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Unit of Study OSTP6011 - Work Integrated Learning in Osteopathic Medicine 3 (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    This unit contains professional experience learning/ laboratory activities that require students to meet mandatory compliance requirements prior to attending. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the Professional Experience Learning and/or stipulated Laboratory Activity which may result in failure of the unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/healthplacements Please note Full Covid-19 vaccination is a mandatory requirement associated with the placement element of this unit of study. This requirement has been stipulated by the placement providers. It is strongly recommended that only students who meet this requirement enrol in this unit.

Unit description

This unit advances the student osteopathic clinician experience of case history taking, differential diagnosis, clinical reasoning, patient management plans and treatment strategies informed by the best available evidence in a supervised clinical practice setting.

Unit content

Students undertake learning experiences to further 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

Not currently available in 2023

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 proficiency in conducting a full patient history

perform a full patient physical examination in context at a proficient level

practice advanced clinical reasoning skills with direction to formulate and explain a management plan and commence a safe, rational and effective series of osteopathic treatments

exemplify high standards of professional behaviour and attitudes, reflective practice and inter and intra-professional communication