Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Tutor
Karen Peebles
Contact via Email
By appointment: email karen.peebles@mq.edu.au
Tutor
Kelly Gray
Contact via Email
By appointment email: kelly.gray@mq.edu.au
Tutor
Jenny Lee
Contact via Email
By appointment: email jenny.lee@mq.edu.au
Unit convenor
Julia Hush
Contact via Email
By Appointment: email julia.hush@mq.edu.au
tutor
Emre Ilhan
Contact via Email
By Appointment: email emre.ilhan@mq.edu.au
Taryn Jones
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
PHTY800 and PHTY801 and PHTY802 and PHTY803
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
PHTY805 and PHTY806 and PHTY807
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit introduces students to the principles underpinning and practice of evidence-based health care, whereby research evidence is integrated with clinical expertise and patients’ values. Specifically, students will learn how to formulate clinical questions about diagnosis, prognosis and treatment, and locate and critically appraise relevant high-quality evidence to answer those questions. This unit provides an evidence-based framework for concurrent and future units of study and is embedded in the curriculum to enhance life-long learning skills. By integration with a clinical component, students will develop foundational skills in how to implement evidence-based health care in clinical practice.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
In this unit, the assessment system for the Macquarie MD program will be used, which is based on attainment of a number of Capability Aspects. Further information about this system is available on the iLearn site for this unit. Details for each assessment task will be available on iLearn.
Grading
In this unit all assessment tasks will be coarse graded, with grades (P+, P, P-, F) assigned to the focused and generic MD Capability Aspects as well as overall task performance. Only the coarse grade for the overall performance of assessment tasks weighted according to their contribution will be used to calculate the overall Unit aggregate. Unit outcomes, based on the Unit aggregate, will be reported to the University using the standard Macquarie grades (High Distinction, Distinction, Credit, Pass, Fail). Because most assessment tasks in the program are coarse graded, a single standardised numerical grade (SNG) equivalent will be reported for each University grade. Both the numeric equivalents for the coarse grades used in the calculation of the unit aggregate and the conversion of the aggregate to a single SNG are available on this unit's iLearn site.
All final grades in the Macquarie MD and DPT programs are reviewed by the MD Program and Faculty Assessment Committees and are not the sole responsibility of the Unit Convenor.
To pass this unit, students must demonstrate sufficient evidence of achievement of the learning outcomes, attempt all assessment tasks, meet any ungraded requirements including professionalism and achieve a unit aggregate of 50% or better.
Extensions for Assessment tasks
Applications for assessment task extensions must be submitted via www.ask.mq.edu.au. For further details please refer to the Special Consideration Policy available at https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/special-consideration
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, may 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% |
Professional Expectations
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. It is highly recommended that you attend all face-to-face lectures, particularly those given by visiting experts. 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/. A detailed week-by-week timetable can be found on iLearn under Important Documents. 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.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Assessment Task 1 (AT1) | 40% | No | Week 10 |
Assessment Task 2 (AT2) | 20% | No | Weeks 11,12 |
Assessment Task 3 (AT3) | 40% | No | Week 14 |
Due: Week 10
Weighting: 40%
Health Condition Worksheet and Reflection
Due: Weeks 11,12
Weighting: 20%
HAWC Seminar
Due: Week 14
Weighting: 40%
HAWC Report and Reflection
Teaching and Learning Strategy
This unit integrates the development of Evidence-based and Interprofessional Health Care skills in lectures and tutorials with clinical application in the HAWC program and Health Condition Worksheets. Lectures will provide foundation knowledge and also use large group discussions to consolidate understanding. A variety of delivery modes are used for lecture content, including face-to-face lectures, online lectures and Connected Curriculum modules.Tutorials will give students the opportunity to develop practical skills in the key topics, such as formulating clinical questions, searching electronic databases and critical appraisal of evidence. By integration of these skills with real-life clinical examples from the students' HAWCs, and developing their Health Condition Worksheets, students will develop the ability to implement Evidence-Based Health Care in clinical practice.
Interprofessional Learning and Teaching
In this unit, students will have a unique opportunity to be taught by an interprofessional team, including health professionals, academics and clinicians with expertise in medicine, physiotherapy and other health professional backgrounds. Further, students will work together in interprofessional teams across the Doctor of Physiotherapy and Doctor of Medicine programs. Lectures and tutorials will be conducted with students from both programs together in the learning spaces, to facilitate interprofessional team work and understanding.
Unit Organisation
This four credit point unit runs over a 13 week session. There is a two hour lecture and a two hour tutorial each week, with some exceptions due to public holidays or other scheduling requirements. Further information is available in iLearn in the Week-by-Week Timetable document.
HAWC Activities
The Health and Wellbeing Collaboration (HAWC) program is part of the Clinical Education program for the DPT and MD programs. It provides clinical application and is integrated into this unit throughout the Session. Details of the HAWC program will be explained to you in the first weeks of the unit. Further information is available on iLearn in the "HAWC" section in the HAWC Clinical Education Manual. During the semester, you must spend a minimum of 35 hours completing HAWC-related activities and you will log this information on your Activities Log (available on iLearn).
Attendance
Professionalism is a key capability embedded in the Macquarie DPT and MD Programs. As part of developing professionalism, Macquarie DPT and MD students are expected to attend all small group interactive sessions including tutorials, clinical and practical sessions. If attendance is deemed to be of concern, this will be referred to the Lead (Student Professionalism) for remediation, subsequent monitoring, and recording in the portfolio. All lectures, tutorials and practical sessions are scheduled in the Macquarie DPT and MD Timetables available on the iLearn Macquarie DPT and MD Year Noticeboard 2019 Intake sites.
Unit materials and readings
The recommended textbook for PHTY804 is: Herbert et al "Practical Evidence-Based Physiotherapy", 2nd edition
Copies of this book are available in the MQ library and in the co-op bookshop. Weekly readings will come from journal articles and a range of text book chapters. Most weekly readings will be available on e-reserve or as full text articles through the library. Where this is not possible a hard copy will be placed in the library reserve. Weekly readings will be listed on iLearn.
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 submit assessment tasks via iLearn.
Consultation with staff: All staff will be available for individual consultation. See iLearn for contact details.
iLearn: This unit's iLearn site will provide weekly resources for students, including:
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Undergraduate students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.
If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct
Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au
Macquarie University provides a range of support services for students. For details, visit http://students.mq.edu.au/support/
Learning Skills (mq.edu.au/learningskills) provides academic writing resources and study strategies to improve your marks and take control of your study.
Students with a disability are encouraged to contact the Disability Service who can provide appropriate help with any issues that arise during their studies.
For all student enquiries, visit Student Connect at ask.mq.edu.au
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When using the University's IT, you must adhere to the Acceptable Use of IT Resources Policy. The policy applies to all who connect to the MQ network including students.
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