Course Title: Monitor and evaluate remedial massage treatments
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2022
Course Code: SPRT5106C
Course Title: Monitor and evaluate remedial massage treatments
Important Information:
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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
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.
Within clinic you will have the opportunity to utilize 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 stabilize 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
Week |
CLINIC |
ACTIVITIES |
1-4 |
Self-directed learning |
The impact of:
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5-8 |
Remedial Clinic 3-hour blocks Treatment of 2 Clients |
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Mid-semester break |
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9-18 |
Remedial Massage Clinic 3-hour block. Treatment of 2 clients |
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Semester break |
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1-9 |
Remedial Massage Clinic 3-hour block. Treatment of 3 clients |
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Mid-semester break |
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10-16 |
Remedial Massage Clinic 3-hour block. Treatment of 2 clients |
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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
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