Course Title: Osteopathic Clinical Practice 4

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Osteopathic Clinical Practice 4

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

REHA2219

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2015,
Sem 2 2016

REHA2219

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

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: Paul Attenborough

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 7179

Course Coordinator Email: paul.attenborough@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 202.04.017-2


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required Prior Study

You should have satisfactorily completed following course/s before you commence this course.

Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.

Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning.


Course Description

Osteopathic Clinical Practice 1-4 is the integrative component of learning for the BP279 program. It comprises the sequential courses REHA2232, REHA2214, REHA2216 and REHA2219. Each clinical practice component requires 18 weeks of clinical attendance within an allocated group.

The clinical placement at the RMIT Health Sciences Clinic provides an internal WIL (work integrated learning) experience to apply and develop student knowledge and skills in a real or simulated workplace context.

Students with long term medical condition/s and/or disability should contact the Course Coordinator or the Equitable Learning Service for further advice. You must meet the inherent requirements of the program.

At any time prior to or during placement if concerns are raised regarding student fitness to practice the clinical coordinator can request a full medical clearance to continue placement.

Work Integrated Learning

Students enrolled in this course will undertake placement at RMIT Health Sciences Clinic as part of the assessment of the course. A number of requirements must be met by students to ensure eligibility for placement.

  • National Police check
  • Working with Children Check
  • First Aid Certificate There is no flexibility with these requirements.

It is your responsible to ensure THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE COMPLETED and kept up to date. Any student whose requirements expire during their RMIT Health Science clinical placement will be removed from treating and the clinic space.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for BP279 Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Applied Science (Osteopathy):

  • PLO 1 Provide patient-centred care as a competent, safe primary healthcare professional
  • PLO 2 Provide osteopathic, musculo-skeletal healthcare within a patient-centred, evidence-based framework
  • PLO 3 Gather and interpret health information, and employ clinical reasoning to develop differential diagnoses, to inform assessment and management
  • PLO 4 Effectively communicate with a wide audience (i.e. patients, carers, healthcare professionals and agencies), with respect and sensitivity to socio-cultural diversity, using a variety of media
  • PLO 5 Manage all aspects of clinical practice to comply with ethical, legal, and regulatory standards in an evolving healthcare industry
  • PLO 6 Work autonomously and collaboratively, to lead and/or contribute to inter-professional healthcare partnerships
  • PLO 7 Develop and implement strategies to meet personal and professional demands, as a primary healthcare provider
  • PLO 8 Develop a commitment to lifelong learning, recognising the historical development and evolution of the profession, and how this integrates with contemporary practice


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

  1. Apply the clinical skills essential to long-term management of the patient including chronic health complaints;
  2. Evaluate the evolving nature of a patient’s health status and integrate adjunctive therapies into the care plan;
  3. Formulate and defend a management strategy, through a patient-centred care framework, that navigates ethical and legal conundrums in a clinical case presentation;
  4. Develop strategies to manage patient expectations, ethical dilemmas, emergency situations, and adverse reactions;
  5. Demonstrate the skills used to integrate health information using EBP to inform a management plan and prognosis for recurrent health conditions.


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.

As a student practitioner you need to be aware of:

  • all obligations under the codes of practice described on the Osteopathy Board of Australia website (URL: http://www.osteopathyboard.gov.au/)
  • all processes and procedures of the RMIT Health Sciences Clinic. The osteopathy discipline manual is available through modules on the BP279 Canvas site. The manual and website is updated regularly and should be reviewed every semester.

The Library Osteopath Study Guide provides useful references and information for the study of this program.


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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Clinical Assessment Cluster (Hurdle)
Weighting 50%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 

Assessment Task 2: Chronic Pain Assessment
Weighting 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 

Assessment Task 3: WIL-Specific Video Assessment
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 2, 3, 4 & 5 

Assessment Task 4: Attendance Requirements and Professional Conduct (HURDLE Requirement)
Weighting 0%

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.