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Unit description
Provides a comprehensive introduction to clinical skills required in the holistic assessment of the individual with particular emphasis on osteopathic physical examination.
Unit content
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Communication and patient interview skills
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Mechanical, physiological and biochemical changes found in selected disorders compared to normal anatomy and physiology
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Signs and symptoms of common conditions of regions and systems of the body
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Critical analysis of the evidence supporting assessment and diagnosis of common conditions
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Physical assessment of the regions of the body, integrating the neurological, musculoskeletal and visceral systems
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Developing management plans for common clinical problems
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Professional behaviour and ethico-legal requirements for health care practice
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
GA1: Intellectual rigour,
GA2: Creativity,
GA3: Ethical practice,
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline,
GA5: Lifelong learning,
GA6: Communication and social skills,
GA7: Cultural competence| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 |
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| 1 | demonstrate basic patient interview and effective communication skills | | | Ethical practice | | | Communication and social skills | |
| 2 | contrast the mechanical, physiological and biochemical changes found in selected disorders to normal anatomy and physiology of specific regions and systems of the body
| | | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
| 3 | identify and interpret the signs and symptoms of disease affecting specific regions and systems of the body | | | | Knowledge of a discipline | | Communication and social skills | |
| 4 | demonstrate beginner skills of physical assessment of specific regions and systems of the body | | | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | | Communication and social skills | |
| 5 | formulate safe, hypothetical management plans for common clinical problems of specific regions and systems of the body | | | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | | Communication and social skills | |
| 6 | demonstrate adherence to ethico-legal requirements for health care practice and developing professional behaviour | | | Ethical practice | | | Communication and social skills | |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate basic patient interview and effective communication skills
- GA3:
Ethical practice
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- contrast the mechanical, physiological and biochemical changes found in selected disorders to normal anatomy and physiology of specific regions and systems of the body
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- identify and interpret the signs and symptoms of disease affecting specific regions and systems of the body
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- demonstrate beginner skills of physical assessment of specific regions and systems of the body
- GA3:
Ethical practice
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- formulate safe, hypothetical management plans for common clinical problems of specific regions and systems of the body
- GA3:
Ethical practice
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- demonstrate adherence to ethico-legal requirements for health care practice and developing professional behaviour
- GA3:
Ethical practice
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
Prescribed texts
Session 2
- Bickley, LS & Szilagyi, PG, 2012, Bates' guide to physical examination and history taking, 11th edn, Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, USA.
- Edited by Nicola J. Petty ; foreword by Alison Rushton, 2011, Neuromusculoskeletal examination and assessment: a handbook for therapists, 4th edn, Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, Edinburgh.
- Stein-Parbury, J, 2014, Patient & person: interpersonal skills in nursing , 5th edn, Elsevier Australia, Chatswood, Australia.
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.