On completion of the module, students should be able to:

1. Comprehensively relate pathologies of the cardiorespiratory system and principles of cardiorespiratory physiotherapy to the clinical presentations of cardiorespiratory conditions in paediatric and adult populations where relevant.
2. Perform a competent and safe assessment of the critical care patient including the interpretation of ventilatory modes and basic medical investigations that relate to the critical care setting.
3. Evaluate assessment findings to plan safe and effective treatments including goal setting, appropriate outcome measure selection, appropriate referral to members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and employing advanced clinical reasoning skills using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework.
4. Administer cardiorespiratory techniques effectively to ensure safe and competent practice including manual hyperinflation, nasopharyngeal suction, oropharyngeal suction and tracheostomy management.
5. Understand the role of exercise in the management and prevention of chronic cardiorespiratory disease, demonstrating competence and safety in exercise testing and prescription for individuals with cardiorespiratory disease, including cardiac rehabilitation, amputee rehabilitation, end stage renal disease, cancer and diabetes.
6. Appraise best available evidence for the management of cardiorespiratory disease and apply key findings to enable safe and effective cardiorespiratory physiotherapy practice across a variety of clinical environments.

Not applicable to this module.

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities

- Case- studies/ Formative quizzes & Self-assessment activities throughout module - Feedback individually to students, post-assessment