Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | Term5 | Term5 |
| Lismore | Term5 | Term5 |
Unit description
Develops knowledge and skills required to administer safe and effective therapeutic massage, and to recommend selected evidence-based mind-body therapies, to healthy adults.
Unit content
- Therapeutic massage 1 – professional conduct and techniques
- Therapeutic massage 2 – torso, head and neck
- Therapeutic massage 3 – limbs
- Therapeutic massage 4 – full body
- Mind-body techniques 1
- Mind-body techniques 2
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | discuss professional conduct and safety within the context of therapeutic massage |
| 2 | apply therapeutic massage techniques to torso, head, neck and limbs |
| 3 | apply therapeutic massage techniques to full body |
| 4 | recommend appropriate mind-body techniques for healthy populations using the best available evidence |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- discuss professional conduct and safety within the context of therapeutic massage
- apply therapeutic massage techniques to torso, head, neck and limbs
- apply therapeutic massage techniques to full body
- recommend appropriate mind-body techniques for healthy populations using the best available evidence
Prescribed Learning Resources
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.
- Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
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