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Unit of Study OST03325 - Osteopathic Clinical Practice and Research II (2019)

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    Please be advised that this unit includes professional experience learning which has pre-placement provisions and associated placement expenses as detailed on the School of Health and Human Sciences Professional Experience page. Failure to comply with these pre-placement requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the stipulated Professional Experience Learning.

Unit description

Further develops the skills of the commencing osteopathic clinician by increasing patient contact, and deepens teamwork and critical analytic skills in a team based research project as data collection progresses.

Unit content

Students undertake learning experiences to develop professional behaviours and competencies, and integrate and apply theory and skills learned in previous units. Reflective practice and the development of clinical reasoning are key components of this unit.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Lismore Session 2 Session 2

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 demonstrate skill in conducting a full patient history at an intermediate level
2 perform a full patient physical examination in an evidence-based context at an intermediate level
3 demonstrate clinical reasoning skills that are informed by the best available evidence at an intermediate level
4 formulate and explain a management plan, including for chronic pain and neuromusculoskeletal rehabilitation and commence a safe, rational and evidence-based series of osteopathic treatments
5 demonstrate professional behaviour and attitudes, including time management, data recording and reliability.
6 demonstrate appropriate clinical reflective practice skills
7 demonstrate ability to work collaboratively within a team through the planning, critical analysis of the relevant literature of a research project, ethics application and data collection

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

  1. demonstrate skill in conducting a full patient history at an intermediate level
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  2. perform a full patient physical examination in an evidence-based context at an intermediate level
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  3. demonstrate clinical reasoning skills that are informed by the best available evidence at an intermediate level
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  4. formulate and explain a management plan, including for chronic pain and neuromusculoskeletal rehabilitation and commence a safe, rational and evidence-based series of osteopathic treatments
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  5. demonstrate professional behaviour and attitudes, including time management, data recording and reliability.
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  6. demonstrate appropriate clinical reflective practice skills
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  7. demonstrate ability to work collaboratively within a team through the planning, critical analysis of the relevant literature of a research project, ethics application and data collection
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:

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