Course Title: Conduct research relating to Myotherapy clinical practice

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 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

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Nominal Hours: 70

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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:	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

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Details of Learning Activities

There will be 1 three hour class in semester 1 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 1, 2019                            Wednesday 9:30am – 12:30pm
Week	Date	Class Topics and Assessments
1	13th Feb	Intro to Research articles, Library visit on “How to conduct research”
2	20th Feb	Plantar fascia rolling research Constructing a Literature Review
3	27th Feb	Constructing Research Methods
4	6th Mar	Article 1
5	13th Mar	Article 2
6	20th Mar	Article 3
7	27th Mar	Article 4
8	3rd Apr	Article 5
	3rd Apr	Assessment 1 – Literature Review & Research Methods WRITTEN
9	10th Apr	Article 6
10	17th Apr	Article 7
	24th Apr	MID-SEMESTER BREAK
11	1st May	Article 8
12	8th May	Article 9
13	15th May	Article 10
14	22nd May	Article 11
	24th May	Assessment 2 – Research Project Findings WRITTEN
15	29th May	Review
16	5th June	Assessment 3 – Research Conclusions & Findings PRESENTATION
17	12th June	Assessment 3 – Research Conclusions & Findings PRESENTATION
18	19th June	Assessment 3 – Research Conclusions & Findings PRESENTATION

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

References

Other Resources

Access to RMIT Library

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 Task 1 - Written: Literature Review and Research Methods.  3/04/19

Assessment Task 2 -  Written: Research Project Findings. 24/05/19 

Assessment Task 3 -  Presentation: Research Conclusions and Findings. 05, 12, 19/06/19 

Assessment Matrix

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