Description
This module aims to provide students with an opportunity to enhance their clinical reasoning skills, integrate theoretical concepts and implement evidence-based practice during a mentored practice-based placement. The module also aims to develop the student’s ability to justify an assessment or intervention, analyse outcome and reflect on your practice. A final aim of the module is to advance your physiotherapy knowledge and skills required for the effective assessment, triage and management of people with musculoskeletal problems within a biopsychosocial framework
On completion of this module students should be able to:
- Utilise advanced skills of assessment to interpret patient's musculoskeletal problems, incorporating a patient-centred approach and drawing on experience, reflective practice and research evidence.
- Demonstrate the advanced skills of clinical reasoning required of an advanced healthcare practitioner by:
- assessing examination findings and planning optimum pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions
- selecting from, justifying and applying a broad repertoire of advanced technical skills
demonstrating expertise in advanced physiotherapy skills within a biopsychosocial framework with an emphasis on evidence-based rehabilitation, manual therapy and effective communication with patients
- critically measuring and evaluating all outcomes of interventions
- Critically evaluate both established and contemporary concepts of physiotherapy practice in the context of the supporting evidence.
- Reflect upon and critically analyse the management of musculoskeletal patients including their scope of practice within the multidisciplinary team.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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