Course Summary
This course will extend your knowledge of musculoskeletal physiotherapy by integrating anatomical, pathophysiological, biomechanical, psychological, social, and cultural dimensions of Physiotherapy practice to effectively assess and manage Physiotherapy clinical cases. You will learn to apply clinical reasoning to hypothesise, rationalise and prescribe evidence-based interventions for Sport and Spinal presentations in community settings.
In this course, you will also have an opportunity to extend your hands-on Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy assessment skills, practice manual therapy techniques and prescribe rehabilitative exercises within a simulated Sport and Spinal environment.
You will be challenged to implement best practice client care, ensuring measurable effectiveness of implemented management strategies, adoption of a biopsychosocial approaches and best available research evidence to target client-centred goals. The implementation of strategies learnt will focus on return to sports and community activities, using validated outcome measures and digital health means.
This course includes a work integrated learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/ or community is integral to your experience.
Work Integrated Learning:
EmpowEER Work Integrated Learning (Industry Partnered WIL) activities will be integrated into this course to align with RMIT Career Development Learning (CDL) that prepares graduates for work readiness through a pedagogy to Explore, Experience, and Engage:
Students enrolled in this course will be required to be WIL passport ready to undertake placement as part of the assessment of the course. A number of requirements must be met by students to ensure eligibility for placement. Further details on each of these are available in Part B of the Course Guide and on MyRMIT.
- Police check
- Working with Children Check
- Annual TB screen, Influenza vaccination and STEM student immunisation form COVID vaccination certificates
- RMIT student deed (annual requirement)
- SHBS authorisation form
- NDIS worker screening check
There is no flexibility with these requirements. It is your responsibility to ensure these requirements are completed. Any student who has not provided this information in full by the specified date will not be able to attend placement and will receive a fail grade for the placement course. A fail grade for the course will result in a delay in your program progression.