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Unit of Study NATM2003 - Massage and Mind-body Medicine (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    Yes

  • Enrolment information

    Please note this unit has assessments scheduled in Week 7 which will require attendance on-campus. Details will be provided closer to the time. Students will be required to attend on-campus practical classes, and complete 80 hours of supervised massage therapy practice. This unit contains professional experience learning that require students to fulfil certain vaccination and compliance requirements prior to attending. As some of these can take up to 5 months to complete, you must prepare now. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the stipulated Professional Experience Learning which may result in failure of the unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/healthplacements.

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

  1. Therapeutic massage 1 – professional conduct and techniques
  2. Therapeutic massage 2 – torso, head and neck
  3. Therapeutic massage 3 – limbs
  4. Therapeutic massage 4 – full body
  5. Mind-body techniques 1
  6. Mind-body techniques 2

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Term5
Term5

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:

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 Texts
  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • Students are required to bring to each practical class: non-restrictive clothing, fully enclosed sturdy flat shoes (shoes must fully cover toes), a hair-tie (if applicable), and 2 large towels.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.