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Lismore Session 2 Session 2

Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

7

Level of learning

Advanced

Former School/College

Former School of Health and Human Sciences

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.

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to: GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
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:

  1. explain how osteopathic principles are integrated in diagnosis and treatment
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  2. critically analyse and discuss health practice issues - ethics, professionalism, patient interview and therapeutic relationship
    • GA3:
    • GA6:
  3. reflect upon and demonstrate safe and competent preclinical patient handling and interactive skills
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  4. explain and demonstrate osteopathic diagnostic criteria - asymmetry, range of motion - including barrier concepts, tissue environment, and tissue tenderness
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  5. demonstrate and explain indirect and direct osteopathic techniques including clinical reasoning/rationale for technique selection
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  6. demonstrate a sound knowledge of anatomy, related to areas of the body.
    • GA4:

Prescribed texts

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