| Effective Term: | 2025/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Health and Wellbeing |
| Unit Title: | Introduction to Physiotherapy Applications |
| Unit ID: | NHPPS1002 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (NHPPS1001 and NHPPS1111) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 061701 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
The unit will continue to build on the theoretical and practical skills required to work within the physiotherapy profession. Students will acquire further foundational physiotherapy knowledge and skills in the application of assessment and treatment techniques, targeting the spine and upper limb. Research and literature search skills will continue to be encouraged, emphasised, and explored. Students will improve their competency in a variety of treatment techniques, including the use of electrophysical agents.
This unit contains 12 Hours of Professional Experience Placement |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
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| Placement Component: No |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | |  | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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