CQUniversity Unit Profile.

In-class test(s) consists of two (2) tests worth 35% of the overall unit grade.

In-class Test 1 (15%) constitutes 15% of the overall grade. It will occur in week 5 and assess content from Weeks 1-4
inclusive. In-class Test 1 will consist of 30 questions (worth 40 marks) and will have a time limit of 60 minutes.

Due: Week 5 Tuesday (11 Aug 2026) at 9:00 am.

In-class Test 2 (20%) constitutes 20% of the overall grade. It will occur in Week 11 and assess content from Weeks
5-10 inclusive. In-class Test 2 will consist of up to 45 questions (worth 60 marks) and will have a time limit of 90 minutes.

Due: Week 11 Tuesday (29 Sept 2026) at 9:00 am.

The in-class tests 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 any resources is prohibited (e.g., books, notes, electronic devices, or websites).

In-class tests 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

Refer to Moodle for further information and additional resources.

Level of GenAI use allowed:
Level 1: No AI
The assessment is completed entirely without Al assistance in a controlled environment, ensuring that students rely solely on their existing knowledge, understanding, and skills.
You must not use Al at any point during the assessment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.

72 hour automatic extension:
The 72 hour grace period does not apply to this assessment.

Grading of Assessment
All questions will be marked numerically and an overall percentage mark awarded.

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, hip, knee, ankle/foot)
• Balance retraining (sitting, standing)

Your group will 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. For all remaining tasks, your group will need to collaborate to equally distribute the workload in an agreed upon timeframe for completion.

Audiovisual: Any pictures or videos included in the exercise manual must be your original work (i.e., you must take your own videos and photos). Using photos from online sources or exercise prescription software is not permitted.

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
   • 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., F.I.T.T.)
   • One more advanced exercise
   • One less advanced exercise
   • 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
• Exercise prescription
• Progressions / regressions
• Two exercise variations 
6. Resources
• Any additional resources
• Reference list

An example layout / template is available on Moodle. 

Group and Topic Allocation

You will work in small groups of 3-4 students for this assignment. Each student is required to self-nominate themselves to one group topic via the group allocation function in Moodle by Week 1 Friday (17 July 2026) 4:00 pm. Students who have not allocated themselves to a group by 4 pm Friday Week 1, will be assigned to a group by the unit coordinator. Please refer to Moodle for the confirmed group sizes for each campus as this will be based on student enrolments.

Refer to Moodle for further information and additional resources.

Level of GenAI use allowed:

Level 3: AI COLLABORATION

Al may be used to help complete the task, including idea generation, drafting, feedback, and refinement. Students should critically evaluate and modify the Al suggested outputs, demonstrating their understanding.

You may use Al to assist with specific tasks such as drafting text, refining and evaluating your work. You must critically evaluate and modify any Al-generated content you use.

72hour automatic extension:

The 72-hour grace period does not apply to this 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 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 to PASS this unit, as recommended by the Australian Physiotherapy Council and integrated 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.

Important Notes

- Legitimate absences, such as medical, compassionate, or exceptional circumstances, will be considered in accordance with the Assessment Policy and Procedure (5.21 and 5.22)
- Inform your tutor and unit coordinator by email as soon as possible if you are absent
- Submit a medical certificate or supporting documentation via email within five days of the missed session
- You will be notified by email by the unit coordinator when you reach the 85% threshold
- If prolonged absences exceed three sessions, a meeting with the unit coordinator and head of course is required 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.

Level of GenAI use allowed:

Level 1: No AI

The assessment is completed entirely without Al assistance in a controlled environment, ensuring that students rely solely on their existing knowledge, understanding, and skills.

You must not use Al at any point during the assessment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.

72 hour automatic extension:

The 72 hour grace period does not apply to this assessment.

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 40% of the overall unit grade, with each station weighted equally. All content from PSIO11003 is examinable in this assessment task. The Practical Assessment will include four (4) practical skills stations that are weighted equally:

• Joint Range of Movement (ROM)
• Muscle Length (ML)
• Muscle Strength (MMT)
• Exercise Prescription and Instruction (ExRx)

At each practical skills station of assessment (ROM, ML, MMT & ExRx), you be examined on one lower limb assessment and one upper limb assessment. Students will apply exercise prescription to a basic movement problem, demonstrating appropriate parameter selection and clear instruction.
The practical assessment will have a total time limit of 30 minutes (7.5 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.

Level of GenAI use allowed:

Level 1: No AI
The assessment is completed entirely without Al assistance in a controlled environment, ensuring that students rely solely on their existing knowledge, understanding, and skills. You must not use Al at any point during the assessment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.

72 hour automatic extension:

The 72 hour grace period does not apply to this assessment.

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.