SE753-7-PS-CO:
Physiotherapy Led Assessment & Treatment
2024/25
Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences (School of)
Colchester Campus
Spring & Summer
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Monday 13 January 2025
Friday 27 June 2025
30
14 March 2024
Requisites for this module
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MSC B16024 Physiotherapy (Pre-Registration)
This module develops students' holistic assessment and intervention skills for a range of patient presentations. The module will focus on the common approaches to physiotherapy led assessment and interventions, whilst highlighting the variations required when assessing different patient groups.
1) To develop holistic assessment and intervention skills for a range of patient presentations.
2) To facilitate the learning of common approaches to physiotherapy led assessment and interventions, whilst highlighting the variations required when assessing different patient groups.
On successful completion of this module, the student will be able to:
1. Critically explore the approaches and components of physiotherapy led assessment.
2. Demonstrate an ability to undertake an assessment and provide interventions which are appropriate, safe, effective, holistic and adaptable.
3. Communicate clearly in a well-structured manner to convey complex information and ideas, adapting the message to the requirements and level of the target audience.
4. Demonstrate accurate note keeping which is congruent with legal and professional expectations.
5. Undertake an analysis of patient led assessment and interventions, relating to the biopsychosocial aspects for improving patient outcomes.
Indicative Content
Consent
Flags
Outcome measures
Collaborative goal setting
Assessment of systems
Subjective assessment; communication styles, understanding the individual's context, shared decision making
Physical assessment; observation, posture, range of movement, strength, functional capacity, special tests
Variations for specific patient groups
Communication of assessment findings; Consent, SOAP, POMR, Note writing, Digitalisation
Common sense model and patient education
Manual therapy, education, exercise and use of adjuncts
Application of NHS Values
A mixture of lectures, seminars, practicals and independent will be used to deliver this module.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
2000-word Essay |
|
40% |
| Practical |
Viva |
|
60% |
Additional coursework information
- Formative assignment - 500 words submitted in week 23.
- 70-minute mock Viva in week 32.
- 70-minute summative Viva in week 35.
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mr Jay Matthams, email: jay.matthams@essex.ac.uk.
Jay Matthams, Adrian Mallows, Izzie Easton, Bradley Neal, James Roberts
jay.matthams@essex.ac.uk
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Mrs Madeleine Nicholson
Wrexham Glyndwr University
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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