In-class Quizzes consists of two (2) quizzes worth 25% of the overall unit grade.

In-class Quiz 1 (10%) constitutes 10% of the overall grade. It will occur in week 5 and assess content from weeks 1-4 inclusive. In-class Quiz 1 will consist of 30 questions (worth 40 marks) and will have a time limit of 60 minutes. Due: Week 5 Tuesday (6th August) at 9am.

In-class Quiz 2 (15%) constitutes 15% of the overall grade. It will occur in week 11 and assess content from weeks 5-10 inclusive. In-class Quiz 2 will consist of 45 questions (worth 60 marks) and will have a time limit of 90 minutes. Due: Week 11 Tuesday (24th September) at 9am.

The questions will be identical for all students, however they will be randomly generated from a question bank so that each quiz may appear differently for each student. The In-class Quizzes are closed book assessments which will be supervised by a CQUniversity staff member and must be completed at the scheduled time on either the Bundaberg, Rockhampton, or Cairns campus. Access to all resources other than the quiz itself is prohibited (e.g., books, notes, electronic devices or websites other than the quiz itself). It is recommended that a laptop be used for this assessment, however a tablet is permitted. The use of a mobile phone is not permitted for this assessment item.

In-class Quiz 1 and 2 will consist of multiple question categories, including:

• Multiple choice questions
• True/ false questions
• Calculations
• Short answer questions
• Fill in the missing word(s) questions
• Questions relating to multimedia material (e.g. images, videos)

Refer to Moodle for further information and additional resources.

All questions will be marked numerically and an overall percentage mark awarded. For multiple choice questions where multiple answers can be selected, incorrect answers are weighted as the negative value of a correct response (the minimum value for a question overall is zero - you cannot receive a negative mark).

Late Arrival to Assessment

You should aim to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the official assessment commencement time. In the extraordinary circumstance that you are late, you will be permitted late entry to your assessment of up to 10 minutes after the official commencement time. The period of lateness will be deducted from your overall assessment time. If you are denied access to the assessment due to lateness (i.e. arriving beyond the permitted late entry period), you should make an application for deferred assessment, which may or may not be approved in line with CQU policy. If the application for deferred assessment is denied, you will receive a grade of zero percent (0%) for the assessment item.

The Group Work Assessment Task involves the creation of a google site that will function as a digital therapeutic exercise manual. This assessment task is designed to develop your understanding of physical function, extend your skills in patient-centred care, and advance your skills in physiotherapy exercise prescription and documentation. This task will also develop introductory level skills in communication, problem solving, critical thinking, information literacy, teamwork, and information technology competence.

Task Overview

As a group, you are required to design an online exercise manual (presented as a google site) for one of the following parameters of physical capacity:

• Aerobic fitness (indoor, outdoor)
• Muscle strength (shoulder, elbow/wrist/hand, hip/knee, ankle/foot)
• Muscle power (upper limb, lower limb)
• Muscle flexibility (upper limb, lower limb)
• Joint range of movement (shoulder, elbow/wrist/hand, lower limb (hip, knee, ankle/foot))
• Balance retraining (sitting, standing)
• Aquatic physiotherapy (fitness, strength, flexibility)

Your group will cooperate and collaborate to design the google site, research your parameter, and present evidence-based information relating to your parameter background, training principles, safety considerations, exercise intervention, and resources. For the exercise intervention component, each group member will be individually responsible for selecting, prescribing, and documenting three unique exercises for your parameter. This component will be marked individually (weighting: 15% - i.e., 5% per exercise). For all remaining tasks, your group will need to collaborate to equally distribute the workload in an agreed upon timeframe for completion. These tasks will be marked as a group (weighting: 10%).

Any group member who does not contribute equally in the agreed upon timeframe will be in breach of ethical academic practice. If this occurs, the group member will be required to have a conduct meeting with the unit coordinator with a first and final warning issued. If the conduct continues, the unit coordinator will either award the group member a grade of zero for the group work component or request the full assignment to be completed individually.

Exercise Manual Layout

Your exercise manual (google site) will be designed as an educational resource for other student physiotherapists, and must include the following:

1. Title page
• Construct
• Authors
2. Background
• Definitions
• Effects of training
• Populations that benefit from this type of training
3. Principles
• Indications for training
• Principles of training
• Program design
4. Safety
• Precautions and contraindications
• Considerations to training
• Equipment requirements
5. Intervention
• Exercise prescription
• Therapist aim/s (professional language using anatomical terms)
• Patient aim/s (simple language with no jargon)
• Therapist instructions (clinic environment)
• Patient instructions (home environment)
• Exercise parameters (e.g., FITT)
• Progressions / regressions
• One more advanced exercise
• One less advanced exercise
• Two exercise variations including any of the below:
• Open vs closed chain
• Alternative patient positioning
• Alternative equipment (e.g., body weight vs external resistance)
• Targeted muscle contraction vs functional activity and/or integration into ADLs.
6. Resources
• Any additional resources
• Reference list

An example layout / template is available on Moodle. This assessment is due in Week 7 on Friday 30th August 2024 at 4pm AEST. You are not required to submit anything for this assessment, however all group members access to the google site will be removed at 4pm.

Group and Topic Allocation

You will work in small groups of 3-4 students for this assignment and are required to self-nominate your groups no later than 4pm on Friday of Week 1 via email to the Unit Coordinator (or within class time to your campus tutor). When nominating your group via email, please ensure you include your campus and full name of each group member. Students who have not allocated themselves to a group by 4pm Friday Week 1, will be assigned to a group by the unit coordinator. Group topics will be randomly allocated and emailed to each group by the unit coordinator no later than Week 2 Friday at 4pm. Please refer to Moodle for the confirmed group sizes for each campus as this will be based on student enrollments.

Refer to Moodle for further information and additional resources.

The assessment rubric for this task is based on the Physiotherapy Practice Thresholds in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. This quality framework is mapped against the CQUniversity Graduate Attributes and is intended to give a holistic understanding of standards expected for the assessment task. The rubric for this assessment will be based on the following categories and weightings:

Assessment Rubric

Group work component

• Visual - 10%
• Knowledge of exercise parameter and program considerations - 30%

Individual component

• Exercise Prescription - 60%

Refer to Moodle for the assessment rubric

There will be two (2) Hurdle Assessments.

Hurdle 1: Clinical Observational Placement Attendance

This unit includes up to four (4) hours of observational learning, offering you the first workplace learning experience of the physiotherapy course. This clinical observational placement is designed to give you the opportunity to observe practicing physiotherapists interacting with patients with a range of conditions. This observational placement will be scheduled outside of regular timetabled sessions (which may include the university break week) and held in any clinical facility across the spectrum of healthcare. All pre-clinical requirements must be completed prior to attending the observational clinical placement and attendance at the placement is mandatory. Placements are organised by our clinical education coordinator, and details will be provided to you once confirmed by the facility. Refer to Moodle for further information and additional resources.

You are not required to submit anything for this assessment task.

A satisfactory grade for the observational placement is required in order to be eligible to PASS this unit.

Results will be available once all clinical observational placements are completed and attendance is confirmed by the clinical educator coordinator.

Hurdle 2: Attendance

A minimum attendance rate of 85% for practical and tutorial sessions is required in order to be eligible to PASS this unit. This minimum attendance requirement is recommended by the Australian Physiotherapy Council and thus has been integrated as a requirement into the CB85 Physiotherapy course. If there is a genuine reason for being absent, you must inform the unit coordinator as soon as possible and submit a medical certificate or other supporting documentation via email within five days of missing the session.

The monitoring of attendance will take into consideration legitimate requests for absence such as those outlined in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (5.21 and 5.22) (e.g. medical or allied health, compassionate, misadventure and exceptional circumstances). You will be notified by the unit coordinator when you reach the 85% threshold. If you require a prolonged absence (>3 sessions) for a health-related condition, you will be required to have a face-to-face discussion with the unit coordinator and head of course to discuss your progression in the unit.

Attendance rates for this hurdle will be calculated in week 12.

Refer to Moodle for further information and additional resources.

Hurdle 1

To PASS this hurdle you must attend your placement and exhibit professional behaviour through punctual arrival and departure, being attired in your full clinical uniform, adhering to infection control and confidentiality protocols, and demonstrating willingness to interact and learn with your clinical educator. You must PASS this hurdle in order to be eligible to PASS the unit. 

Hurdle 2

An attendance rate of 85% at practical and tutorial sessions is required to PASS this hurdle. You must PASS this hurdle in order to be eligible to PASS the unit.

The Practical Assessment is intended to assess your theoretical knowledge and practical application of assessment techniques and will be scheduled for either week 1 or week 2 of the university's term 2 examination period. The weighting of the Practical Assessment is 50% of the overall unit grade, with each station weighted equally. All content from PSIO11003 and pre-requisite/ co-requisite units is examinable in this assessment task. The Practical Assessment will include three (3) practical skills stations that are weighted equally:

• Joint Range of Movement (ROM)
• Muscle Length
• Muscle Strength

At each practical skills station, you be examined on one lower limb assessment and one upper limb assessment.

The practical assessment will have a total time limit of 30 minutes (10 minutes per station). For each station, you are required to demonstrate applied knowledge and understanding of the assessment and perform the practical techniques as instructed. You are expected to demonstrate:

• Safe, effective, and efficient application of the techniques
• Good communication and professional and ethical behaviour
• Accurate physiotherapy documentation 

You must come appropriately attired for the Practical Assessment (full clinical uniform). When acting as patient, please change into appropriate casual clothes.

A timetable for the Practical Assessment will be published on Moodle by the end of Week 11.

Refer to Moodle for further information and additional resources.

Grading of Assessment 

The assessment rubric for this task is based on the Physiotherapy Practice Thresholds in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. This quality framework is mapped against the CQUniversity Graduate Attributes and is intended to give a holistic understanding of standards expected for the assessment task. The rubrics for this assessment will be based on the following categories and weightings:

• Safety, Risk Management, and Professional Behaviour (P/F)
• Communication (15% - 5% per station)
• Practical Application of Techniques (85% - 28.33% per station)

Refer to Moodle for the assessment rubric.

Late Arrival to Assessment

You should aim to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the official assessment commencement time. In the extraordinary circumstance that you are late, you will be permitted late entry to your assessment of up to 10 minutes after the official commencement time. The period of lateness will be deducted from your overall assessment time. If you are denied access to the assessment due to lateness (i.e. arriving beyond the permitted late entry period), you should make an application for deferred assessment, which may or may not be approved in line with CQU policy. If the application for deferred assessment is denied, you will receive a grade of zero percent (0%) for the assessment item.