LEARNING OUTCOMES
Year 1: Placement 1
SECTION 1
 Health, Safety and Security (Core 3)
Demonstrate safe practice by
- complying with all relevant Trust policies e.g. manual handling, infection
control, confidentiality, data protection
- practicing within the legal and ethical boundaries of the Physiotherapy
profession.
SECTION 2
 Equality and Diversity (Core 6)
To support equality, value diversity and demonstrate professional behaviour in line with the HCPC
Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics (2008) and the HCPC Standards of Proficiency (2007) e.g.
appearance, attitude, punctuality, appropriate language.

Communication (Core 1)
Demonstrate clear and appropriate verbal and non-verbal skills with relevant staff and a limited range of
service users without communication challenges. Meet the legal standards for written documentation.
SECTION 3
 Assessment and Treatment Planning (HWB6)
Demonstrate basic and effective skills in assessment. To show evidence of
relevant and basic theoretical knowledge and the ability to clinically
reason within a limited context. To formulate treatment plans and goals with
guidance.

Interventions and Treatments & Promotion of Health and Wellbeing (HWB 7 & HWB1)
Deliver effective treatments within predictable, defined contexts using a limited range of
standard techniques.
Select and apply a relevant exercise and demonstrate an understanding of the rationale
behind it including benefits and contraindications.
SECTION 4
 Personal and People Development (Core 2)
Through the use of a portfolio demonstrate effective learning behaviour by being able to:
- identify relevant personal goals with some guidance
- identify some strengths and areas for development for the future
- show evidence of appropriate change in performance in response to feedback.
 Quality (Core 5)
Be responsible for the quality of own work by
- working within the limits of own competence
- working as an effective team member.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Year 2: Placement 2
SECTION 1
 Health, Safety and Security (Core 3)
To demonstrate safe practice by
- complying with all relevant Trust policies e.g. manual handling, infection
control, confidentiality, data protection
- practicing within the legal and ethical boundaries of the Physiotherapy
profession.
SECTION 2
 Equality and Diversity (Core 6)
To support equality, value diversity and demonstrate professional behaviour in line with the HCPC
Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics (2008) and the HCPC Standards of Proficiency (2007) e.g.
appearance, attitude, punctuality, appropriate language.

Communication (Core 1)
To demonstrate clear and appropriate verbal and non-verbal skills including active listening with relevant
staff and a range of service users without communication challenges. Written documentation should meet
legal standards, be concise, logical and timely.
SECTION 3
 Assessment and Treatment Planning (HWB6)
To demonstrate effective skills in assessment. To show evidence of relevant theoretical knowledge and
the ability to clinically reason within a range of contexts.
To formulate treatment plans and goals with some guidance.

Interventions and Treatments & Promotion of Health and Wellbeing (HWB 7 & HWB1)
To demonstrate effective treatment skills within a range of contexts using a variety of techniques.
To formulate an appropriate exercise programme/plan for a service user showing an understanding of the
rationale behind it including benefits, contraindications and adherence considerations.
SECTION 4
 Personal and People Development (Core 2)
Through the use of a portfolio demonstrate effective learning behaviour by being able to:
- write SMART personal goals with guidance
- identify appropriate areas for development through self-reflection
- respond to feedback proactively
participate in peer assisted learning opportunities where available.
 Quality (Core 5)
To be responsible for the quality of own work by
- working within the limits of own competence
- working as an effective team member
- showing awareness of the need for workload prioritisation and effective time
management.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Year 2: Placement 3
SECTION 1
 Health, Safety and Security (Core 3)
To demonstrate safe practice by
- complying with all relevant Trust policies e.g. manual handling, infection
control, confidentiality, data protection
- practicing within the legal and ethical boundaries of the Physiotherapy
profession.
SECTION 2
 Equality and Diversity (Core 6)
To support equality, value diversity and demonstrate professional behaviour in line with the HCPC
Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics (2008) and the HCPC Standards of Proficiency (2007) e.g.
appearance, attitude, punctuality, appropriate language.

Communication (Core 1)
To demonstrate clear and appropriate verbal and non-verbal skills with a range of service users showing
some ability to adapt and modify where appropriate. To be able to communicate clearly and appropriately
with the multi-professional team and relatives/carers where applicable. Written documentation should meet
legal standards, be concise, logical and timely.
SECTION 3
 Assessment and Treatment Planning (HWB6)
To demonstrate fluent and systematic skills in assessment. To show evidence of relevant theoretical
knowledge, and the ability to clinically reason within a range of contexts.
To independently formulate ideas for treatment related to problems and goals.

Interventions and Treatments & Promotion of Health and Wellbeing (HWB 7 & HWB1)
To demonstrate effective and systematic treatment skills within a range of contexts using a variety of
techniques.
To show how physiotherapists can promote health and exercise in the management of long term
conditions.
SECTION 4
 Personal and People Development (Core 2)
Through the use of a portfolio demonstrate effective learning behaviour by being able to
- write SMART personal goals with guidance
- identify specific, realistic action plans to address areas for development
- utilise clear methods of measuring achievement of personal goals
- respond to feedback proactively
- actively participate in peer assisted learning opportunities where available.
 Quality (Core 5)
To be responsible for the quality of own work by
- working within the limits of own competence
- working as an effective team member
- prioritising and organising own workload
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Year 2: Placement 4
SECTION 1
 Health, Safety and Security (Core 3)
To demonstrate safe practice by
- complying with all relevant Trust policies e.g. manual handling, infection
control, confidentiality, data protection
- practicing within the legal and ethical boundaries of the Physiotherapy
profession.
SECTION 2
 Equality and Diversity (Core 6)
To support equality, value diversity and demonstrate professional behaviour in line with the HCPC Standards
of Conduct, Performance and Ethics (2008) and the HCPC Standards of Proficiency (2007) e.g. appearance,
attitude, punctuality, appropriate language.

Communication (Core 1)
To demonstrate clear and appropriate verbal and non-verbal skills with relevant staff and a range of service
users showing some ability to adapt and modify where appropriate. To be able to communicate clearly and
appropriately with the multi-professional team where applicable.
Written documentation should meet legal standards, be concise, logical and timely.
SECTION 3
 Assessment and Treatment Planning (HWB6)
To consistently demonstrate effective assessment skills with a range of presentations. To show evidence of
relevant theoretical knowledge and the ability to clinically reason within a range of contexts.
To independently formulate ideas for treatment related to problems and goals.

Interventions and Treatments & Promotion of Health and Wellbeing (HWB 7 & HWB1)
To demonstrate effective and systematic treatment skills within a range of contexts using a variety of
techniques.
To demonstrate the ability to promote health and exercise in the management of long term conditions, show
an understanding of psychosocial issues and give advice on lifestyle changes with some guidance.
SECTION 4
 Personal and People Development (Core 2)
Through the use of a portfolio demonstrate effective learning behaviour by being able to
- write SMART personal goals independently and identify specific, realistic action plans to address
areas for development with guidance.
- respond to feedback proactively
- actively participate in peer assisted learning opportunities where available.
 Quality (Core 5)
To be responsible for the quality of own work by
- working within the limits of own competence
- working as an effective team member, proactively supporting the needs of the team
where appropriate.
- being able to prioritise and organise own workload.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Year 3: Placement 5
SECTION 1
 Health, Safety and Security (Core 3)
To demonstrate safe practice by
- complying with all relevant Trust policies e.g. manual handling, infection
control, confidentiality, data protection
- practicing within the legal and ethical boundaries of the Physiotherapy
profession.
SECTION 2
 Equality and Diversity (Core 6)
To support equality, value diversity and demonstrate professional behaviour in line with the
HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics (2008) and the HCPC Standards of
Proficiency (2007) e.g. appearance, attitude, punctuality, appropriate language.

Communication (Core 1)
To demonstrate clear and appropriate verbal and non-verbal skills with all staff and a wide range of service
users showing ability to adapt and modify where appropriate. To be able to communicate clearly and
appropriately with the multi-professional team and relatives/carers where applicable. Written documentation
should meet legal standards, be concise, logical and timely.
SECTION 3
 Assessment and Treatment Planning (HWB6)
To demonstrate fluent and systematic skills in assessment with a range of presentations. To critically
evaluate the reliability of knowledge and information and show knowledge of evidence based practice e.g.
outcome measures, research literature. To independently formulate ideas for treatment related to problems
and goals.


Interventions and Treatments & Promotion of Health and Wellbeing (HWB7 & HWB1)
To demonstrate fluent and systematic treatment skills within a wide range of contexts using a wide variety of
techniques with some supervision. To be able to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and modify
appropriately with guidance.
Able to promote health & exercise in the management of long term conditions showing an
understanding of psychosocial issues. Able to give advice on lifestyle changes and promote selfmanagement skills for appropriate client groups.
SECTION 4
Personal and People Development (Core 2)
Through the use of a portfolio demonstrate effective learning behaviour by being able to
- independently identify SMART personal goals including action plans and measures of achievement
- seeks out and responds to feedback proactively
- actively participate in peer assisted learning opportunities where available
- write an appropriate development plan for the future.
 Quality (Core 5)
To be responsible for the quality of own work by
- working within the limits of own competence
- working as an effective team member
- prioritising and organising own workload and showing an awareness of the issues
relating to resource management.

Service Improvement (Core 4)
To show an awareness of the need for service improvement by
- participating in and contribute to relevant CPD activities e.g. IST, reflective practice
- recognising changes that you can make that contribute to service improvement.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Year 3: Placement 6
SECTION 1
 Health, Safety and Security (Core 3)
To demonstrate safe practice by
- complying with all relevant Trust policies e.g. manual handling, infection
control, confidentiality, data protection
- practicing within the legal and ethical boundaries of the Physiotherapy
profession.
SECTION 2
 Equality and Diversity (Core 6)
To support equality, value diversity and demonstrate professional behaviour in line with the HCPC Standards
of Conduct, Performance and Ethics (2008) and the HCPC Standards of Proficiency (2007) e.g. appearance,
attitude, punctuality, appropriate language.

Communication (Core 1)
To demonstrate clear and appropriate verbal and non-verbal skills with all staff and a wide range of service
users including those with complex communication challenges showing evidence of the use of a variety of
communication techniques e.g. persuading, influencing, reassuring and motivating. Written documentation
should meet legal standards, be concise, logical and timely.
SECTION 3
 Assessment and Treatment Planning (HWB6)
To consistently demonstrate fluent and systematic skills in assessment. To be able to critically evaluate and
appraise information and research literature and demonstrate a broad knowledge of a wide range of ideas
and contexts. To independently formulate ideas for treatment related to problems and goals.

Interventions and Treatments & Promotion of Health and Wellbeing (HWB7 & HWB1)
To independently demonstrate fluent and systematic skills in treatment within a wide range of contexts
(including complex presentations with supervision) and use a wide variety of techniques. To be able to
evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and modify appropriately.
Able to promote health & exercise in the management of long term conditions showing an
understanding of psychosocial issues. Able to give advice on lifestyle changes and promote
self-management skills for appropriate client groups. Able to liaise with & refer to other
professionals/agencies with guidance and as appropriate.
SECTION 4
 Personal and People Development (Core 2)
To demonstrate effective learning behaviour by taking responsibility for your own personal and
professional development through active participation in the assessment/appraisal process and
effective use of a portfolio including reflection and self-assessment.

Quality (Core 5)
To be responsible for the quality of own work by
- working within the limits of own competence
- working as an effective team member
- prioritising and organising own workload
- managing resources efficiently and effectively.

Service Improvement (Core 4)
To show an awareness of the need for service improvement by
- participating in and contribute to relevant CPD activities e.g. IST, reflective practice
- recognising changes that you can make that contribute to service improvement.