Course Title: Chiropractic 7

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Chiropractic 7

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

REHA2207

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2016

REHA2207

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2018,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 2 2023

Course Coordinator: Dr Marcus McDonald

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 7602

Course Coordinator Email: marcus.mcdonald@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 202.04.021


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses

Successful completion of:

Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course.

For information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.

Required Concurrent Study

You should undertake the following courses at the same time as this course as it contains areas of knowledge and skills which are implemented together in practice.

Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.

Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning. 


Course Description

This course will present a range of topics in adjunctive therapies, clinical nutrition rehabilitation and the neurobiomechanical and physiological theory underpinning chiropractic. These topics can enhance the management of patients in the chiropractic clinical setting. Adjunctive therapies are tools adjunctive to active, practice based therapies. You will be expected to demonstrate how to integrate these tools into clinical practice and sound clinical thinking. You will be introduced to the application of the topics and be encouraged where, and how, to further become skilled in these areas.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the development of the Program Learning Outcomes in the following way:

  • PLO 1 provide specialised health care within a patient-centred, evidence-based framework;
  • PLO 2 gather clinical information to make accurate differential diagnoses, assessment and management plans and carry out effective treatment;
  • PLO 3 practice as a competent health care professional in a safe, ethical and legally responsible manner;
  • PLO 4 demonstrate cultural awareness and sensitivity in the provision of specialized health care;
  • PLO 5 communicate effectively in a range of forms (written, online, oral) and with diverse audiences (patients, community/public, agencies and health professionals);


Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  1. Evaluate a range of adjunctive therapies that support chiropractic management and treatment options;
  2. Discuss the application, limitations, and contraindications of adjunctive therapies, nutrition and rehabilitation;
  3. Discuss and prescribe appropriate clinical based rehabilitation, adjunctive therapies and nutrition by constructing a care plan;
  4. Utilise sound clinical based decisions using up-to-date evidence when prescribing adjunctive therapies, rehabilitation and nutrition;
  5. Demonstrate a capacity to independently evaluate, investigate and integrate into clinical practice, techniques, modalities and interventions of rehabilitation, adjunctive therapies and nutrition with other chiropractic management;
  6. Identify and apply neurobiomechanical and physiological theory which underpins the practice of chiropractic.


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.

The elements of learning in this course will be directly applicable to and integrated into activities in REHA2212 Chiropractic Clinical Practice 2. 


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

This course contains hurdle requirements. All hurdle requirements for this course are indicated clearly in the assessment regime that follows, against the relevant assessment task(s) and all have been approved by the College Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching).

A hurdle requirement is necessary in order to demonstrate to the accrediting body that students are competent and are being sufficiently assessed against practice-focused professional standards throughout the course of their program.  

Attendance requirements

Attendance at practical classes is compulsory for several important reasons, including to prevent potential injury to participants during practical assessments. Therefore, if you don’t attend and participate effectively in at least 85% of your scheduled practical classes you won’t be entitled to a practical assessment opportunity at the end of semester, which is a hurdle requirement.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Clinical WIL Tasks (x2)
Weighting 45%
This assessment task supports CLOs 2, 3, 4 & 5

Assessment Task 2: Clinical Related Tasks (x2)
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

Assessment Task 3: Short Answer Written Assessment
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLO 6

Assessment Task 4: End of Semester Practical Assessment (HURDLE) 
Weighting 15%
This assessment task supports CLOs 2, 4 & 5

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.