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PHTY2060: Preventative Health Care
2025 unit information
This unit of study provides a framework for exploring the role of physiotherapy in the prevention of chronic disease and injury. This includes the importance of physical activity to prevent obesity and chronic disease, physical activity and exercise in the context of healthy ageing, falls prevention and preventing/managing incontinence. Instruction on the use of walking aids and manual handling techniques to prevent injury is also included. Students will examine the social determinants of heath and disease and will apply health promotion models and develop communication skills including health coaching and motivational interviewing to facilitate health-enhancing behaviour change in a range of populations and settings.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Movement Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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PHTY1024 and HSBH1003 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Describe and appraise the role of prevention in the Australian healthcare system
- LO2. Describe, apply and evaluate the principles of health promotion
- LO3. Demonstrate the use of digital health in preventative health
- LO4. Demonstrate skills in motivational interviewing and health coaching using peer-patient role play for a variety of health issues (including creation of a simulated physiotherapist-patient consultation video assignment)
- LO5. Demonstrate role playing skills as a physiotherapist in promoting physical activity and reducing sedentary behaviour with a peer-patient
- LO6. Demonstrate skills in the measurement of physical activity (including critical appraisal of tools to measure physical activity)
- LO7. Describe, apply and evaluate the principles of physical activity for adults and older adults
- LO8. Demonstrate skills in the assessment, evaluation and management of falls risk
- LO9. Demonstrate skills in the critically appraisal of qualitative research
- LO10. Demonstrate and assess competency in safe manual handling using peer-patient role play
- LO11. Demonstrate and assess competency in the safe, efficient prescription and use of walking aids using peer patient role play
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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