Course Title: Osteopathic Clinical Practice 2

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Osteopathic Clinical Practice 2

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

REHA2214

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2014,
Sem 2 2015,
Sem 2 2016

REHA2214

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2017,
Sem 2 2018,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 2 2023

Course Coordinator: Michael Fleischmann

Course Coordinator Phone: .

Course Coordinator Email: Michael.fleischmann2@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: .

Course Coordinator Availability: by appointment


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required Prior Study

You should have satisfactorily completed following course/s before you commence this course.

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

Osteopathic Clinical Practice is the integrative focus of your learning experience at this stage of the program. While it has been divided into semesters, the courses are continued all year and your progression is determined by year-long performance. The clinical practice component requires 36 weeks clinical attendance per year at 18 weeks per half year.

This course includes a Work Integrated Learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience.

This course is a clinical placement Work Integrated Learning experience with the placement occurring in the teaching clinic at Bundoora.

  •  Semi-Autonomous practice: You will see patients on a rostered clinic shift under supervision.

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability you should contact the Program Coordinator or the Equitable Learning Services for further advice. Students need to be able to meet the inherent requirements of the program.

At any time prior to or during your placement if there are concerns raised related to your fitness to practice the clinical coordinator can request that you gain full medical clearance to continue your placement.

Work Integrated Learning:

Students enrolled in this course will be required to undertake placement as part of the assessment of the course.  A number of requirements must be met by students to ensure eligibility for placement.  Further details on each of these are available in Part B of the Course Guide and on Canvas.

  • National Police check
  • Working with Children Check
  • First Aid Certificate

There is no flexibility with these requirements.  It is your responsibility to ensure THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE COMPLETED.  Any student who has not provided this information will not be able to attend placement and will receive a fail grade for the placement course.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the development of the Program Learning Outcomes for BP279 (Osteopathy):

  • PLO 1 Provide patient-centred care as a competent, safe primary healthcare professional
  • PLO 2 Provide osteopathic, musculo-skeletal healthcare within a patient-centred, evidence-based framework
  • PLO 3 Gather and interpret health information, and employ clinical reasoning to develop differential diagnoses, to inform assessment and management
  • PLO 4 Effectively communicate with a wide audience (i.e. patients, carers, healthcare professionals and agencies), with respect and sensitivity to socio-cultural diversity, using a variety of media
  • PLO 5 Manage all aspects of clinical practice to comply with ethical, legal, and regulatory standards in an evolving health-care industry
  • PLO 6 Work autonomously and collaboratively, to lead and/or contribute to inter-professional healthcare partnerships
  • PLO 7 Develop and implement strategies to meet personal and professional demands, as a primary healthcare provider


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

  1. Discuss the role of osteopathy in various inter-professional clinical care scenarios.
  2. Integrate contemporary osteopathic healthcare to formulate a patient-centred treatment and management plan that promotes patient motivation, empowerment, and compliance.
  3. Interpret relevant health information using a clinical reasoning framework and formulate an individualised treatment plan.
  4. Interpret relevant health information using a clinical reasoning framework and formulate an individualised management and rehabilitation program.
  5. Identify and explore the development of clinical practice guidelines and contribution to osteopathic practice.
  6. Present a concise patient narrative to a supervising clinician.


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.


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.

All students should be aware of their obligations under the codes of practice described on the Osteopathy Board of Australia website http://www.osteopathyboard.gov.au

The Library has specialised Subject guides at http://rmit.libguides.com/osteopathy


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).

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Mini Clinical Examinations (Mini CEx) 
Weighting 35%
This assessment task supports CLOs 2, 3, 5 & 6

Assessment Task 2: Mini Clinical Examination (Mini CEx) (HURDLE REQUIREMENT)
Weighting 35%
This assessment task supports CLOs 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6

Assessment Task 3: Written Assessment
Weighting 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

Assessment Task 4: Professional Conduct and Attendance Requirement (HURDLE REQUIREMENT)
Weighting 0%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6
You must attend 100% of your clinic shifts and maintain professional conduct to satisfy this hurdle requirement.

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.