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Unit of Study OSTP6007 - Osteopathic Manual Therapy 6 (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • 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.

Unit description

Integrates osteopathic principles into diagnostic and management processes through teaching of integrative osteopathic technique for all body regions across the lifespan. This unit advances clinical reasoning skills in the context of evidence-informed osteopathic practice utilising an integrative neuro-musculoskeletal approach. These skills will be utilised in the development of a complex patient management plan.

Unit content

  1. Integration of evidence into osteopathic practice in the biopsychosocial context
  2. Advanced anatomy including embryology (wet lab tutorials and self-directed learning)
  3. Functional methods
  4. Balanced ligamentous tension 
  5. Osteopathy in the cranial field
  6. Combined indirect techniques - advanced integrative osteopathic technique

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Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
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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:

explain the evidence basis of the osteopathic health care concept

demonstrate advanced understanding of anatomy and embryology

demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning in osteopathic diagnosis utilising an integrative neuro-musculoskeletal approach

integrate advanced osteopathic technique in complex patient management

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