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Unit of Study OSTP2010 - Osteopathic Assessment and Diagnosis (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    Yes

  • Enrolment information

    This unit contains Work Integrated Learning (WIL) that requires students to meet mandatory fit to practice obligations prior to attending. Failure to comply by the fit to practice deadline will result in the cancellation of your WIL and you will not be permitted to continue in this unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/health/work-integrated-learning.

Unit description

Provides a comprehensive introduction to the clinical skills required in the holistic assessment of the individual, with particular emphasis on osteopathic physical examination. Develops students' clinical reasoning skills as they interpret clinical findings and their consequences for osteopathic clinical practice.  

Unit content

  1. Therapeutic communication and patient interview skills and development of an effective osteopathic consultation.
  2. Synthesis of Differential Diagnosis
  3. Physical Examination Protocol
  4. Critical analysis of the evidence for assessment and diagnosis
  5. Development of the osteopathic working diagnosis
  6. Clinical Reasoning and Integration

 

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Dual Term3
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Lismore
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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:

demonstrate systematic, thorough and effective patient interview skills

identify and interpret the signs and symptoms of disease affecting specific regions and systems of the body to inform differential diagnosis generation

demonstrate skills of physical assessment of specific regions and systems of the body to inform the osteopathic working diagnosis

demonstrate critical analysis of medical examination, orthopaedic and special tests in the context of osteopathic assessment

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