Course Title: Conduct research relating to Myotherapy clinical practice

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2018

Course Code: OHTH5966

Course Title: Conduct research relating to Myotherapy clinical practice

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

Campus: City Campus

Program: C6159 - Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy

Course Contact: Joshua Davies

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4333

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

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Nominal Hours: 70

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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

There are no pre-requisites for this unit

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to source and evaluate relevant research information and apply their findings to a myotherapy clinical practice

No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:	VU21880 Conduct research relating to Myotherapy clinical practice
Element:	Apply research findings to clinical practice
Performance Criteria:	3.1 Research conclusions are employed to identify potential areas for improvement in current practice 3.2 Information findings are correlated with individual clinical case presentation to determine potential application in treatment 3.3 Improvements in clinical practice are implemented based on the research evidence and anticipated outcomes are assessed 3.4 Clinical issues that may require further research are identified
Element:	Collect and analyse research information
Performance Criteria:	Research information is collected and collated for analysis 2.2 Scholarly and non-scholarly sources of information are compared, contrasted and prioritised 2.3 The research methods, strength, relevance, reliability and currency of the information is assessed in the context of myotherapy practice 2.4 Relevance of the research information to clinical treatment strategies within a myotherapy framework is critically evaluated
Element:	Plan research activities relating to myotherapy practice
Performance Criteria:	1.1 Research opportunities with the potential to support and improve the myotherapy practice are identified 1.2 The clinical objectives of the research activity are clarified 1.3 Established sources of relevant and credible research information are ascertained 1.4 Scholarly and non-scholarly sources of contemporary information are distinguished 1.5 Efficient research process for gathering the required information are selected

Learning Outcomes

See elements of competency above 

Details of Learning Activities

There will be 1 three hour class in semester 2 delivered face-to-face. Students are also required to work on their own to conduct their research projects to meet the requirements of the assessment tasks.

Teaching Schedule

 

		SEMESTER 2, 2018 Wednesday 9:30am – 12:30pm
Week	Date	Class Topics and Assessments
1	4th July	Intro to Research articles, Library visit on “How to conduct research”
2	11th July	Foam rolling
3	18th July	Tendinopathy (Tendinosis vs. Tendinitis)
4	25th July	Article 1
5	1st August	Article 2
6	8th August	Article 3
7	15th August	Article 4
8	22nd August	Article 5
	29th August	MID-SEMESTER BREAK
9	5th Sept	Assessment 1 – Initial Verbal Research Presentation
10	12th Sept	Assessment 1 – Initial Verbal Research Presentation
11	19th Sept	Article 6
12	26th Sept	Article 7
13	3rd Oct	Article 8
14	10th Oct	Article 9
15	17th Oct	Article 10
16	24th Oct	Dry Needling Research
17	31st Oct	Dry Needling Research
17	31st Oct	Assessment 2 – Conclusion and Evaluation of Research ARTICLE
18	7th Nov	Assessment 2 – Conclusion and Evaluation of Research PRESENTATION

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

References

Other Resources

Overview of Assessment

 

 Assessment Tasks

 

Task 1: Verbal Pre-research presentation 

Task 2: Video essay of research outcomes 

 

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 Tasks

AT 1.1 Initial verbal research presentation.  5/9/18 & 12/9/18

AT 1.2.  Article - Conclusion and Evaluation of research. 7/11/18  

Assessment Matrix

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