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Unit of Study OST03323 - Osteopathic Studies VII (2020)

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Unit description

Further integrates osteopathic principles into diagnostic and management processes by the teaching of advanced skills and techniques for all body regions and further develops critical appraisal of traditional techniques in the context of evidence-informed practice.  These skills will be utilised in the development of a complex patient management plan.  

Unit content

• Stress management techniques
• Exercise intervention in an osteopathic clinical context
• Evidence based rehabilitation strategies in common conditions
• Advanced osteopathic diagnosis - integration of all physical and holistic findings
• Enhancement of critical appraisal skills
• Osteopathic technique:

  • Functional methods
  • Osteopathy in the cranial field
  • Balanced ligamentous tension
  • Combined indirect techniques - advanced integrative osteopathic technique

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Not currently available in 2020

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 the osteopathic health care concept
2 create and perform safe and contextually relevant patient rehabilitation plans
3 demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning in osteopathic diagnosis utilising an integrative neuro-musculoskeletal approach
4 integrate advanced osteopathic technique in complex patient management

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

  1. analyse critical questions about the evidence basis of the osteopathic health care concept
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  2. create and perform safe and contextually relevant patient rehabilitation plans
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  3. demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning in osteopathic diagnosis utilising an integrative neuro-musculoskeletal approach
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  4. integrate advanced osteopathic technique in complex patient management
    • GA4:
    • GA6: