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Unit of Study HLT10485 - Osteopathic Studies V (2016)

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Unit description

Deepens the skills of osteopathic diagnosis and treatment to a clinical practice level, and applies the theoretical understanding of ethical and patient centred issues into problem solving in clinical setting.

Unit content

Topic 1: Osteopathic diagnosis – spinal biomechanical findings – integration of clinical findings
Topic 2: Osteopathic diagnosis – neuromusculoskeletal model
Topic 3: Osteopathic technique – high velocity technique – introductory techniques for the spine, pelvis and lower limbs
Topic 4: Introduction to critical appraisal and clinical reasoning
Topic 5: Clinical practicum – observation in osteopathic clinics

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Location Domestic International
Lismore Session 1 Session 1

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

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:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 analyse critical questions about the evidence basis of osteopathic health care
2 develop and reflect upon safe and contextually relevant patient handling and interactive skills
3 analyse and interpret relevant information to support clinical reasoning for advanced osteopathic diagnosis (integrative neuromusculoskeletal)
4 provide the reasoning underpinning the high velocity manipulative techniques in selected regions of the musculoskeletal system and demonstrate their use.

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

  1. analyse critical questions about the evidence basis of osteopathic health care
    • GA1:
  2. develop and reflect upon safe and contextually relevant patient handling and interactive skills
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  3. analyse and interpret relevant information to support clinical reasoning for advanced osteopathic diagnosis (integrative neuromusculoskeletal)
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  4. provide the reasoning underpinning the high velocity manipulative techniques in selected regions of the musculoskeletal system and demonstrate their use.
    • GA4:
    • GA6:

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