Course Title: Monitor and evaluate remedial massage treatments

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2020

Course Code: SPRT5106C

Course Title: Monitor and evaluate remedial massage treatments

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

Nominal Hours: 30

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 it clustered with HLTAAP003/NURS5359 Analyse and respond to client health information

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to monitor and evaluate remedial massage treatments, both from an individual client and whole of practice perspective.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTMSG008 Monitor and evaluate remedial massage treatments

Element:

1. Evaluate client progress

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Seek client feedback about treatment impacts and compliance with the treatment plan 1.2 Make own observations and assessment of client changes based on massage framework 1.3 Evaluate treatment impacts in relation to client's physical, mental, spiritual and emotional wellbeing 1.4 Compare changes and improvements with expectations in the treatment plan, existing research and evidence from own practice 1.5 Seek additional information from clients when progress suggests this is needed 1.6 Accurately document progress in client treatment plan

Element:

2. Adjust treatment based on evaluation

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Determine the need for adjustment to treatment plan based on evaluation of client progress 2.2 Identify and respond to factors that may be inhibiting client progress 2.3 Adjust treatment plans based on outcomes and sources of research or evidence that support massage practice 2.4 Accurately document any adjustments to treatment plans

Element:

3. Develop practice from client evaluation

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Review progress of clients in context of own individual practice 3.2 Identify areas of own practice for further research or development to support client outcomes 3.3 Pro-actively seek and respond to professional development opportunities

Learning Outcomes


Please refer to the Elements of Competency above.


Details of Learning Activities

The Remedial Massage clinic will be delivered through face-to-face clinical sessions which you are required to attend on a weekly basis.

Withing clinic you will have the opportunity to utilise all your learnt skills within the Diploma of Remedial Massage.

The practical application of all skills will lead to a strong understanding of how to work with a range of clients, in an effective manner in order to stabilise conditions  allowing clients to live a better quality of life.  Refining practical skills within a clinical environment at RMIT allows for professional growth with the very exciting and emerging Diploma of Remedial Massage.


Teaching Schedule

DATE

CLINIC

ACTIVITIES

6/7/20-30/8/20

Theory webinar weeks 1-4

  • The impact of:

    • Signs and symptoms of common clinical conditions 
    • basic chemistry
    • Stricture and function of cells
    • Transport systems 
    • Drug actions, indications and contraindications 
    • Effects of ageing on body systems 
    • common environmental emergencies (diving, altitude, temperature)
    • overdose and poisoning
    • surgical insult
    • trauma (penetrating, blunt

 1/8/20-30/8/20

Remedial Clinic 3-hour blocks

Treatment of 2 Clients
  • 2 Clients back to back booked via ealth .
  • Clinic management required at times,
  • Hour 3 – feedback from Clinic Supervisor
  • Review of clients and what they presented.
  •  Review of testing, client history, written documentation.       Requirements for next clinic  

 

31/8/20-6/9/20

Mid semester break 

  

7/9/20-1/11/20

Remedial Massage Clinic 3-hour block.

Treatment of 3 clients
  • Review of clients
  • Review of paperwork
  • Suggestions of treatment plans
  • Observation of treatments on an individual level

16/9/20-7/2/21

Semester break 

  

8/2/21-31/3/21

Remedial Massage Clinic 3-hour block.

Treatment of 3 clients
  • Review of clients
  • Review of paperwork
  • Suggestions of treatment plans
  • Observation of treatments on an individual level

1/4/21-7/4/21

Mid semester break 

  

8/4/21-6/6/21

Remedial Massage Clinic 3-hour block.

Treatment of 3 clients
  • Review of clients
  • Review of paperwork
  • Suggestions of treatment plans
  • Observation of treatments on an individual level


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 – Quiz

Assessment Task 2 –Practical Assessments

Assessment Task 3 - Personal Reflection

 


Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1 (1.1-1.2)- Knowledge Assessments 

These assessments you are to complete in your own time.

Assessment Task 1.1 - Clinic Entrance Knowledge 

For this assessment you are asked to answer questions which relate to the clinic policies, procedures and knowledge that you will/may come across in your student clinic time at RMIT. You are required to complete this task in the first two weeks of commencing. 

 Assessment Task 1.2 - Knowledge Questions

For this assessment you are asked to answer questions which relate to your knowledge of analysing and responding to client health information. 

 

Assessment Task 2 (2.1-2.2)- Practical Assessment  

Assessment Task 2.1 - Log of Review clients

This practical assessment will allow you to demonstrate your ability to monitor and evaluate remedial massage treatments. You must treat a minimum of 5 different clients with at least 3 treatments per client (initial, 2nd 3 rd) You MUST: - Seek client feedback about previous treatment impacts - Evaluate the effectiveness and impacts from previous treatment to clients physical, mental, spiritual and emotional wellbeing - Discuss any adverse reactions or any other relevant post treatment information - Discuss and review prescribed corrective exercises, stretches, and ergonomics - Added necessary modifications post treatment - Accurately documented progress or regress in client file - Seek additional client feedback post treatment 

Assessment Task 2.2 - Client conditions 

This practical assessment will allow you to demonstrate your ability to analyse and respond to various client health conditions. You must treat a minimum of 6 different clients presenting with different conditions. You will assess client health status based on: • observations • physical assessments • interpretation of client tests 

 

Assessment Task 3 - Personal reflection 

This personal reflection task will allow you to demonstrate your ability to: - Identify areas of own practice for further research or development to support client outcomes - Seek professional development opportunities to enhance your practice Assessment Instructions When reflecting on your treatments, you MUST: - With reference to 3 clients, explain the adjustments/variations you made throughout their treatment plan, and why the adjustments were made? - Identify 3 areas of your own practice you need further development in - Research professional development opportunities for all 3. - Identify 3 barriers to your client progress. How did you overcome these barriers? - Explain the research you conducted in order to enhance and support client outcomes - What sources of and evidence did you base your research on? 


Assessment Matrix

Other Information

Important information regarding Assessment Tasks:

 

Resubmissions are not automatic and will only be approved at the discretion of the Program Coordinator, after consultation with the teacher and each individual assessment may only be resubmitted once. 

All students will be contacted with 7 days by their course coordinator in regards to  resubmission 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.

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