Course Title: Conduct research relating to Myotherapy clinical practice

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2019

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

Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 70

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

None

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:	2.1 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 2.5 Research process and findings are documented in accordance with the clinic guidelines 2.6 Research conclusions are based solely on the critical evaluation of the data and evidence gathered.
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, 2019                            Wednesday 9:30am – 12:30pm
Week	Date	Class Topics and Assessments
1	10th Jul	Introduction to Research articles Library education on “How to conduct research” Discuss Assessment 1
2	17th Jul	Article 1 - Plantar fascia rolling research
3	24th Jul	Article 2 – Intra and inter-rater reliability
4	31st Jul	Assessment 1 – Scholarly vs. Non-scholarly Research articles (PRESENTATION)
5	7th Aug	Assessment 1 – Scholarly vs. Non-scholarly Research articles (PRESENTATION)
	7th Aug	Constructing a Literature Review and Research Methods
6	14th Aug	Article 3
7	21st Aug	Article 4
8	28th Aug	Article 5
	30th Aug	Assessment 2 – Literature Review and Research Methods (WRITTEN)
	4th Sept	MID-SEMESTER BREAK
9	11th Sept	Research project revision
10	18th Sept	NO CLASS – Work on Research Projects
11	25th Sept	NO CLASS – Work on Research Projects
12	2nd Oct	Article 6
13	9th Oct	Article 7
14	16th Oct	Article 8
15	23rd Oct	Article 9
16	30th Oct	Assessment 3 – Research Findings & Clinical Practice  (PRESENTATION)
17	6th Nov	Assessment 3 – Research Findings & Clinical Practice  (PRESENTATION)
18	13th Nov	Assessment 3 – Research Findings & Clinical Practice  (PRESENTATION)

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

References

Other Resources

Access to RMIT Library for Research purposes.

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 - Written: Literature Review and Research Methods

Assessment Task 2 - Written: Research Project Findings

Assessment Task 3 - Presentation: Research Conclusions and Findings

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Tasks

1. PRESENTATION: Scholarly vs. Non-scholarly – 31st July & 7th August, 2019

Students are required to determine a topic of interest and find one (1) scholarly and one (1) non-scholarly piece of research directly relating to Myotherapy practice. Both sources of information must be on the same pathology or involve similar research techniques. Students are to compare and contrast the scholarly and non-scholarly sources by critically evaluating the presented research information.

 

 

2. WRITTEN TASK: Literature Review & Research Methods – 30th August, 2019
Students are required to submit a Literature review and Methods section in the format of a Journal article on their chosen research topic that directly relates to Myotherapy practice. A minimum of three (3) scholarly sources of information need to be collected, analysed, compared and contrasted. The relevance of the research has to be critically evaluated within a Myotherapy framework.

The Methods to be employed in the research project have to be submitted with an Informed Consent form that participants will need to sign before research commences.

 

 

3. PRESENTATION: Research Conclusion & Findings - 30th Oct, 6th, 13th Nov, 2019
Students are required to present their research conclusions and findings to the class including potential improvement in current practice and how they can be implemented in their application to Myotherapy practice and clinical issues that may require further research.

Assessment Matrix

Other Information

Important information regarding Assessment Tasks:

 

Each individual assessment may only be resubmitted once. 

Resubmissions are not automatic and will only be approved at the discretion of the Program Coordinator, after consultation with the teacher.

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.

Where an extension of greater than seven days is needed, you must apply for SPECIAL CONSIDERATION. 

If you require further information please contact your teacher or Program Coordinator.

 

Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

RMIT has a strict policy on plagiarism and academic integrity. Please refer to 

https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/rights-and-responsibilities/academic-integrity

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