Course Title: Osteopathic Theory and Practice 4

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Osteopathic Theory and Practice 4

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

REHA2176

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2006,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 2 2012,
Sem 2 2013,
Sem 2 2014,
Sem 2 2015,
Sem 2 2016

REHA2176

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2017,
Sem 2 2018,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022

Course Coordinator: Danielle Baxter

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925

Course Coordinator Email: danielle.baxter@rmit.edu.au


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses

Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course. 

For your information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage. 


Course Description

This course expands upon the foundations to practice osteopathy-focused healthcare in Australia. You will extend your knowledge, skills and their application relevant to regional and segmental assessment of the musculoskeletal system and identifying osteopathic findings to formulate a diagnosis. Additionally, you will further your skills to apply technique modalities that prepare you for clinical practice, articulate the theoretical background to these techniques, and explain proposed mechanisms of action.

Your knowledge of patient-practitioner relationships will be explored by introducing the topic of medical ethics. This module will be critical in understanding the responsibilities and boundaries that must be adhered to in professional clinical practice.

The practical work in this course simulates a practice environment and involves role play as clinician and patient, which provides skills in examining a patient for musculoskeletal findings that may form the basis of diagnosis in clinical practice.

This course includes a learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience.

 


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes (PLO) for BP279 Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Applied Science (Osteopathy):

  • PLO 1 Provide patient-centred care as a competent, safe primary healthcare professional
  • PLO 2 Provide osteopathic, musculo-skeletal healthcare within a patient-centred, evidence-based framework
  • PLO 3 Gather and interpret health information, and employ clinical reasoning to develop differential diagnoses, to inform assessment and management
  • PLO 4 Effectively communicate with a wide audience (i.e. patients, carers, healthcare professionals and agencies), with respect and sensitivity to socio-cultural diversity, using a variety of media
  • PLO 5 Manage all aspects of clinical practice to comply with ethical, legal, and regulatory standards in an evolving healthcare industry
  • PLO 6 Work autonomously and collaboratively, to lead and/or contribute to inter-professional healthcare partnerships
  • PLO 7 Develop and implement strategies to meet personal and professional demands, as a primary healthcare provider
  • PLO 8 Develop a commitment to lifelong learning, recognising the historical development and evolution of the profession, and how this integrates with contemporary practice


On successful completion of this course you should be able to:

  1. Apply clinical findings from a musculoskeletal screen to guide treatment and management with a patient centred care focus.
  2. Differentiate alternative methods to gather and interpret clinical findings.
  3. Articulate clinical reasoning which justifies the choice of technique specific to the patients presenting complaint.
  4. Document a clinical encounter adhering to medico legal requirements of record keeping.
  5. Discuss the role, contribution, and limitations of osteopathic practice in the Australian primary health context.
  6. Demonstrate your readiness for increasingly independent practice, which includes integration of more complex knowledge, skills and their application.


Overview of Learning Activities

Lectures are used to introduce new learning concepts: both theoretical and practical, and revise essential knowledge requirements. Lecture material and related resources are available on the Learning Management System (LMS).

Blended delivery of practical classes encourage and enable you to develop skill acquisition by applying and practising the material presented in the lectures and practical classes. You can ask questions and receive clarification and feedback from your supervising teachers in real time. You are expected to dress appropriately for practical tutorials to allow for the application of skills taught. This will be discussed further in class.

Group discussions during classes are encouraged as it develops independent thinking and provide shared learning experiences, from which you and your fellow students can learn.

Attendance Requirements: Attendance at osteopathic practical classes (online and face-to-face) is compulsory. Students need to demonstrate competency in the delivery of practical techniques in a safe and skilful manner in supervised laboratory classes. Students with less than 80% attendance of practical classes during semester may not be offered an additional assessment opportunity to demonstrate safety and practical skills if they are unable to demonstrate safe practice in the final practical assessment.


Overview of Learning Resources

Course notes and online resources are available through myRMIT Studies (www.rmit.edu.au/myrmit). 

The Library has specialised Subject guides at http://rmit.libguides.com/osteopathy 
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.


Overview of Assessment

All hurdle requirements for this course are indicated clearly in the assessment regime that follows, against the relevant assessment task(s). These have been approved by the College Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching).

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Written Assessment

Weighting 30%

This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 5 & 6

Assessment Task 2: Mid-semester Practical Assessment

Weighting 20%

This assessment task supports CLOs 3, 5 & 6

Assessment Task 3: Online Quiz

Weighting 10%

This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6

Assessment Task 4: End of Semester Practical Assessment (Hurdle Requirement)

Weighting 40%

This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6