Course Summary
This course includes work integrated learning activities in which you will explore, experience and engage with the Physiotherapy industry. Your theoretical knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context across various healthcare settings, across lifespan. Therefore, feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your 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 their clinical scenarios. You will be expected to set and professionally communicate health goals in collaboration with their patients/clients and stakeholders whilst upholding an ethical, a 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 student fitness to practice whist undertaking this course, students must gain full medical clearance either prior to or during your placement.
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, 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.