Course Title: Introduction to Clinical Practice

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Introduction to Clinical Practice

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

REHA2243

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 2 2023

Course Coordinator: Dr Azharuddin Fazalbhoy

Course Coordinator Phone: +61399257655

Course Coordinator Email: azharuddin.fazalbhoy@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Bundoora West


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.

Required Concurrent Study

You should undertake following course/s at the same time as this course as it contains areas of knowledge and skills which are implemented together in practice.

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

This course will further your skills of gathering clinical data, and utilise that data for interpretation within a clinical reasoning framework to develop differential and working diagnoses.

These skills will be developed using presentations of common musculoskeletal conditions managed by osteopaths.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes (PLO) 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 7 Develop and implement strategies to meet personal and professional demands, as a primary healthcare provider


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

  1. Reconcile the pathophysiology of common musculoskeletal conditions with patient signs and symptoms;
  2. Demonstrate clinical reasoning to formulate a list of differential diagnoses of common musculoskeletal conditions;
  3. Complete a neuro-orthopaedic musculoskeletal examination from the differential diagnoses;
  4. Formulate a working diagnosis based on evidence based practice;
  5. Compose comprehensive accounts of clinical encounters which meet medico-legal requirements for on-going care and patient management.


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.

The Library has specialised Subject guides at http://rmit.libguides.com/osteopathy 


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).

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Online quizzes
Weighting 20% (10% x 2)
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 4

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

Assessment Task 3: Viva Voce
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3 & 4

Assessment Task 4: End of semester written assessment
Weighting 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

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.