Course Title: Perform remedial massage health assessment
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2011
Course Code: SPRT5066C
Course Title: Perform remedial massage health assessment
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5207 - Diploma of Remedial Massage
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: 200
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 unit should be assessed in conjunction with the following related competency units:
• HLTCOM404B Communicate effectively with clients
• HLTIN301A Comply with infection control policies and procedures in health work
• HLTHIR301A Communicate and work effectively in health
This course is delivered concurrently with the following units of competency:
HLTREM408B Apply Massage Assessment Framework
HLTREM409B Perform Massage health Assessment
HLTREM504B Apply Remedial Massage Assessment Framework
Course Description
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to observe the condition of the client and gather information relevant to the case to enable correct assessment, planning and provision of a remedial massage.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTREM505B Perform remedial massage health assessment |
Element: |
1. Determine the scope of the assessment and the client’s needs |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Establish the client’s purpose for consultation and identify the symptoms experienced |
Element: |
2. Obtain and record an accurate history of the client |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Seek information from the client for the client’s history in a respectful way with all enquiries asked in a purposeful, systematic and diplomatic manner |
Element: |
3. Manage the health assessment |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Ensure informed client consent is obtained prior to conducting tests, in accordance with relevant legislation and regulations |
Element: |
4. Prepare the client for assessment |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Ensure the client’s body is not unnecessarily exposed during assessment/treatment |
Element: |
5. Make a comprehensive assessment of the client |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Identify signs of condition according to massage therapy framework |
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.
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 |
06/06/11 | EXAM PERIOD | 08/06/11 | Submit Learning Activity |
11/07/11 | Foot & Lower Leg Architecture & ROM | 13/07/11 | Foot & Lower Leg Gait Analysis |
18/07/11 |
Foot & Lower Leg Testing | 20/07/11 | Knee & Thigh Architecture and Mechanics |
25/07/11 | Knee & Thigh ROM & Testing | 27/07/11 | Lower limb & Thigh Revision |
01/08/11 |
Practical Assessment of the Lower Limb & Thigh |
03/08/11 | Pelvis & Hip. Architecture, ROM & Goniometers |
08/08/11 | Pelvis & Hip, Global Assessment | 10/08/11 | Palpation of the Pelvis & Hip |
15/08/11 | Pelvis & Hip Revision WETLAB TBA | 17/08/11 |
Lumbo -Sacral Architecture & Mechanics |
22/08/11 | Lumbo -Sacral Palpation | 24/08/11 | Revison LX Sx |
05/09/11 | Practical Assessment of the Hip or Lumbo-Sacral region | 07/09/11 |
Thoracic & Abdominal Architecture & ROM |
12/09/11 | Thoracic & Abdominal Palpation | 14/09/11 | Scapula & GH Region Self Directed Learning |
19/09/11 | Scapula & GH Region Self Directed Learning | 21/09/11 | Scapula & GHWorksheet Submission WED 21st |
26/09/11 |
Scap GH Revision | 28/09/11 |
Cervical /Brachial Plexus pathways |
03/10/11 |
Cervical /Brachial Plexus | 05/10/11 |
ANATOMY WETLAB Assessment TBA |
10/10/11 |
Elbow, Hand & Wrist Architecture | 12/10/11 | Elbow, Hand & Wrist Palpation & Neural Pathways |
17/10/11 | Elbow, Hand & Wrist Revision |
19/10/11 |
Pract Assessment of Cx, BrachPlex or Wrist & Hand |
24/10/11 | Tutorial | 26/10/11 | Tutorial |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Biel, A 2005 Trail guide to the body, 3rd edn, Discovery books. |
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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 integrate skills and knowledge. Learners may also be required to demonstrate competency through completion of 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: Practical Assessment of the Lower Limb & Thigh 01/08/11
Task 3: Practical Assessment of the Hip or Lumbo-Sacral region 05/09/11
Task 4: Practical Assessment of Cx, Brachial Plexus or Wrist & Hand 19/10/11
Task 5: Written History Taking test 06/06/11
Task 6: Submit Learning Activity . Differentiation of Muscle 08/06/11
Task 7: Scapula & Glenohumeral Worksheet Submission 21/09/11
Assessment Matrix
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