Clinical Chinese Medicine 2 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. The type of WIL activity involves clinical placements consisting of observation and treatment of patients under the supervision of a qualified and RMIT approved Chinese medicine practitioner.

This is a one-semester course that addresses diseases in the fields of gynaecology and traumatology. For each of these key topics, this course will cover aetiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis of disease, syndrome differentiation, treatment principles and treatment. There is a significant practical component where you will be required to apply your prior knowledge and skills in the treatment of disorders to gynaecology and traumatology conditions. This course involves an evidence-based approach to the practice of Chinese medicine. It will familiarise you with the broad context within which acupuncture is practised in Australia, their role within the health-care sector and the political context within which Chinese medicine operates. Regulatory requirements for practitioners, professional ethics and practice management issues are also considered.