Program Overview

Unit of Study PHTY3007 Physiotherapy Professional Practice Placement 2

Overview

This unit is one of four professional practice placement units designed to enable students to develop, consolidate, and apply knowledge, skills, and attributes in all aspects of physiotherapy practice and within the healthcare system.

Unit Details

• Unit type: UG Coursework Unit
• Credit points: 24
• Faculty & College: Faculty of Health
• Placement: Yes
• Pre-requisites: 288 credit points in the Bachelor of Physiotherapy and completion of or current enrollment in PHTY3006 - Physiotherapy Professional Practice Placement 1

Enrolment Information

This unit contains Work Integrated Learning (WIL) that requires students to meet mandatory fit-to-practice obligations prior to attending. Failure to comply by the fit-to-practice deadline will result in the cancellation of the WIL, and the student will not be permitted to continue in this unit.

Unit Description

The unit enables students to develop an integrated problem-solving approach to understanding individual client problems, effectively selecting, planning, performing, and recording evidence-informed management in diverse clinical settings. This includes assessment, diagnosis, intervention, evaluation, progression, prevention, and promotion of health and well-being. Students work as interprofessional practitioners, demonstrating cultural capability, and perform as ethical and competent physiotherapy practitioners at a new graduate level according to the Physiotherapy Practice Thresholds in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Unit Content

The unit does not follow the standard six-module format. It comprises 5 weeks of professional practice placement plus a one-week content delivery post-placement completion. Due to the coordinated block placement allocation system, students may be completing a different area of physiotherapy practice within this unit. The one-week content aims to assist students in undertaking evaluative judgment and reflecting on their experiences during their professional practice placements, covering:

• The role of evaluative judgment (self and peer assessment) as a reflective physiotherapy practitioner
• Discussions and reflections on the management of specific cases during their previous two professional practice placements

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2026

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate ethical and professional decision-making and behavior appropriate to physiotherapy
• Effectively communicate with clinical educators, patients/clients, their families, carers, and communities
• Apply evidence-based clinical reasoning in the management of client presentations across clinical settings
• Integrate reflective practice and contemporary knowledge and behaviors to meet the professional threshold standards for autonomous and collaborative inter-professional entry-level physiotherapy practice
• Apply evaluative judgment and reflective practice skills within their role in the continual growth as a competent physiotherapist

Fee Information

Domestic

• Commonwealth Supported courses: For information regarding Student Contribution Amounts, please refer to the relevant guidelines.
• Fee-paying courses: For postgraduate or undergraduate full-fee paying courses, please check the domestic postgraduate fees or domestic undergraduate fees.

International

Please check the international course and fee list to determine the relevant fees.

Courses that Offer This Unit

• Bachelor of Physiotherapy (2025): Coffs Harbour
• Bachelor of Physiotherapy (2026): Coffs Harbour, Gold Coast