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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Advanced
Former School/College
Pre-requisites
HLT10483 - Osteopathic Studies III AND SCI10475 - Neuroscience
Unit aim
Further advances the students' osteopathic diagnosis and technique abilities, and prepares students for the clinical training in personal and professional skill development.
Unit content
Topic 1: Osteopathic diagnosis - range of motion of tissues with barrier/ease considerations related to the anatomical relationships of one region of the body to others.
Topic 2: Musculoskeletal evaluation of the patient - including history, motion, palpation, posture, neurological and orthopaedic evaluation
Topic 3: Technique integration - indirect , direct and combined
Topic 4: Functional methods, principles and application
Topic 5: Contraindications to the use of osteopathic techniques
Topic 6: Ethical practice and critical reflection
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: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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1 | explain how osteopathic principles are integrated in diagnosis and treatment | |||||||
2 | critically analyse and discuss health practice issues - ethics, professionalism, patient interview and therapeutic relationship | |||||||
3 | reflect upon and demonstrate safe and competent preclinical patient handling and interactive skills | |||||||
4 | explain and demonstrate osteopathic diagnostic criteria - asymmetry, range of motion - including barrier concepts, tissue environment, and tissue tenderness | |||||||
5 | demonstrate and explain indirect and direct osteopathic techniques including clinical reasoning/rationale for technique selection | |||||||
6 | demonstrate a sound knowledge of anatomy, related to areas of the body. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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explain how osteopathic principles are integrated in diagnosis and treatment
- GA4:
- GA6:
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critically analyse and discuss health practice issues - ethics, professionalism, patient interview and therapeutic relationship
- GA3:
- GA6:
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reflect upon and demonstrate safe and competent preclinical patient handling and interactive skills
- GA3:
- GA4:
- GA6:
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explain and demonstrate osteopathic diagnostic criteria - asymmetry, range of motion - including barrier concepts, tissue environment, and tissue tenderness
- GA4:
- GA6:
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demonstrate and explain indirect and direct osteopathic techniques including clinical reasoning/rationale for technique selection
- GA4:
- GA6:
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demonstrate a sound knowledge of anatomy, related to areas of the body.
- GA4:
Prescribed texts
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