This course incorporates work-integrated learning activities in physiotherapy, providing you with opportunities to explore, experience, and actively participate in the physiotherapy industry. You will have the chance to apply and evaluate your theoretical knowledge and skills within real or simulated workplace environments across different healthcare settings, spanning various stages of life. Consequently, feedback from professionals in the industry and/or the community plays a crucial role in enhancing your learning experience. In particular, you will develop and demonstrate competencies in patient/client interview and measures relevant health indicators and outcomes in order to perform safe and effective physical assessment procedures.
You will also be challenged to formulate, justify, perform, evaluate and progress evidence-based Physiotherapy interventions, relevant to your clinical scenarios. You will be expected to set and professionally communicate health goals in collaboration with your patients/clients and stakeholders whilst upholding ethical, legal and culturally sensitive practice.
You must demonstrate fitness to practice and comply with pre-clinical requirements (e.g., University and external/industry inherent requirements) prior commencing this work integrated learning course. If there are concerns raised related to your fitness to practice whist undertaking this course, you must gain full medical clearance prior to or during your placement.
Work Integrated Learning:
Work Integrated Learning 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, Engage and Experience:
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.
- 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.