Integrated Clinical Cases

Learning Outcomes

Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Develop critical thinking and analytical skills of trustworthy rigorous evidence based practice (EBP).
• Critically analyse and evaluate the psychosocial, cultural and the ethical context as it relates to the patient and their management.
• Justify the relevant concepts of EBP to the physiotherapy management of multi pathological case studies.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• As a self-motivated learner, you will appraise your own learning and contribute effectively to working in small study groups to further expand your knowledge.

Knowledge and Understanding

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

• Reflect and discuss the application and modification of physiotherapy assessment and management techniques (of all three specialisms), and apply these concepts to multi-pathological clinical case studies.

• Integrated study of biological, physical, behavioural and clinical sciences that is applied in a critical, reflective manner to patient centred care
• Application of the clinical sciences across integrated clinical cases
• Appreciation of ethical, moral and legal issues
• Mechanisms of pain and dysfunction in more complex clinical conditions
• The use and application of a comprehensive range of physiotherapeutic treatment modalities
• Health promotion and health education strategies integrated into clinical practice
• Rehabilitative strategies in the more complex clinical case that maximises human potential and quality of life across a range of case from palliative care to the elite athlete
• Selective use of validated assessment methods
• Reflecting on prior learning in an iterative way, bringing examples of learning from previous Practice Placements

Learning will be achieved through the study of simulated case studies that will facilitate the GDL process. Examples of such cases at this level to guide the development of the ability to apply professional knowledge and skills might include:

• Greg Payne is a 28 year-old father of 2 with a 12 year history of increasing disability as a result of chronic low back pain that is now associated with compression and loss of function of the L5 and S1 nerve roots. He has been unable to work for some months and there are financial and relationship issues.
• A 15 year-old girl who sustains a brachial plexus injury having been thrown from a stolen motor cycle.
• A 48 year-old diabetic man in poor health with a diabetic neuropathy and associated ulceration of the lower limb that eventually results in a below knee amputation being required.
• A 21 year-old girl with an incomplete lower cervical spinal cord lesion.
• Zac is now 65 years old. He has an acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Mechanical ventilation is required

Small tutorial groups

Clinical skills labs

Inquiry seminars

Self directed learning

Formative

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

Online tasks

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Feedback will be given regarding your critical appraisal skills on the discussion threads.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: Yes

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.