Course Title: Osteopathy Principles and Clinical Practice 4

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Osteopathy Principles and Clinical Practice 4

Credit Points: 12.00


Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

REHA2181

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

Course Coordinator: Dr Sharyn Burke

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 6647

Course Coordinator Email: sharyn.burke@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 202.4.19


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Osteopathy Theory and Practice 5
Osteopathy Principles and Clinical Practice 3
Co-requisites:
Osteopathy Theory and Practice 6


Course Description

This course consists of modules that expand upon the osteopathic diagnostic principles developed in years one and two and develops the case-based clinical reasoning process to include the limbs. Students are introduced to the diagnostic modality of radiography and study normal radiographic anatomy. Students spend time in the clinic as active observers and take responsibility for the management of their own patients.
The course consists of the following modules:

  • Clinical Presentations (appendicular)
  • Clinical Practice Tutorials


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

  • Diagnose the patient’s clinical presentation
  • Adopt appropriate behaviours in dealing with patient’s concerns, including socially and ethnically sensitive communications skills and empathy.
  • Engage personally with a body of knowledge by ongoing learning, reflection and analysis.
  • Work and learn independently or as part of a team.
  • The ability to make sound judgments and to show due duty of care to patients.
  • Apply management strategies in order to produce positive outcomes for patients.
  • Information literate, locating, evaluating, managing and using a range of information.
  • Have a basis for understanding the scientific literature in manual medicine and related fields and the ability to put this understanding to effective use.
  • Give the practitioner the capacity to know when to refer the patient for other medical intervention.
  • Adopt appropriate behaviours in dealing with patient’s concerns, including socially and ethnically sensitive communications skills and empathy. Using written, visual and oral communication skills.
  • To exhibit the capacity to engage in ethical clinical practice.


Clinical Presentations & Clinical Practice

  • Have a thorough grasp of conditions affecting the limbs
  • describe the epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology and natural history of common complaints of the limbs utilising evidence based methods of enquiry
  • Be able to rationally develop differential diagnoses for complaints of the limbs
  • Be able to state probability diagnoses and conditions not to be missed for complaints of the limbs  describe the principles of evidence based health care in the context of osteopathy
  • describe the concept of patient centred treatment in the context of osteopathy
  • competently examine a patient presenting with musculoskeletal pain of the limbs utilising best practice and evidence
  • describe the principles of evidence based health care in the context of osteopathy
  • describe the concept of patient centred treatment in the context of osteopathy
  • competently manage a patient presenting with acute musculoskeletal conditions of the limbs and face utilising osteopathic principles
  • competently manage a patient presenting with chronic musculoskeleal conditions of the limbs and face utilising osteopathic principles


Overview of Learning Activities

  • Clinical observations
  • Problem Based Learning tutorials
  • Clinical simulation tutorials
  • Lecture

The planned student learning experiences in this course, in addition to providing discipline specific knowledge, skills and capabilities, integrate the basic and human science courses within the program. In the osteopathy modules, the knowledge gained in the other courses becomes applied to the living human organism and studied in states of health and disease.

Theory and practical classes are generally held in tutorial style, with great opportunity for discussion and enhancement of understanding. Theoretical material covered is broad and students are expected to utilise the learning experiences and knowledge attained in other courses and read widely and in greater depth on the topics covered. Engagement with the vast body of knowledge in the clinical sciences and osteopathy develops the student’s abilities to locate, evaluate and manage a range of information. Practical sessions are presented with the opportunity for students to develop and refine palpatory and practical skills required for osteopathic clinical practice.

All of these learning experiences contribute to the graduate capabilities of being information literate, being able to engage with the body of knowledge in a meaningful and reflective way, to learn independently and collaboratively and to the students’ eventual competence as a professional engaged in the clinical discipline of osteopathy.


Overview of Learning Resources

Recommended texts: (These are useful texts which support and complement the core material).
Copies of recommended texts will be placed on reserve in the Bundoora campus library for the period during which they are likely to be in high demand. .


Overview of Assessment

Attendance Requirements, Direct Observation of Procedural Skills, Objective Standardised Clinical Examinations, Professional Behaviour, Assignments and Written exams that may be online