Complex Clinical Management (BSc)

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Identify and explain the application and modification of physiotherapy assessment and management techniques and apply these concepts to more complex clinical problems.

Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Justify the importance of patient involvement in planning treatment and take into consideration psychological, ethical and cultural information pertinent for the patient’s presentation.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Critically appraise the evidence and develop an evidence based approach in relation to the physiotherapy management of complex clinical cases.
• Develop your critical thinking/clinical reasoning so that you can critique, synthesize and evaluate concepts to make informed judgements where the evidence base is lacking.

Comprehensive study of biological, physical, behavioural and clinical sciences and creative application of this knowledge base in an iterative manner to patient centred care

• Appropriate application of the clinical sciences across complex clinical cases and life spans and service delivery settings
• Consistent integration of health promotion and health education concepts
• Integration of innovative and evidence-based technologies into current healthcare
• Client autonomy and informed consent. Confidentiality & truth telling
• Integration of ethical, moral and legal issues
• Apply relevant UK legislation and policy in health and social care to aspects of therapeutic practice
• Duties of the therapist. Unenviable choices
• Risk assessment and risk management
• Scope of practice and professional self-regulation including appropriate judgement/action in the absence of evidence
• Reflective practice and CPD, patient partnerships, research and evidence based health care
• Advanced and specialised communication skills that promote collaborative working relationships with patients, carers and the inter-professional team
• Analysis of the culture of health and social care providers and assess the impact on service delivery

Teaching and learning methods

This module is taught jointly with the final year of the MSc physiotherapy cohort. The taught component consists of lectures, small group work and facilitated discussion. A journal club is used to facilitate the critique of literature and you will be asked to participate and work in small groups to discuss relevant articles selected by a member of staff, present the critique of your assigned literature and participate in discussions. As self-motivated learners you will also reflect on how you have contributed to effective group working.

There will be related practical sessions consisting of practical workshops, clinical-skills sessions, expert patient demonstrations and facilitated discussions in which you will have the opportunity to discuss with patients how they have coped with the impact of their disability and how these changes have affected their lifestyle and psychological well-being.

The expectation is that you will also undertake additional self-directed study prior to and following taught sessions for the shared learning to ensure you achieve the learning outcomes.

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

There are no key texts. There are no specific key texts, but you are expected to use notes, subject-specific text books and other resources from previous modules and to access journal articles using search engines such as PubMed etc. as recommended by the library. Appropriate, relevant topic-specific references are given per session and you are encouraged to present recent publications within each session.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: External