Course Title: Adapt remedial massage treatments to meet specific needs

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2018

Course Code: SPRT5105C

Course Title: Adapt remedial massage treatments to meet specific needs

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

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5357 - Diploma of Remedial Massage

Course Contact: Joshua Davies

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4333

Course Contact Email: joshua.davies@rmit.edu.au

Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Laura Yeomans

laura.yeomans@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 120

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

There are no pre-requisites for this unit. 

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to adapt remedial massage assessment and treatment strategies to meet the needs of clients of different genders and at different stages of life. It also includes the requirement to be able to identify and respond to other specific needs with which the practitioner may be unfamiliar.

This unit applies to remedial massage therapists.

The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.

National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:	HLTMSG006 Adapt remedial massage treatments to meet specific needs
Element:	1. Adapt assessment and treatment strategies to stages of life
Performance Criteria:	1.1 Anticipate and take account of client sensitivities to ensure client dignity is maintained 1.2 Tailor approaches that take account of different cognitive abilities of clients at different stages of life 1.3 Adjust physical processes to take account of client capabilities and physical body features 1.4 Recognise norms and deviations associated with age and gender 1.5 Obtain consents from others when appropriate
Element:	2. Respond to unfamiliar presentations
Performance Criteria:	2.1 Recognise situations where presenting cases or aspects of presenting cases fall outside current knowledge base or expertise 2.2 Refer client to other practitioners when case is not appropriate to own scope of practice 2.3 Identify, access and interpret sources of additional information and advice when appropriate to continue with the case 2.4 Enhance own capacity to deal with the case by conducting case specific research 2.5 Integrate findings into client treatment plans and record details
Element:	3. Extend and expand own knowledge base
Performance Criteria:	3.1 Pro-actively identify and respond to professional development opportunities 3.2 Develop and adjust work practices as part of ongoing practice development

Learning Outcomes

Please refer to the Elements of Competency above.

Details of Learning Activities

 A one 3 hour class per week for 8 weeks. Class includes practical elements so please bring a clean set of towels to each class

Teaching Schedule

 

 

 course schedule

	Provide specialised remedial massage treatment 2018	Assessment
RMIT Wk	Date		Class & Activities
1	2/07/2018		Research guide to complete this course Introduction to negotiated assessment Guidelines discussion on how the course is assessed and presented each week	Assessment 1
2	9/07/2018		Provide specialised remedial massage for children and adolescents/ Treatment	Assessment 1
3	16/07/2018		Provide specialised remedial massage for women/Treatment	Assessment 1
4	23/07/2018		Provide specialised remedial massage for men/Treatment	Assessment 1
5	30/07/2018		Provide specialised remedial massage for geriatrics/ Treatment	Assessment 1
6	13/08/2018		Provide specialised remedial massage for mental Health/ Treatment	Assessment 1
7	20/08/2018		Treatment Case Studies presentation	Assessment 1
8	03/09/2018		Final Assessment treat pathology chosen at presentation	Assessment 2

 

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

References

Other Resources

Overview of Assessment

The skills and knowledge to be assessed within this unit replicate real work skills within the industry. 

Assessment Tasks:

1. Observation skills checklist

2. Negotiated Assessment: Specific research and treatment options

Assessment Tasks

Assessment task 1.  A minimum of 3 sets of specific skills relating to the case studies in class must be observed in class time.  You will record you assessment on a client first assessment  form.This will then be uploaded onto Canvas 

Assessment 1:  date 9/7/2018 - 13/08/2018

Assessment Task 2. The negotiated assessment must be submitted on the final day of class depending on the group. A presentation of your power point will be timetabled . You will then proceed to treat a client ( role play ) who presents at your clinic with your chosen pathology. All treatment forms and power point presentations will be uploaded onto Canvas.

Assessment 2 due date: 03/09/2018

 

 

Assessment Matrix

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