Course overview
In this course, students will extend their knowledge and skills relating to physiotherapy assessment and management in the practice areas of paediatrics, pelvic and women's health. The paediatric module will cover the theoretical background for assessing and managing children with posture and movement disorders, respiratory disorders and complexity in paediatrics, considering family centred practice and common paediatric settings. The pelvic and women's health module will introduce the aetiology, pathology, clinical features and complications of conditions that are amenable to physiotherapy care and their assessment and management within a new graduates scope of practice. These conditions include surgery, incontinence and pelvic floor muscle disorders, musculoskeletal conditions, childbirth and exercise prescription. This course is a blended course with online lectures and learning content and face-to-face workshops and practicals.
Course learning outcomes
- Critically review common and important clinical presentations seen by paediatric, pelvic and women's health physiotherapists.
- Analyse common assessment practices in paediatric physiotherapy.
- Conduct safe, case-specific assessments for pelvic and women's health physiotherapy.
- Perform case-specific analyses and interpretation of assessment findings relevant to paediatric, pelvic and women's health physiotherapy.
- Design appropriate client centred interprofessional and evidence-based management plans relevant to paediatric, pelvic and women's health physiotherapy.
- Safely and effectively perform a selection of physiotherapy interventions commonly used in paediatric, pelvic and women's health physiotherapy.