advice on campus. Please see the following link for further information: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/personal

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 5% of the overall assessment weighting for the first day, and 5% 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:

Late Completion of Clinical Placement

PHTY8205 includes 70 hours of clinical placement involving 35 hours of sports placement and 35 hours of workplace placement. At times, sports placements are effected by unexpected events including inclement weather or postponements of games/trainings. Similarly, workplace placement may be effected by public health orders. If a situation arises where you are unable to complete all placement hours by the end of session 1, you will be awarded a K grade for this unit until your placement can be completed and your grade is finalised.

Teaching and Learning Strategy

The blended learning and teaching approach in this unit aims to help students develop a deep understanding of principles and the ability to independently solve problems, with the expectation that students can then translate this knowledge to different clinical settings (e.g., clinics, sporting fields and workplaces). All content is provided in learning modules covering different aspects of workplace and sports governance, risk reduction, mangement and topical issues. Each module contains online lectures, videos and interactive activities that will help students develop both foundational and specific knowledge for this unit. Weekly on-campus practical sessions are designed to help student integrate and apply what they are learning from each module. The modules do not follow a week-to-week program and students will be advised which modules need to be covered in order to fully participate in the on-campus sessions. There are also moderated clinical discussion forums and in-class preparation time for students to work on their webinar series.

Unit organisation

This is a ten credit point unit. Overall, it is anticipated that you spend approximately 150 hours across the session on this unit. The first 6-weeks of session consist of the academic component of the unit and include 12 hours of tutorials (2 hours per week). There is 70 hours of clinical placement within this unit. The start date for placement will vary from site to site. The remaining hours consist of online learning activites as well as assessment preparation and completion.

Attendance

In the Faculty of Medicine, Health & Human Sciences professionalism is a key capability embedded in all our programs. As part of developing professionalism, Faculty of Medicine, Health & Human Sciences students are expected to attend all practical sessions and clinical placement hours.  You should be punctual and prepared for all sessions.

All on-campus practical sessions are scheduled in your individual timetable. The timetable for classes can be found on the University web site at: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/course/timetable. You may make a request to your unit convenor to attend a different workshop on a one-off basis for extenuating circumstances. 

Failure to attend any learning and teaching activities may impact your final results. It is your responsibility to contact the unit convenors by email to inform tutors if you are going to be absent.

Unit materials and readings

It is recommended that you obtain the following textbook for this unit. Electronic and physical copies of this textbook and older editions are available via the MQ library. 

Brukner P, Khan K, Clarsen B, Cook J, Cools A, Crossley K, Hutchinson M, McCrory P, Bahr R, eds. Brukner & Khan's clinical sports medicine. Volume 1: injuries. 5th ed. Sydney: McGraw-Hill; 2017.

Additional resources enhancing the content of this unit will be referred to throughout the unit and will come from a range of sources, journal articles, and multimedia sources. The following texts will also be useful references for this unit are:

• Magee DJ. Orthopedic Physical Assessment. 7th ed. London: Elsevier Health Sciences; 2021.
• Cook CE, Hegedus EJ. Orthopedic physical examination tests: an evidence-based approach. 2nd ed. Boston: Pearson; 2013.

Technology and equipment

On-campus

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. 

Off-campus

To study optimally when off campus you will need to have access to a reliable internet connection to retrieve unit information & at times to complete assessment tasks via iLearn.

Consultation with staff 

All staff will be available for individual consultation. See iLearn for contact details.

Detailed information pertaining to the unit schedule can be found on iLearn.

The timetabling of the unit has changed from previous offerings. While no change has been made to the total number of contact hours, students will now undertake 6 weeks of 2-hour practical sessions rather than 4-weeks of 3 hour sessions.