Orthopaedic Physiotherapy (11538.1)

This unit develops the student's understanding of musculoskeletal injury, trauma, and degenerative and inflammatory disease with a focus on the prevention and evidence-based management of patients with such conditions.

This unit may be co-taught with the postgraduate version of the unit - 11505 Orthopaedic Physiotherapy PG.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of musculoskeletal trauma including fracture classification;
2. Demonstrate an understanding of chronic inflammatory and degenerative diseases of the musculoskeletal system;
3. Understand and identify patient problems and principles for physiotherapy management of orthopaedic patients, based on current evidence;
4. Develop communication skills for talking with, and writing to, professional and lay people;
5. Choose and apply appropriate basic physiotherapy management for routine orthopaedic problems;
6. Demonstrate safety in manual skills; and
7. Explain and evaluate the role of therapeutic ultrasound in patient management and demonstrate competency in its use.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas

Prerequisites

11400 Professional Orientation (Health) AND
6834 Biomechanics 1 AND
8279 Advanced Functional Anatomy AND
8391 Physiology of Exercise 1 AND
11726 Integrated Physiology OR 6532 Human Physiology and the Lifecycle

Corequisites

Students must be enrolled in the Bachelor of Physiotherapy AND
8976 Cardiothoracic Interventions 1 AND
8977 Musculoskeletal Interventions 1 AND
11540 Essential Physiotherapy Skills

Incompatible units

11505 Orthopaedic Physiotherapy PG

Equivalent units

8975 Orthopaedic Physiotherapy

Assumed knowledge

Anatomy, functional anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics as per the prerequisite units listed.