Course Title: Apply massage assessment framework

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2011

Course Code: SPRT5060C

Course Title: Apply massage assessment framework

School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4208 - Certificate IV in Massage Therapy Practice

Course Contact: Priya Atkinson

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4212

Course Contact Email: priya.atkinson@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Jeremy Sager                                        
+61 3 9925 4294
jeremy.sager@rmit.edu.au                                 
Office Hours 8.30 - 4.30 Mon- Wed

Caitlin Smith 
caitlin.smith@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 20

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

This course is delivered concurrently with the following units of competency:
HLTREM409B    Perform Massage health Assessment
HLTREM504B    Apply Remedial Massage Assessment Framework
HLTREM505B    Perform Remedial Massage health Assessment

Course Description

This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to interpret information gathered in the health assessment and make and review accurate assessment for basic massage treatment.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTREM408B Apply massage assessment framework

Element:

1.    Analyse and interpret information received 

Performance Criteria:

1.1    Correlate results of the health assessment with case history
1.2    Recognise signs and symptoms of condition in the client and identify as pre-requisites or contra-indications for treatment/care
1.3    Assess information gathered and assign priorities in consultation with the client using the knowledge and experience and theoretical principles applied by the practitioner
1.4    Gather, record and organise information in a way which can be interpreted readily by other professionals
1.5    Analyse body patterns and differentiate by assessing signs and symptoms

Element:

2.    Inform the client  

Performance Criteria:

2.1    Discuss rationale for the treatment with the client
2.2    Respond to client enquiries using language the client understands
2.3    Discuss referral and collaborative options with the client if necessary

Learning Outcomes



Details of Learning Activities

This unit is delivered in the subject cluster: Remedial Massage Assessment.  Students will have a regular face to face classes, during which skills and knowledge and demonstrated, discussed and applied.  There will  also be some online worksheets and work-based learning activities.  


Teaching Schedule

This unit is delivered in the subject cluster: Remedial Massage Assessment. Students are also required to attend a fortnightly clinic shift, to practice their skills in a workplace environment.  The clinic roster is available on the learning hub.

21/02/11    Course Guide/Sub. Hx & Intro to palp.
23/02/11    Palp review/AROM/Global Obs/9pt flex. test
28/02/11    Posterior Leg Palpation- lwr leg, HS rev./Online test
02/03/11    Posterior(rev.)/Anterior Leg Palpation- Quads 
07/03/11    Anterior Leg- Tib ant/EDL/peroneals
09/03/11    Anterior Leg- directed palp./directed post leg. 
16/03/11     Palpation Assessment Lower Leg
21/03/11    Vertebral Landmarks Depth and Measurement
23/03/11    Back, Lx to Tx Depth and Measurement
28/03/11    Note Taking Palpation depth & Critical thinking
30/03/11    Wetlab Excursion     
04/04/11    Scapula,Thoracic and Humerus     
06/04/11    Scap, Tx, and Humerus          
11/04/11    Scapula,Thoracic, Hum practice           
13/04/11    Palpation Assessment Back & Scapula
02/05/11    Sub/Obj Review; Submission of note taking exercise
04/05/11    Posterior Cervical     
09/05/11    Ant. Cervical          
11/05/11    Wetlab Excursion
16/05/11    Ant./Post. Cx Review Forearm Palpation
18/05/11    Forearm
23/05/11    Forearm
25/05/11    Palpation Assessment of Neck or Forearm
30/05/11    Learning Activity.-Upper Body muscle comparison
01/06/11    Learning Activity.-Lower Body muscle comparison


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

Biel, A 2005 Trail guide to the body, 3rd edn, Discovery books.

Brukner, P & Khan, K  2007 Clinical Sports Medicine, 3rd edn, McGraw-Hill. NSW. 


References


Other Resources

Learning materials and online assessments for this unit are available on the learning hub, in the subject folder Remedial Massage Assessment.


Overview of Assessment

Primary assessment involves on-going practical and applied assessment in a clinical workplace or simulated environment designed to assist the learner to integrate skills and knowledge.  Learners may also be required to demonstrate competency through completion of a range of assessments including;  quizzes, practical demonstration, submission of learning and assessment guide and assignments. Achieving competency in each assessment is required to achieve competency for the unit.


Assessment Tasks

PLEASE NOTE:

  • This unit is assessed in conjunction with others in the subject Remedial Massage Assessment.
  • In order to successfully complete this unit, you must be assessed as competent for each the of the assessment items detailed below.
  • Complete details, including assessment criteria, for each of the assessment tasks outlined below will be provided on the learning hub.

Task 1: Practical Assessment of Neck or Forearm                  25/05/11
Task 2: Written History Taking test                                           06/06/11
Task 3: Differentiation of Muscle                                              08/06/11                                                             
   


Assessment Matrix

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