module specification

This is the second zero-credit weighted practice education module in the Pre-reg MSc Physiotherapy course, and it is aimed at supporting students to complete mandatory practice education elements required to apply for professional membership with the CSP and graduate with eligibility to register as a Physiotherapist. This module gives students the opportunity to further consolidate their theoretical knowledge, understanding, practical and clinical skills to make the transition to an entry level Physiotherapist. In addition, it will enable them embed core professional practice requirements such as working within their expanding scope of practice, managing own workload, maintaining own health, multi-disciplinary working including with service users, clinical governance, information management etc and continuing professional development (CPD) under the guidance of clinical educators within a healthcare environment. As a zero-credit weighted module, it does not contribute to your MSc pre-reg award, but it must be passed to graduate as a Physiotherapist.

Practice Education 2 comprises three Level 6 practice placements, each of which will be 6 weeks long (37.5-hours/week) and occur in the autumn, winter, and summer months of the second year. The first two will be selected by the Physiotherapy practice education team and the third placement is an elective one, where students will have the opportunity to identify areas of practice they want to experience in practice. 

Whilst on placement, students will also be expected to undertake identified reading and private study to support their continuous learning.

There will be taught content prior to students going on placement to set expectations, and ensure that students are safe, and are aware of how to appropriately report any issues while on placement.   Reflective practice will play a key role in the learning process to develop and enhance clinical reasoning and practical skills.

PT5W50.
Available for Study Abroad? NO

Knowledge:

• Mandatory training: Adults, Safeguarding Children, Infection Control and Risk Assessment training, information governance, digital professionalism
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Manual Handling (MH), Data safety Awareness,
• Fitness to Practice, advancing scope of practice, relevant and appropriate sources of support, advice, and guidance and how to access them whilst on placement
• Requirements for multi-professional practice in different clinical settings,
• Relevant and appropriate sources of support, advice, and guidance and how to access them
• Scope of practice
• Multi-professional practice: decision making, case review, communication mechanisms etc

Skills

• Team’s approach to health care provision across various health and social settings (e.g., handovers, MDT meetings, discharge planning, referral to health services etc)
• Extracting data from multiples sources including medical notes, clinical assessments, family, and carers, to understand patient problems and plan appropriate management.
• Assessments, problem identification, planning and implementing appropriate treatment in a total care package, progression of treatments and outcome measurements.
• Quality assurance process, service improvement projects, clinical auditing
• Advanced communication skills such as coaching, motivational interviewing, behaviour change techniques etc

Attitudes

• Behave ethically and with integrity
• Respecting and promoting diversity
• Appreciation and enthusiasm for life-long learning
• Independent and critical approach to learning

Students will learn under supervision of practice educators through clinical observation, clinical practice, reflective practice and clinical de-briefs.

At the end of the module, students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate ability to consistently gather and interpret relevant information from clinical assessments and other sources to understand commonly encountered clinical problems in different settings.
2. Demonstrate safe and effective professional practice within own scope of practice during placements including maintenance of own fitness to practice, professionalism, interpersonal skills, clinical reasoning, assessment, treatment/management, monitoring, evaluation with appropriate outcome measures, record keeping and quality assurance.
3. Communicate effectively and confidently, including use of advanced communication skills, with service users, carers, clinical educators, and appropriate members of the interdisciplinary team to achieve beneficial outcomes, including for family support and other caregivers' needs.
4. Critically evaluate and apply key theoretical perspectives under-pinning effective physiotherapy assessment, management, and advanced clinical reasoning.
5. Demonstrate increasing confidence to effectively organise, prioritise and manage own workload and resources.
6. Consistently reflect on own practice and respond appropriately to feedback during practice placements and take responsibility for own learning needs and identify areas for future development.

The module is zero credit weighted but it is a mandatory professional practice element to pass.

Assessments will include the following:

1. Students will be expected to attend all mandatory elements and submit the evidence in their CPD portfolio.
2. Three clinical placements completed in practice by clinical educators using Level 6 Common Placement Assessment Forms (CPAF Level 6). Students must attend all planned weeks for each practice placements but in the event of a mitigating circumstance such as illness, students may be permitted to attend at least 4 weeks to be eligible for assessment against placement learning outcomes. If learning outcomes are not achieved by then, students will be offered a retake placement at the next available opportunity as a first attempt.
3. Students will also complete a 500-word reflective CPD portfolio on their placement experiences including a personal development plan by the end of the second Level 6 placement.
4. Students must achieve a total of at least 1000 clinical hours by the end of placement 5.

Electronic Reading List
https://rl.talis.com/3/londonmet/lists/710B873C-AAEF-1853-5E17-77AE4F7EDEC0.html

1. Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions E-Book, edited by Joy Higgs, et al., Elsevier Health Sciences, 2008.
2. Bassot, Barbara. The Reflective Practice Guide: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Critical Reflection, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.
3. Herbert, Robert, et al. Practical Evidence-Based Physiotherapy - E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, 2011
4. White, Sue, et al. Critical Reflection in Health and Social Care, McGraw-Hill Education, 2006.