Professional Certificate in Primary Healthcare in Community Care Context for Physiotherapy

Background

In the 2018 Policy Address, the Government announced the setting up of District Health Centres in all 18 districts for enhancing disease prevention and self-health management and offering greater support for patients with chronic conditions.

Aims 

This particular course aims at providing specialised knowledge and skills to registered physiotherapists in Hong Kong on practices of physiotherapy from the perspective of primary healthcare in a community healthcare setting.

a) To acquaint students with the infrastructure of the local healthcare system and the care and support services in the community and the accessibility to such services.

b) To integrate the knowledge of bio-psycho-social and environmental factors associated with health as well as the concept of self-management into the management of non-communicable conditions and health risk factors for healthy and special populations.

c) To acquire knowledge of evidence-based screening, assessments and interventions for people with age-related health/biological decline and specific chronic conditions in community and home settings.

Target Students

Hong Kong registered physiotherapists or holders of quotable qualifications approved by the Physiotherapists Board.

Intended Learning Outcomes

a) Apply the knowledge of age-related health issues and non-communicable conditions in primary healthcare physiotherapy practice in community and home settings;  

b) Appraise the needs and resources of individuals across life span based on the bio-psycho-social perspective, person-centred care and collaborative team approach;

c) Apply evidence-based intervention and outcome evaluation for primary prevention and management of age-related health issues and for tertiary prevention and management of specific chronic conditions;

d) Specify the role and activities of physiotherapists in frailty prevention through screening, assessments and early intervention plans;

e) Apply self-management concept in primary healthcare physiotherapy with focus on exercise adherence and chronic care in both healthy and special populations;

f) Adopt rehabilitation technologies applicable to primary healthcare physiotherapy in community and home settings.

Course Content

Teaching and Learning Methods

• Classroom lectures

• Practicum

Online Information Session (First cohort in 2021)

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PolyU SPEED reserves the right to cancel any courses and to make any variations to the schedules, venues, contents, arrangements of lecturers/speakers and mode of delivery of the courses offered.

   This course is recognised under the Hong Kong Qualifications Framework (HKQF) at Level 6 and is now available on Qualification Register (QR) (QR Registration No.: 20/000608/L6; Validity period from 27 August 2020 to on-going).  For details of the HKQF, please visit the QR website: https://www.hkqr.gov.hk.

  This course has been included in the list of reimbursable course under the Continuing Education Fund (CEF) (CEF Course Code: 41K153837). This course is recognized under the Qualification Framework (QF Level 6).  For details of the CEF, please visit the CEF website: https://www.wfsfaa.gov.hk/cef.

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GA2N Class timetable

Professional Recognition: Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points recognized by the Physiotherapists Board will be provided by PolyU.

Students who have passed and completed a group assignment, two quizzes, participation requirements, and attended at least 70% of the course will be presented with a Certificate awarded by PolyU SPEED.

Submission of Application

1.  Application form can be downloaded from this website.  Before completing the application form, please read carefully the "Guide for Applicants" on the form.

2.  Please submit one application form and settle the course fee by bank draft/ crossed cheque/ On-line Card Payment System for each course applied. For details of payment methods, please refer to Section 4 of the application form or this web page.

3.  Non-permanent residents of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) holding

(i) work visa/ entry permit; OR

(ii) visa/ entry permit under the Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates (IANG) (except those from Mainland, Macao and Taiwan); OR

(iii) dependent visa/ entry permit (except those from Mainland, Macao and Taiwan), issued by the Director of Immigration of HKSAR Government may enroll in short-term courses in SPEED without seeking prior approval from the Director of Immigration.

These applicants are required to attach a copy of their identity document(s) and the valid visa/ entry permit to their application.  On admission, they will be required to provide the original identity document(s) and visa/ entry permit for verification. Throughout the course of study, it is the responsibility of individual students to ensure that their identity documents and visas/ entry permits are valid. Other non-local applicants can neither be registered as students nor commence their studies on the short-term courses in SPEED.

4.  Applications should be submitted on or before the deadline for application via one of the following means -

(a) By post or by hand:
Submit the completed application form, supporting document (copy of your certificate of registration/ annual practising certificate issued by Physiotherapists Board), a recent passport-size color photo and a copy of your HKID card/ valid visa/ entry permit (if applicable) together with the bank draft/ crossed cheque/ payment confirmation page (for online payment) to School of Professional Education and Executive Development, HHB-1201, 12/F, PolyU Hung Hom Bay Campus, 8 Hung Lok Road, Hung Hom,Kowloon.

(b) By e-mail (for application with payment settled via online system only):
Submit the completed application form, supporting document (copy of your certificate of registration/ annual practising certificate issued by Physiotherapists Board),a recent passport-size color photo and a copy of your HKID card/ valid visa/ entry permit (if applicable) together with the payment confirmation page by e-mail to ceo@speed-polyu.edu.hk.

5.  Applicants will be notified of their application results via email by the School after the application is closed.  Please contact the School if you do not receive any notification 1 week before course commencement.  For unsuccessful applications, course fees paid will be refunded to the applicants.

Payment Methods for Course Fee

Please choose either one of the following payment methods for course fee: 

(1)  Bank Draft/ Crossed Cheque

You could submit a bank draft/ crossed cheque (made payable to "The Hong Kong Polytechnic University") by post or by hand.  Please write your name, the course code and class code at the back of the bank draft/ crossed cheque.  Post-dated cheque will not be accepted.

(2)  On-line Card Payment System (by FPS/ Visa/ Master/ China UnionPay card)
You could settle the course fee via On-line Card Payment System by FPS/ Visa/ Master/ China UnionPay card.  For successful payment, please print the payment confirmation page for record and quote the invoice number (as shown on the payment confirmation page) on Section 4 of the application form. No separate hardcopy of the payment receipt will be issued for you.

According to the School's Refund Policy, course fees paid are normally not refundable, except cases of unsuccessful applications/ course cancellation.  Fees paid and places allocated are not transferrable.