Unit aim
Advances the pre-clinical skills of integrative osteopathic diagnosis and treatment, consolidates the personal and professional application of health principles, develops skills for working collaboratively and further develops and applies critical appraisal skills to osteopathic health practice.
Unit content
Topic 1: Practitioner development - problem solving with ethical principles, collaborative presentation
Topic 2: Osteopathic diagnosis - spinal biomechanical findings - integration of all physical and holistic findings
Topic 3: Osteopathic diagnosis - neuromusculoskeletal model
Topic 4: Osteopathic technique - high velocity technique - introduction to spine/upper limb/shoulder - integrated direct and indirect approach
Topic 5: Introduction to public and social health
Topic 6: Introduction to therapeutic exercise
Topic 7: Clinical practicum - observation in osteopathic clinics
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | develop and analyse critical questions about the evidence basis of osteopathic health care | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | |||||
| 2 | demonstrate and reflect upon safe and contextually relevant patient handling and interactive skills | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | Cultural competence | ||||
| 3 | demonstrate and explain advanced osteopathic diagnosis - holistic/global dysfunction and biopsychosocial model of healthcare | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | Cultural competence | ||||
| 4 | demonstrate and explain selected regional high velocity manipulative techniques. | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | |||||
Prescribed texts
Session 2
- No prescribed texts.
Teaching and assessment
Lismore
| Teaching method |
| Lecture on-site 1 hour (12 weeks) |
| Practical session 3 hours (12 weeks) |
| Field work 20 hours (Across the session) |
| Assessment | |
| Critical review | 30% |
| Exam: practical | 50% |
| Exam: practical | 20% |
| Exam: practical | SR |
Fee information
Domestic
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Commencing 2015 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 2
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