module specification

This module enables students to develop a thorough understanding of practice settings and the professional expectations placed upon them within these environments. Students complete mandatory training and develop essential clinical and professional skills required for safe and effective practice-based learning, including professionalism, assessment, clinical reasoning, treatment planning, and accurate documentation. The module supports students in building confidence in applying theoretical knowledge to patient care and in developing reflective and self-directed learning skills. Through participation in a longitudinal placement, students are provided with structured opportunities to integrate academic learning with practice, strengthen professionalism, enhance communication and inter-professional working, and gain insight into the roles and responsibilities of physiotherapists within multidisciplinary teams.

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Available for Study Abroad? NO 
 

Knowledge
• Practice education settings (LO1, LO5)
• Physiotherapy Skills Framework (LO1, LO5)
• Clinical Placement Assessment Form (CPAF) (LO1, LO6)
• SWOC analysis and Personal Development Planning (LO6)
• Professional practice standards, policies, and procedures (LO1, LO5)
• Models of clinical reasoning (LO2, LO3)
• Reasonable adjustments and confidentiality (LO1, LO4, LO5)
• Factors influencing disclosure and information governance (LO1, LO4)
• Maintaining health and wellbeing, including the role of occupational health (LO1, LO6)

Skills
• Professionalism, including safe practice, mandatory training, and adherence to protocols (LO1, LO5)
• Demonstrating care, compassion, respect, and empathy (LO1, LO4)
• Teamworking, time management, organisation, and administrative responsibilities (LO1, LO5)
• Clinical assessment, treatment, and management of service users (LO2, LO3)
• Clinical reasoning, problem-solving, enablement, and goal setting (LO2, LO3)
• Use of appropriate professional documentation (LO2, LO4, LO5)
• Shared decision-making and informed consent (LO2, LO4, LO5)
• Application of academic knowledge and evidence-based practice in clinical settings (LO2, LO3)
• Promoting sustainability and inclusivity in practice (LO1, LO4, LO5)
• Effective communication with service users, practice educators, tutors, interdisciplinary team members, and support staff (LO4, LO5)
• Reflective practice and engagement in personal and professional development (LO6)
• Completion of mandatory training and immunisation requirements (LO1, LO5)

Attitudes
• Ethical practice and professional integrity (LO1, LO5)
• Respect for all service users, including promotion of diversity and recognition of patients’ rights, including the right to refuse treatment (LO1, LO4, LO5)
• Commitment to lifelong learning (LO1, LO6)
• Independent and critical approach to learning (LO3, LO6)
• Awareness of personal limitations and scope of practice (LO1, LO5)
• Proactive engagement with learning opportunities to maximise professional development (LO6)

The module is designed to prepare students for practice through the development of professionalism, clinical reasoning, assessment and management skills, effective communication, and reflective practice, underpinned by relevant professional standards and policies.

The module utilises experiential learning approaches, including clinical simulation, self-directed study, and one-day-per-week placement in a variety of settings. Teaching is delivered through a combination of lectures, workshops, skills-based practical sessions, and simulation activities. Clinical simulation sessions are used to develop professional behaviour, patient assessment and management skills within the skills laboratory, while students also complete self-directed mandatory training to support safe clinical practice.

During placements, students learn through observation, supervised practice, and structured reflection under the guidance of practice educators, supported by clinical debriefs with academic tutors.

The University’s virtual learning platform is used extensively to provide access to learning materials, recorded resources, and placement-related information. Online learning checks and reflective activities linked to simulation and practice placements are used to guide independent study and support engagement through Weblearn.

Students are encouraged to reflect on their learning throughout the module, using independent study time to consolidate learning and prepare for assessment and clinical practice.

By the end of this module, students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate professional values and attitudes appropriate to physiotherapy practice, including confidentiality, information governance, self-care, and engagement in continuing professional development.
2. Assess service users’ needs, plan and apply appropriate treatment within their scope of practice, record assessments and outcomes accurately, and modify interventions in response to clinical findings.
3. Analyse and justify clinical reasoning based on assessment findings and expected responses to treatment.
4. Communicate effectively and respectfully with service users, carers, practice educators, and interdisciplinary team members using appropriate verbal, non-verbal, written, and listening skills, while maintaining confidentiality.
5. Demonstrate safe and ethical practice within professional boundaries and identify when to seek advice or make appropriate referrals.
6. Evaluate and reflect on their own practice, seek and use feedback constructively, and apply reflective practice to support continuing professional development.

Link to reading list:
https://rl.talis.com/3/londonmet/lists/1E21E455-FB24-DE29-1355-C38F5A489CE1.html?lti1p3LaunchId=lti1p3_launch_698b63350e57f9.96400090&existingResourceLinkId=a3a5a072-bf5b-430e-9640-66173facb709&lti1p3LinkType=resource_link&lti_auth_nonce=6c1b842c-24a3-43b0-b201-e364912b720a

Link to online resource: CSP Placement Survival Kit: