Course Title: Assess client massage needs

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2021

Course Code: NURS5361C

Course Title: Assess client massage needs

School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5357 - Diploma of Remedial Massage

Course Contact: Laura Yeomans

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4289

Course Contact Email: laura.yeomans@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

John Bogle

+61 3 99254289

john.bogle@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 150

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

The unit of competency is clustered with the following unit of competency  HLTMSG004 (SPRT5103C) Provide Massage Treatments

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to gather client information, make a physical assessment of the body and determine massage treatment options. This unit applies to massage therapists providing general health maintenance treatments. It does not include remedial massage assessment techniques. This unit applies to massage therapists.
 


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTMSG002 Assess client massage needs

Element:

1. Determine scope of client needs

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Clarify client expectations 1.2 Provide clear information about scope and limits of services to be provided 1.3 Collect accurate, relevant and organised health record and document in a form which can be interpreted readily by other professionals 1.4 Recognise needs that are beyond scope of own practice, and make referrals to other health care professionals as required 1.5 Identify and respond to any barriers to information gathering and assessment 1.6 Seek client information respectfully and sensitively, using purposeful, systematic and diplomatic questions 1.7 Manage information in a confidential and secure way

Element:

2. Make a physical assessment

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Advise client about the physical assessment process and obtain client consent to proceed 2.2 Follow clinical and practitioner hygiene protocols 2.3 Respect client dignity and anticipate potential sensitivities 2.4 Seek client feedback on comfort levels throughout assessment process 2.5 Assess client through palpation, observation and range of motion (ROM) testing 2.6 Identify and respond to contra-indications to massage treatment 2.7 Accurately document assessment findings

Element:

3. Determine and communicate treatment approach

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Determine treatment needs by integrating findings from physical assessment, observation and communication 3.2 Discuss assessment and rationale for treatment with the client 3.3 Respond to client enquiries using language the client understands 3.4 Discuss referral and collaborative options with the client as required


Learning Outcomes


Please refer to the Elements of Competency.


Details of Learning Activities

All class learning materials, notes and other key learning resources can be accessed via myRMIT at www.rmit.edu.au/learninghub.

A combination of activities will support student’s learning in this course, such as:

• Face-to-face &/or online lectures to cover theoretical and practical concepts for each topic in the course

• Students will learn to apply their skills and knowledge to work integrated learning (WIL) in the student & clinical practice environment, during simulations and classroom based learning

• Work experience &/or placements observation of performance in the workplace will be a valuable part of your learning experience

• Tutorial activities (individually and in teams) to discuss, debate, critique and consolidate your ideas and extend your understanding around key concepts within specific topics

• Online discussions and activities to support and collaborate with other students in your course and debate and discuss ideas

• Utilise and develop critical research and cognitive skills to find credible sources of health information

• Self-directed study time (eg. readings or activities around theory) to enhance and strengthen your knowledge and understanding of theoretical concepts

• To further facilitate learning students are strongly encouraged to use a range of communication tools between themselves and their course instructor as well as between themselves and fellow students by using the online learning platform

• It is strongly recommended that students partner up with fellow students in order to practice assessment, treatment and palpation techniques


Teaching Schedule

Learning Schedule                            Note: May be subject to change

 

TBA

 

Semester 2 2021

Date

Class Topics

Week 1 

Intro to unit – Assessment Requirements

Anatomical terminology and Navigating the body

Week 2

Global Postural Observation

Week 3

Intro to Ankle & Knee Region

Week 4

Ankle & Knee Region

Week 5 

Task 1.1 Clinical Assessment

Week 6

Intro to Hip and Lumbopelvic Region

Week 7 

Hip and Lumbopelvic Region

 

Mid Semester Break

Week 9

Task 1.2 Clinical Assessment

Week 10

Intro to Cervical, Thoracic & Lumbar Region

Week 11

Cervical, Thoracic & Lumbar Region

Week 12

Task 1.3 Clinical Assessment

Week 13

Intro to Shoulder Region

Week 14

Shoulder Region

Week 15

Task 1.4 Clinical Assessment

Week 16

Intro Elbow & Arm region

Week 17

Elbow & Arm region

Task 3 Short Answer Due

Week 18

Task 1.5 Clinical Assessment

Task 2 Anatomy Portfolio Due

Task 4 Clinic Treatment Due



Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.

Assessment Task 1 - Clinical Assessments x 5

Assessment Task 2 - Anatomy Portfolio

Assessment Task 3 - Short Answer questions

Assessment Task 4 - Clinic Treatment Checklist

 

 


Assessment Tasks

Assessment Tasks
Clinical Assessment Tasks Task 1.1 Clinical Assessment Task 1.2 Clinical Assessment Task 1.3 Clinical Assessment Task 1.4 Clinical Assessment Task 1.5 Clinical Assessment The clinical assessment tasks summary and purpose: • The student will be given a case study that relates to the region being assessed. • The student will be assessed on their ability to demonstrate an understanding of their clinical assessment, anatomical knowledge through palpation of regional muscles.
Task 2 Anatomy Portfolio The anatomy portfolio summary and purpose: • The student will be assessed on their ability to demonstrate an understanding of their anatomical knowledge. This Assessment and Anatomy Portfolio task is one of 4 assessment tasks you need to complete satisfactorily. • All sections of this Anatomy Portfolio need to be completed.
Task 3 Short Answer Assessment The short answer summary and purpose: • This assessment is for the student to respond to the series of short questions in relation to the knowledge aspect of the unit. • Student should use their classroom resources, external books or websites to respond to the questions provided.
Task 4 Clinic Treatment The clinic treatment summary and purpose: • The purpose of this assessment is to assess your skills and knowledge to assess client massage needs, perform (ROM) range of movement testing and palpation on a client within a clinical setting. This will be performed on ten (10) separate clients. This includes: o LOOTRDIOOPS o Palpation o AROM o PROM o RROM • These clients are part of the 40 required clients for this unit. • This is a formative assessment; therefore, you must collate information on 10 clients, de-identified their history and initial intake forms to submit to Canvas.
Practical Demonstration in Clinic There will be aspects of this unit that need to be demonstrated within your clinical practice in the student clinic. This includes a minimum of 40 Satisfactory hours of clinical work in the student clinic. Please refer to canvas for due date. Please see your Clinic Manual for more information.


Assessment Matrix

Other Information

Each individual assessment may only be resubmitted once. 

Resubmissions are not automatic and will only be approved at the discretion of the Program Coordinator, after consultation with the teacher.

All students will be contacted with 7 days by their course coordinator in regards to  re submission completion dates.

   

Please note an opportunity to repeat clinical placement is not guaranteed and will be at the discretion of the Clinical Coordinator/Program Manager.


EXTENSION OR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION

If due to illness or other unforeseen circumstance, you are unable to attend on the due date of an assessment (e.g. test, examination, oral, etc.) OR you do attend, but your performance has been affected, you may submit an APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION within 5 working days of the due date. If Special Consideration is granted, you will be given the opportunity to complete/repeat the assessment task at a later date. For advice on this application please visit www.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration or speak to your Program Coordinator.
If due to illness or other unforeseen circumstance, you are unable to submit by the due date (e.g. assignment, report, project etc.):
you may submit an APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR SUBMISSION OF ASSESSABLE WORK for an extension of time of up to seven (7) calendar days or less. This must be lodged with the Program Coordinator 1 working day before the original due date. If granted, you will have the opportunity to submit up to 7 days later than the original due date. For advice on this application please visit www.rmit.edu.au/students/assessment/extension or speak to your Program Coordinator.

Where an extension of greater than seven days is needed, you must apply for SPECIAL CONSIDERATION. 

If you require further information please contact your teacher or Program Coordinator.


Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

RMIT has a strict policy on plagiarism and academic integrity. Please refer to 

https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/rights-and-responsibilities/academic-integrity

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