Course Title: Assess client massage needs

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2022

Course Code: NURS5361C

Course Title: Assess client massage needs

Important Information:

Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities.  

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School: 535T Social Care and Health

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

kristy.dangelo@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

ll 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 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

	Assess Client Massage Needs
Class topics and Assessments
Week 1	Intro to unit – Assessment Requirements Anatomical terminology and Navigating the body
Week 2	Global postural observation Foundations of Range of Motion (ROM) testing
Week 3	Ankle and knee anatomy and palpation
Week 4	Ankle & Knee ROM
Week 5	Hip and Lumbopelvic anatomy and palpation
Assessment Task 1.1 due
Week 6	Hip and Lumbopelvic ROM
1.1 reassessments due
Week 7	Hip & lumbar palpation review and ROM review
Week 8	Cervical ROM Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar anatomy and palpation
Task assessment 1.2 due
Week 9	Cervical palpation
Re assessments for Assessment Task 1.2 due
Week 10	Cervical ROM & palpation review
Week 11	Shoulder ROM
Assessment Task 1.3
Week 12	Shoulder palpation
Re assessments for Assessment Task 1.3 -due
Week 13	Shoulder anatomy and palpation
Week 14	Elbow and Wrist anatomy and palpation
FRIDAY – Assessment Task 1.4
Week 15	Elbow and Wrist ROM
Re assessments for Assessment Task 1.4
Week 16	Elbow and Wrist anatomy and palpation & ROM review
Week 17	Short question assessment review
Assessment Task 1.5
Week 18	Re assessments for Assessment Task 1.5-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. This portfolio will be separated into 6 segments to upload progressively through the semester.     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

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