Course Title: Classic Literature in Chinese Medicine and Clinical Conference (Acupuncture)

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Classic Literature in Chinese Medicine and Clinical Conference (Acupuncture)

Credit Points: 12.00

Important Information:

Please check your Canvas course shell closer to when the course starts to see if this course requires mandatory in-person attendance. The delivery method of the course might have to change quickly in response to changes in the local state/national directive regarding in-person course attendance.


Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

COTH2112

Bundoora Campus

Postgraduate

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

COTH2112

Bundoora Campus

Postgraduate

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,
Sem 2 2023

Course Coordinator: Dr George Lenon

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925

Course Coordinator Email: george.lenon@rmit.edu.au


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required prior study (Pre-requisites)

 


Course Description

Classic Literature in Chinese Medicine and Clinical Conference (Acupuncture) is a one-semester course that will cover teachings from the Huang Di Nei Jing (Huangdi’s Internal Classic), Nan Jing (Classic of Difficult Issues), Zhen Jiu Jia Yi Jing (A-B Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion), and Zhen Jiu Da Cheng (Complete Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion). You will study the key sign and symptom complexes (syndromes), aetiology and pathogenesis of disease, location of disease, treatment principles and acupuncture and moxibustion application in the treatment of disease. The contribution of these historical works to the formation of Chinese acupuncture theory as a form of experiential evidence will be considered  in this course.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for MC024 Master of Applied Science (Acupuncture):

  • PLO 1: Apply your knowledge of Chinese Medicine principles and methods in the diagnosis and management of a range of internal medicine disorders;
  • PLO 2: Plan and perform treatment using acupuncture and moxibustion for a range of disorders in a safe and professional manner;
  • PLO 3: Critically analyse the literature in the efficacy and safety of acupuncture and moxibustion and incorporate this information into your professional evidence based practice.


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

  1. Review the major contributions of these classic texts to modern Chinese Medicine theory and clinical practice and their application in a contemporary clinical context.
  2. Demonstrate the appropriate acupoints for a given case study using the Na Zi Fa of Zi Wu Liu Zhu (hour-prescription of points in midnight-midday ebb flow).
  3. Critically analyse and discuss research data related to the role and efficacy of traditional healing techniques and methods.
  4. Identify all the classical point selection methods based on acupuncture classic literature


Overview of Learning Activities

This course will be delivered through online introductory lectures covering key topic areas of Chinese medicine literary classics of acupuncture and moxibustion. Learning will be reinforced through tutorials and clinical case conferences. Key concepts and theoretical origins of Chinese medicine will be further explored through group discussions. The teaching will focus on building your clinical reasoning through case studies. You will examine key texts concerning point selection and clinical approaches. You are also expected to undertake independent learning in between workshops.


Overview of Learning Resources

The learning resources associated with this course will include targeted readings taken from a range of both primary and secondary sources. Material to be chosen may be digitally available to you. Lecture material will be delivered via online media. RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems. Chinese medicine library subject guides are available via http://rmit.libguides.com/chinese-medicine.


Overview of Assessment

This course has no hurdle requirements.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: In-semester assessments

Weighting 40%

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

Assessment Task 2: Assignment

Weighting 30%

This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 3 & 4

Assessment Task 3: Assignment

Weighting 30%

This assessment task supports CLOs 1 & 3