Information valid for students commencing in 2019.
Bachelor of Physiotherapy [Indigenous Health Careers Access Program]
Handbook year | 2019 |
Course code | 108010 |
Course type | Bachelor Degree (AQF Level 7) |
Division | Division of Tropical Health and Medicine |
Award Requirements
Admission Requirements
Course pre-requisites | English, Maths B, plus one of Chemistry, Biological Science, Physics, Physical Education or Health Education. |
Additional selection requirements | Submit 番茄社区 internal application form by 30 September |
Special admission requirements | Nominate with QTAC as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander |
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s) | Clinical placement/professional practice: This course includes prescribed professional or clinical placements. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense (Note: health professional courses generally involve extensive professional or clinical placements). Further information about placements can be found at Enrolment Policy – Coursework Students |
Post admission requirements | This course may have specific admission requirements such as immunisation, a Suitability to Work with Children Card, a federal police check and/or other conditions that students must comply with. Students must complete all professional experience placement requirements by the prescribed deadlines and maintain currency of these requirements in order to stay admitted in the course. You will find your course requirements here: |
Credit points | 108 credit points as per course structure |
Course learning outcomes | On successful completion of the course, graduates will be able to:
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Inherent Requirements
Inherent Requirements | Inherent requirements are the fundamental abilities, attributes, skills and behaviours needed to complete the learning outcomes of a course while preserving the academic integrity of the university’s learning, assessment and accreditation processes. Students and prospective students must be able to demonstrate that they have acquired or have the ability to acquire the inherent requirements for their degree. For more information refer to Inherent Requirements page. |
Reasonable adjustments | Reasonable adjustments may be made to assist students manage additional circumstances impacting on their studies provided these do not change the academic integrity of a degree. Reasonable adjustments do not alter the need to be able to demonstrate the inherent requirements of the course. |
Course Structure
CORE SUBJECTS
Level 1
Teaching Period 1:
CU1010:03 Effective Writing
RH1002:03 Communication Skills for Health Professionals
MA1020:03 Preparatory Mathematics
Teaching Period 2:
HS1401:03 Health and Health Care in Australia
PH1001:03 Preparatory Physics
Option
IA1011:03 Indigenous Australians or IA1012:03 Indigenous Australians of North Queensland
Level 1
Teaching Period 1:
BM1041:03 Anatomy and Physiology for Physiotherapy 1
RH1004:03 Foundations of Allied Health Professional Practice
PS1001:03 Introduction to Physiotherapy
Teaching Period 2:
BM1042:03 Anatomy and Physiology for Physiotherapy 2
HS1003:03 Lifespan Development for Health A
PS1002:03 Introduction to Physiotherapy Applications
Level 2
Teaching Period 1:
HS2402:03 Health Professional Research 1
HS2403:03 Health Promotion for Health Professionals
HS2405:03 Health Professional Research 2
PS2004:03 Neuroscience in Physiotherapy
Teaching Period 2:
PS2002:03 Physiotherapy 1
PS2003:03 Physiotherapy 2
PS2005:03 Physiotherapy Applications Across the Lifespan
RH2002:03 Clinical Medicine for Therapy
Level 3
Teaching Period 1:
PS3001:03 Physiotherapy 3
PS3002:03 Physiotherapy 4
PS3003:03 Physiotherapy 5
PS3006:03 Complex Cases in Rural, Remote and Indigenous Communities
Teaching Period 2:
PS3007:12 Physiotherapy Theory and Application (Part 1 of 2)
Level 4
Teaching Period 1:
PS4001:12 Physiotherapy Theory and Applications (Part 2 of 2)
Teaching Period 2:
PS4002:03 Contemporary Issues for Physiotherapists
PS4003:03 Physiotherapy Health Law and Ethics
PS4004:03 Advanced Topics in Physiotherapy
TM4401:03 Health, Policy and Planning
Campus
COURSE AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
Townsville |
Candidature
Expected time to complete | 4.5 years full-time, not available part-time |
Maximum time to complete | 8 years |
Maximum leave of absence | 1 year |
Progression
Course progression requisites | Must successfully complete all level 1 and level 2 subjects before attempting any level 3 subject Must successfully complete all level 3 subjects before attempting any level 4 subject |
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s) | Clinical placement/professional practice: This course includes prescribed professional or clinical placements. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense (Note: health professional courses generally involve extensive professional or clinical placements). Further information about placements can be found at Enrolment Policy – Coursework Students |
Special assessment requirements | Refer to Review of a Student’s Suitability to Continue a Course Involving Placement policy. |
Professional accreditation requirements | Nil |
Maximum allowed Pass Conceded (PC) grade | Nil |
Supplementary exam for final subject | Not applicable |
Advanced Standing
Eligibility | Students may apply for advanced standing for previous tertiary study in accordance with the Credit and Articulation policy and associated procedures. |
Maximum allowed | 6 credit points |
Currency | Advanced standing will be granted only for studies completed in the 10 years prior to the commencement of this course. |
Expiry | Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 18 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the student has not completed the course of study prescribed for the degree. |
Other restrictions | A maximum of 18 credit points of advanced standing may be granted at level 3 or 4. |
Award Details
Award title | BACHELOR OF PHYSIOTHERAPY |
Approved abbreviation | BPhysio |
Inclusion of majors on testamur | Not applicable - this course does not have majors |
Exit with lesser award | Students who have completed 24 credit points of their course award requirements, and withdraw from or fail to meet the requirements for progression in the later years, may be eligible for the award of Diploma of Tertiary Studies. |
Course articulation | Not applicable |
Honours
Honours availability | Available both within this course and as a separate graduate entry course |
Eligibility | Entry to embedded honours At the start of level 3 of the course the College Dean will invite applications from students
Entry to graduate honours Successful completion of a pass degree in Physiotherapy
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