Course Title: Chiropractic 8

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Chiropractic 8

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

REHA2211

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2018,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 2 2023

Course Coordinator: Dr Marcus McDonald

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 7602

Course Coordinator Email: marcus.mcdonald@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 202.04.014


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 is designed to help you ready yourself for private practice. It will focus on introducing you to notions, theories and frameworks that will shape the way you think about and perceive practice and your role in the profession. It also aims to introduce you to several frameworks that may help you navigate the challenges met in life as a practising member of a regulated healthcare profession.

You will be expected to read or watch some introductory material, follow up on expanded reading and be able to then contribute to group discussion on the matters covered.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the development of the Program Learning Outcomes in the following way:

  • PLO 1 provide specialised health care within a patient-centred, evidence-based framework;
  • PLO 2 gather clinical information to make accurate differential diagnoses, assessment and management plans and carry out effective treatment;
  • PLO 3 practice as a competent health care professional in a safe, ethical and legally responsible manner;
  • PLO 4 demonstrate cultural awareness and sensitivity in the provision of specialised health care;
  • PLO 5 communicate effectively in a range of forms (written, online, oral) and with diverse audiences (patients, community/public, agencies and health professionals);
  • PLO 6 work independently and in teams, specifically to lead and contribute to inter-professional care partnerships


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

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the history of chiropractic and healthcare in Australia.
  2. Demonstrate knowledge of your role in the healthcare system with all incumbent rights and responsibilities.
  3. Recognise and communicate matters within healthcare that require critical appraisal.
  4. Synthesise and communicate ideas relating to your healthcare profession and its place within historical, contemporary or future healthcare in Australia.


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.

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.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Online Fortnightly Quizzes (6)
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1 & 2

Assessment Task 2: Weekly contributions to online discussion forum
Weighting 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3 & 4

Assessment Task 3: End of Semester Written Assignment (2000 words)
Weighting 50%
This assessment task supports CLOs 3 & 4

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.