PTY-30061 - Module Specification
School of Allied Health Professions
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2021/22

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2021/22

The Caseload Management of Frailty, Trauma and Long Term Conditions module builds on content introduced in Year 1 & 2 of the MSci Physiotherapy programme and enables the student to assess and manage patients with frailty, trauma and long term conditions.
Students will have the opportunity to integrate and apply knowledge and skills in the context of current evidence for frailty, trauma, and long term conditions and understand principles of cognitive, perceptual and mental health management in specific patient populations.
The module aims to prepare the student to work in specific Physiotherapy practice settings such as frailty, trauma and long term conditions whilst also developing transferable skills (such as prioritisation, advanced communication, clinical reasoning, teamworking) that can be applied in a variety of healthcare settings and specialties.

This module aims to:
1. Develop and advance the students' underpinning theory, knowledge and skills in the assessment and management of frailty, trauma and long term conditions.
2. Enable the student to clinically reason and effectively manage a complex clinical caseload utilising the wider healthcare team to promote quality of life; advancing their caseload management skills.

Intended Learning Outcomes

synthesise and apply underpinning knowledge in the management of frailty, trauma and long term conditions: 1
discuss and rationalise the safe and effective adaptation of physiotherapeutic assessment, treatment and handling skills within the context of a patient with frailty, trauma and/or a long term condition: 1
analyse and synthesise assessment findings, including differential diagnosis to formulate a clinically reasoned problem list: 1
propose and justify an effective physiotherapeutic caseload management strategy for a virtual ward involving complex patient presentations utilising evidenced based practice and current clinical guidelines: 1
effectively triage, assess and prioritise complex physiotherapy caseloads in environments including primary, secondary and tertiary care settings: 1
critically discuss the roles and integration of the multi-disciplinary team within the context of caseload management and discharge to enhance the patients' quality of life: 1

Study hours

84 tutor led hours which may include lectures, workshops, seminars, tutorials and two hours of assessment preparation classes etc. This will be made up of approximately 42 hours lectures, 26 hours practical sessions/ workshops and 16 hours tutorials/ assessment preparation.
66 hours of independent study including 24 hours of guided independent study.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment