Course Title: Chiropractic 5 Practical

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Chiropractic 5 Practical

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

REHA2199

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2015,
Sem 1 2016

REHA2199

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 1 2021,
Sem 1 2022,
Sem 1 2023,
Sem 1 2024

Course Coordinator: Dr Jennifer Hallam

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 7246

Course Coordinator Email: jenny.hallam@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 202.04.048-1


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses

Successful completion of:

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 information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.


Course Description

This course will enable you to continue to develop functional technical skills for the management of conditions of the spine. It will cover soft tissue techniques, manual adjustments and mobilisation techniques of the spine and pelvis. The course also includes a reflective clinical experience.

The practical work in this course simulates a work environment and involves role-play as clinician and patient, which provides skills in examining and managing a patient.

Theoretical principles of assessment and management of conditions involving the spine covered in REHA2242 Chiropractic 4 will underpin the technical skills learned in this course.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the development of the Program Learning Outcomes for BP280 Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Applied Science (Chiropractic):

  • PLO 1 Provide specialised health care within a patient centred evidence based framework 
  • PLO 8 Understand the historical development of the profession, its ethos and philosophical foundations


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

  1. Demonstrate management skills for conditions of the spine and extremities
  2. Identify any relevant cautions to the therapeutic procedures covered in the course
  3. Adapt technical procedures according to a range of variables, including stage, pain levels and patient’s body type
  4. Apply technical skills in a culturally and gender sensitive manner.
  5. Demonstrate both verbal and non-verbal communication skills appropriate for your current level of health professional training
  6. Integrate previously learned knowledge and skills


Overview of Learning Activities

Blended learning principles are employed in this course by providing online presentations and practical sessions. These sessions are supported by online PowerPoint presentations, videos and regular online engagement in Canvas.

The learning activities in this course are designed to engage you actively in the learning process. Practical classes encourage and enable you to develop skill acquisition by applying and practising the material presented in the online tutorial classes. You can also ask questions and receive clarification and feedback from your supervising teachers in real time.

Practice learning activities will be provided in a variety of ways, including practice quizzes and simulated learning activities.

The clinical experience reflective exercise will provide an opportunity to reflect on your experience and observations of student-patient interactions within the teaching environment of the RMIT Health Clinic

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.

A subject Library Guide is available at: http://rmit.libguides.com/chiropractic


Overview of Assessment

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

A hurdle requirement is necessary in order to demonstrate to the accrediting body that students are competent and are being sufficiently assessed against practice-focused professional standards throughout the course of their program.

Attendance requirements and hurdle assessments: 
Attendance at practical classes is compulsory for several important reasons, including to prevent potential injury to participants during practical assessments. Therefore, if you don’t attend and participate effectively in at least 85% of your scheduled practical classes you won’t be entitled to a practical assessment opportunity at the end of semester, which is a hurdle requirement. 

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Reflective exercise on clinical experience
Weighting 10%
This assessment task supports CLOs 5 & 6

Assessment Task 2: Quizzes (x2)
Weighting 10% 
This assessment task supports CLOs 2, 3, 4, & 6  

Assessment Task 3:  Intra-semester practical assessments (3) 
Weighting 30% 
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6  

Assessment Task 4: End of semester practical assessments (3) (HURDLE)
Weighting 50% 
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6  

Please note, that each component of Assessment Task 3 is a hurdle. In order to pass overall you must pass each component. 

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.