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Unit of Study OSTP5003 - Work Integrated Learning in Osteopathic Medicine 1 (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG 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

Develops the skills of the beginning osteopathic clinician in supervised clinical practice including case history taking, differential diagnosis, clinical reasoning, patient management plans and treatment strategies.  

Unit content

  1. Professional behaviours in the osteopathic student clinic
  2. Osteopathic principles as it relates to diagnosis and interpretation of findings in a diverse population
  3. Reflective practice: Introduction to the Gibbs Model of Reflection
  4. Overview of the Clinical reasoning cycle and its relevance to osteopathic practice
  5. Introduction to legal, professional, ethical standards, codes and guidelines of osteopathic practice and health care in Australia

 

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Dual Term2
Dual Term2
Lismore
Dual Term2
Dual Term2

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 skills in taking a full patient case history at a beginning student practitioner level

perform a full patient physical examination in an evidence-based context at a beginning student practitioner level with clear diagnostic rationale

implement and explain a management plan, including for chronic pain and neuromusculoskeletal rehabilitation, and commence a safe, rational and evidence-based series of osteopathic treatments at a beginning student practitioner level

demonstrate professional behaviour and attitudes, including ethical and reflective practice, teamwork and collaboration

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