The learning focus of Clinical Placement 5 and Clinical Placement 6 is integrated physiotherapy clinical practice in any or a combination of the core practice areas of cardiorespiratory, neurological or musculoskeletal and orthopaedic physiotherapy. Clinical settings include acute hospital, rehabilitation facilities and/ or community based practice.
The student is expected to develop and demonstrate competency in all aspects of the physiotherapy management of patient/client presentations. This includes demonstration of professional behaviours, effective communication, evidence based practice and risk management in all aspects of safe and effective physiotherapy assessment, clinical analysis, planning and intervention delivery.
This is the final placement topic and as such, students are expected to manage all aspects of physiotherapy practice at a graduate ready level, including physiotherapy management of complex presentations.
In each of these placement periods, the learning focus changes only in the physiotherapy practice competency developed in the allocated clinical area and practice setting.
Competency development is expected to be more rapid throughout this placement topic (across CP5 and CP6), with higher overall levels of achievement, independence and decreased supervisor input relative to earlier placement periods.
All core physiotherapy clinical practice areas are tracked and allocated to ensure competency is developed and demonstrated in each required area. This occurs across the major clinical placement periods. That is, clinical placements 2 to 6.
The educational aim of clinical placement 5 and 6, each a five week (or equivalent) clinical placement is to apply and consolidate knowledge and skills gained in the Master of Physiotherapy program to clinical practice.
The learning focus is outlined within the Overview above and aligns with this educational aim.As the final placement topic, the learning outcomes apply to competency developed at a graduate-ready level, including physiotherapy management of complex presentations. This varies between Clinical Placement 5 and 6 only in the clinical practice area and setting of placement.Timetable details for 2021 are no longer published.