Teaching and learning methods
You will attend lectures and practical teaching sessions shared with the BSc students for the specific subject areas: neurological, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory and special client groups. This module will use a blended approach to learning including case based learning, key-note lectures, flipped classroom, taught and facilitated practical sessions, group work, video resources, patient demonstrations and simulated practice.
In addition, using the guided discovery learning approach, you will work independently in small groups on additional case studies of more complex patients that present with a combination of problems. These case studies will have separate masters level learning outcomes and will be used to facilitate student debate of the ‘best management’ approach for these patients and will support your ongoing development in critiquing the literature so that they can justify their treatment approach with the current evidence base. You will present your work to the rest of the group in plenary sessions and the materials produced by your cohort will become a shared resource for the group.
Examples of such cases used at this level to guide the learning might include:
- Janet Brown is a 45 year-old woman with recent whiplash associated disorder who is suing the other driver and has a history of litigious behaviour.
- John Hammond is a 12 year-old child athlete who has exercise induced asthma with a dominant parent.
- Michael Scott is a 60 year-old who is facing problems at work following his recent diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease
- Tessa Frampton has come for a total hip replacement because her head of femur became necrosed following her fall. She developed sciatica following her surgery.
- Dave Hart is now 59 years old. He is admitted with a myocardial infarct. He has to make many lifestyle changes to improve his health
Study time
Type |
Hours |
Seminar |
18 |
Practical |
100 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions |
100 |
Tutorial |
12 |
Revision |
55 |
Lecture |
50 |
Wider reading or practice |
40 |
Total study time |
375 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Sim J (1997). ‘Ethics and Moral decision making’ in French S ed (1997) Physiotherapy: a psychosocial approach. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann.
Hough, A (2014). Physiotherapy in Respiratory Care: An evidence based approach to respiratory and cardiac management. Nelson Thornes.
Higgs J., Jones M., Loftus S., and Christensen N. (2008). Clinical reasoning in the health professions. Oxford: Butterworth-Heineman.
Mary Anne Broad, Mathew Quint, Sandy Thomas, Paul Twose (2012). Cardiorespiratory Assessment of the Adult Patient, A clinicians guide. Churchill Livingstone.
(2002). Chest X rays Made Easy. Churchill Livingstone.
Aehlert , B. (2002). ECG’s made easy, pocket reference. Mosby.
Petty, N.J. and Moore, A.P. (2001). Neuromusculoskeletal Examination & Assessment. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Shumway-Cook A and Woollacott MH (2012). Motor control : translating research into clinical practice. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Sue Raine, Linzi Meadows, Mary Lynch-Ellerington (Editors) (2009). Bobath Concept: Theory and Clinical Practice in Neurological Rehabilitation. Wiley-Blackwell.
Lennon S & Stokes M (Eds.) (2008). Pocketbook of Neurological Physiotherapy. Churchill Livingstone.
Edwards S (Ed.) (2002). Neurological Physiotherapy: a problem solving approach. Churchill Livingstone.
Carr J & Shepherd R (2010). Neurological Rehabilitation: Optimizing motor performance. Churchill Livingstone.
Hengeveld, E and Banks, K. (2013). Maitlands Peripheral Manipulation. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Low J & Reed A (1999). Electrotherapy Explained. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann.
Harden, B. (Ed) (2004). Emergency Physiotherapy. An on-call survival guide. Churchill Livingstone.
Hengeveld, E and Banks, K. (2013). Maitlands Vertebral Manipulation. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Stokes M Stack E (Ed.) (2013). Physical Management for Neurological Conditions [Formerly Physical Management in Neurological Rehabilitation]. Elsevier.