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5

Division

Tropical Health and Medicine

Minimum English Language Proficiency Requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 3a – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy.

Post admission
requirements

Telephone and computer access

Additional course rules

Nil

Course learning outcomes

The Masters of Rehabilitation (Physiotherapy) is a coursework program which qualifies students to

apply an advanced body of knowledge in rehabilitation treatment settings.

On successful completion of the Masters of Rehabilitation (Physiotherapy) coursework degree

graduates will be able to:

• Apply and adapt an advanced and integrated understanding of a complex body of theoretical knowledge, skills and technical competencies across diverse contexts as a physiotherapist

• Design assessment, management and evaluation plans across the lifespan, for culturally and demographically diverse peoples, especially in tropical, rural, remote and Indigenous communities

• Retrieve, critically evaluate and apply established and evolving evidence and concepts to physiotherapy practice to develop solutions for complex problems

• Communicate theoretical propositions, methodologies, therapy concepts, treatment options and professional decisions to specialist and non‐specialist audiences using advanced oral and written English language and, where appropriate, numeracy skills

• Demonstrate high-level responsibility and accountability for future professional development requirements based on reflection on current skills, knowledge and attitudes

• Apply knowledge of research principles and methods to design, analyse and ethically implement research and critically reflect on implications of findings for physiotherapy practice.

Townsville

Maximum time to complete

6 years

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

No

Accreditation requirements

Not applicable

Supplementary exam for final subject

A candidate who has failed the final subject towards the award and who gained 40% or more of the marks for that subject may be granted a supplementary examination in that subject. However if that subject is required for accreditation, then the criteria specified by that accreditation will apply.

Maximum allowed

12 credit points

Expiry

Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 11 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the candidate has not completed the course of study prescribed for this course.

Approved abbreviation

MRehab(Physio)

Exit with lesser award

Candidates who exit the course prior to completion, and have completed 12 credit points of appropriate subjects, may be eligible for the award of Graduate Certificate of Rehabilitation.

Candidates who exit the course prior to completion, and have completed 24 credit points of appropriate subjects, may be eligible for the award of Graduate Diploma of Rehabilitation.