Professional Practice 6 (PHTY4409)
Information valid for Summer Semester, 2024
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
School
Health & Rehab Sci School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
General contact hours 190 Hours/ Semester
Incompatible
PHTY4302
Prerequisite
HRSS3102, PHTY3250, PHTY3260, PHTY3280
Restricted
BPhty(Hons) students
Assessment methods
Continuous assessment of professional performance
Course enquiries
Associate Professor Martin Sale ()
Associate Professor Martin Sale (m.sale@uq.edu.au)
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2024 (26/02/2024 - 29/03/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2024 (06/05/2024 - 07/06/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
Semester 1, 2024 (22/01/2024 - 23/02/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2024 (01/04/2024 - 03/05/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
Semester 2, 2024 (23/09/2024 - 25/10/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
Semester 2, 2024 (19/08/2024 - 20/09/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2024 (10/06/2024 - 12/07/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2024 (15/07/2024 - 16/08/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Summer Semester, 2024 (25/11/2024 - 08/02/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
Summer Semester, 2024 (28/10/2024 - 29/11/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
Course description
Students will develop an ability to integrate the knowledge, physical skills, principles of evidence based practice, clinical reasoning, and ethical & professional behaviours that are necessary to function competently as a physiotherapist. Students in this course will undergo a supervised full-time physiotherapy professional practice immersion. Professional skills & reflective practice will be facilitated in order to prepare the student for challenges in health care service & delivery. Emphasis will be placed on developing student's knowledge & skills to function autonomously as primary contact health care practitioners in a range of contexts (e.g. hospital, community, ambulatory, & primary health care settings).