Unit of Study NATM2002 Clinical Studies in Naturopathic Medicine 1: Assessment, Microbiology and Immunity (2024)

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Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

NUTR2001 - Nutritional Medicine AND NATM2001 - Botanical Medicine

Enrolment information

Students are required to attend on-campus classes and participate in online activities. Prior knowledge of human anatomy and physiology is required.

Unit description

Integrates knowledge and skills in clinical sciences, naturopathic therapeutics, interdisciplinary care and clinical reasoning in order to safely and effectively assess, diagnose, plan, treat and review immunological clinical cases within the scope of contemporary naturopathic medicine practice.

Unit content

Clinical assessment: history taking
Clinical assessment: assessment tools
Clinical assessment: vital signs and anthropometric examination
Clinical microbiology
Clinical immunology I
Clinical immunology II

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term2,4	Term2,4
Lismore	Term4	Term4

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.

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

demonstrate comprehensive clinical history taking

display application of assessment tools, vital signs and anthropometric examination appropriate to a clinical case

correlate the key characteristics of microbes implicated in human health

integrate clinical sciences, appropriate therapeutic applications and interdisciplinary care in immunological conditions

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Practical 18 hours (Intensive)

Assessment
Case study	25%
Practical case study	25%
Report	50%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Practical 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Case study	25%
Practical case study	25%
Report	50%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Students are required to bring to each laboratory class: non-restrictive clothing, fully enclosed sturdy flat non-slip shoes (shoes must fully cover toes), and a hair-tie (if applicable).

Prescribed Texts

Prescribed text information is not currently available.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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