PHTY30360 Practice Education 3

Academic Year 2023/2024

5 weeks of Practice Education Placement

Indicative Module Description:
This module for Professional Masters of Physiotherapy students comprises of small group teaching in the clinical setting and direct clinical patient management. Students will work in the Irish Health Service in a wide variety of settings including hospitals, primary, community and continuing care, under the direction of a practice educator and/or practice tutor. Practice may include face to face patient contact as well as telehealth interventions.
Students will demonstrate an ability to work collaboratively with all service users, carers/family members and other members of the multi-disciplinary team. Students will demonstrate patient-centred care through on-going development of assessment, treatment and critical thinking skills learned in previous modules, to further develop the student’s attainment of the Standards of Proficiency.
Each student will complete a ‘Physiotherapy Learning Portfolio’ during the practice education placement.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should:
1. Achieve the competencies set out in the clinical placement assessment form – level 2.
2. Formulate and evaluate learning objectives and operate within a professional clinical environment.
3. Demonstrate comprehensive patient assessment and treatment skills and recognise when service users may need onward referral or referral to other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
4. Demonstrate on-going progression of clinical reasoning skills through regular reflection and evaluation of practice.
5. Demonstrate ability to critically review personal professional practice and take responsibility for implementing appropriate changes to improve practice, ensuring to meet the standards set out in the CORU Code of Professional Conduct.
6. Understand that issues may arise in clinical practice when a service user lacks capacity to give informed consent
7. Demonstrate competent management of all documentation and patient records with a comprehensive understanding of data protection.
8. Demonstrate on-going development of effective communication skills by demonstrating an ability to listen, give advice, delegate, and offer a professional opinion with all service users, considering issues of language, culture, beliefs, and health and/or social care needs


Indicative Module Content:

Clinical practice on placement varies depending on the specialties available on site.
Clinical practice assessment is determined by the Clinical Placement Assessment Form under the 5 headings - Patient assessment, Treatment & Management, Professionalism, Communication and Documentation.
The portfolio includes the reflective essay, the evidence based clinical reasoning form, placement objectives, planned and unplanned learning, evidence of manual & patient handling techniques and the clinical log

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Autonomous Student Learning

50
Placement/Work Experience

175
Total

225
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Throughout the practice placement teaching and learning occurs on the clinical site with face to face patient interactions and inter-professional interactions with Physiotherapists and other members of the multi-disciplinary team. Teaching may occur one to one or in groups. Evidence informed case based discussions, tutorials, peer learning and presentations are often used as methods of teaching and learning.
The Physiotherapy Learning Portfolio provides the opportunity for students to submit written reflection on their placement and the evidence based clinical reasoning form affords students the opportunity to demonstrate their problem-solving approach to clinical decision making through the application of evidence based practice on a specific patient encounter.
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Foundations of Physiotherapy Professional Practice PHTY 30330
Cardiorespiratory Foundations PHTY 41110
Neurology Foundations PHTY 41120
Musculoskeletal Foundations PHTY 41150
Advanced Cardiorespiratory PHTY 41130
Advanced Neurology PHTY 41140
Advanced Musculoskeletal PHTY 41160
Practice Education 1 PHTY30340
Practice Education 2 PHTY30350


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Clinical Placement Assessment Form Level 2 Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded Yes

80
Portfolio: Physiotherapy Learning Portfolio Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded Yes

20

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
Repeat (CFP) Within Three Semesters
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Clinical practice feedback will be given on site by the practice supervisor. Portfolio feedback will be given on submission in the assignment section on Brightspace. Face to face feedback can be requested by student.

Name Role
Assoc Professor Gráinne O'Donoghue Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Eimear Cronin Tutor
Caoimhe Kenny Tutor
Ms Laura McMahon Tutor
Ms Deirdre Phelan Tutor
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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