Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	LC Becoming a physiotherapist
School	Sport, Ex and Rehab Sciences
Department	Physiotherapy
Module Code	02 38034
Module Lead	Dr Shin Yi Chloe Chiou
Level	Certificate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-22 hours Seminar-6 hours Tutorial-5 hours Practical Classes and workshops-12 hours Guided independent study-155 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	This module focuses on developing the basic skills needed to be an effective clinical researcher. This will include introductions to the philosophy of science and the research process, literature searching, reading research articles, and data collection, manipulation, analysis, and preparation. This will take a research-led teaching approach, introducing students to research in the school in the broad area of sport, exercise, physical activity, health and disease. The module will have personal tutorials embedded into the project work. In practical sessions, the students will collect anthropometric, physiological, and psychological data into a large data set which will then be used in the data science sessions.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Demonstrate understanding of the role of physiotherapy in contemporary society and the skills, knowledge and character to practise safely and effectively as a physiotherapist committed to equality, diversity and inclusion Demonstrate understanding of the current literature on how research can inform physiotherapy practice in the context of physical activity and health Manipulate data, and choose, perform, and interpret data analysis tests on data collected in practical classes Demonstrate understanding of the research process and the research context of the School Perform effective literature searches and critical reading to inform a mini project
Assessment	38034-01 : Group Poster Project : Group Assessment - Coursework (40%) 38034-02 : Class Test : Class Test (50%) 38034-03 : Research Hours : Coursework (10%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: Coursework; (i) Research hours participation (10%), end-of-term class test, one hour unseen (50%) Group mini project (40%) . Reassessment: Examination (100%)
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