Overview
This unit follows on from Foundations of Chiropractic Practice 1. You will learn the principles and practice of chiropractic within the context of the Australian health care system. You will further develop your muscle testing, in addition to your psychomotor skills in manipulative/adjusting techniques. You will learn basic musculoskeletal assessment protocols, beginning with observation (postural analysis), gait analysis and movement (passive and active range of motion), while continuing to develop your palpation skills. Throughout the unit, you will need to apply your knowledge of related functional anatomy, physics and biomechanics to chiropractic.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: BMSC11001 and CHIR11001
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2019
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Have Your Say feedback survey
Students across the campi reported a supportive and enjoyable learning environment for the practical sessions. They also mentioned that faculty across all campi genuinely care about their progress.
The faculty are very pleased that the students have enjoyed the practical learning environment and will continue to provide a supportive experience.
Feedback from Have Your Say feedback survey
While many students felt that the lay out of the unit was clear and logical. There was a suggestion that having weekly questions would be helpful to ensure students were keeping up with content.
The unit coordinator will look at replacing the two formative quizzes with weekly formative quizzes to help ensure students stay on schedule.
Feedback from Have Your Say feedback survey
A minority of students requested that detailed feedback be provided when the OSCE scores are released.
The unit coordinator is exploring options to provide automatic digital feedback following the release of OSCE scores.
- Explain the relevance of the principles and practice of chiropractic.
- Apply your psychomotor skills to adjusting/manipulative set-ups at an intermediate level.
- Perform soft tissue therapeutic procedures and non-force techniques at an intermediate level.
- Test the function of a range of muscles and muscle groups.
- Analyse findings from musculoskeletal assessment protocols such as observation, range of movement and palpation.
- Describe the scope of chiropractic practice within the context of the Australian Health care system.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - On-campus Activity - 0% | ||||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 50% | ||||||
| 3 - Examination - 50% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||||
| 10 - First Nations Knowledges | ||||||
| 11 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| 1 - On-campus Activity - 0% | |||||||||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 50% | |||||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 50% | |||||||||||
Textbooks
Chiropractic Technique: principles and procedures
- (2010)
- Authors: Bergmann T and Peterson D
- ISBN: 9780323049696
- Binding: Hardcover
Muscle Manual
- Edition: 2nd (2008)
- Authors: Vizniak, N
- Canada
- ISBN: 9780973274226
- Binding: Paperback
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
b.draper@cqu.edu.au
Week 1
Begin Date: 15 Jul 2019Module/Topic
Introduction and FCP1 Review
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 2
Begin Date: 22 Jul 2019Module/Topic
Cervical spine motion palpation,muscle review and testing, soft tissue therapy.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 3
Begin Date: 29 Jul 2019Module/Topic
Thoracic spine and thorax motion palpation, muscle review and testing, soft tissue therapy.
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Week 4
Begin Date: 05 Aug 2019Module/Topic
Lumbar spine and abdomen motion palpation, muscle review and testing,soft tissue therapy.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 5
Begin Date: 12 Aug 2019Module/Topic
Pelvic region motion palpation,soft tissue therapy.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Vacation Week
Begin Date: 19 Aug 2019Module/Topic
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Week 6
Begin Date: 26 Aug 2019Module/Topic
Mid term examination
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Week 7
Begin Date: 02 Sep 2019Module/Topic
Hip region motion palpation, muscle review and testing,soft tissue therapy.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 8
Begin Date: 09 Sep 2019Module/Topic
Knee and ankle region motion palpation, muscle review and testing,soft tissue therapy.
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Week 9
Begin Date: 16 Sep 2019Module/Topic
Shoulder region motion palpation, muscle review and testing,soft tissue therapy.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 10
Begin Date: 23 Sep 2019Module/Topic
Elbow and wrist region motion palpation, muscle review and testing,soft tissue therapy.
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Week 11
Begin Date: 30 Sep 2019Module/Topic
Review week
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Week 12
Begin Date: 07 Oct 2019Module/Topic
End of term practical examination
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Review/Exam Week
Begin Date: 14 Oct 2019Module/Topic
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Exam Week
Begin Date: 21 Oct 2019Module/Topic
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1 On-campus Activity
On campus activity (weekly sheet) must be signed off at the end of each practical session. A scanned version of the sheet must be submitted online at the end of weeks 5 and 10. You must attain an 80% sign off rate for the unit.
Week 10 Friday (27 Sept 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 11 Monday (30 Sept 2019)
Attendance and performance of the prescribed activities must be signed off by your supervisor.
- Apply your psychomotor skills to adjusting/manipulative set-ups at an intermediate level.
- Perform soft tissue therapeutic procedures and non-force techniques at an intermediate level.
- Test the function of a range of muscles and muscle groups.
- Analyse findings from musculoskeletal assessment protocols such as observation, range of movement and palpation.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Team Work
- Ethical practice
2 Practical Assessment
These are conducted in class time. A detailed description of the mid term examination is placed in the information section on the Moodle site. A detailed description of the end of term examination will be place on the Moodle site in due course. Please note that you must obtain a pass grade of 50% or greater in each section of the practical examination concerned in order to obtain an overall pass grade for each practical examination. Each examination is worth 25% of the total grade.
Week 12 Friday (11 Oct 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Exam Week Monday (21 Oct 2019)
Each practical examination will assess
1. Hygiene and consent
2. Performance of muscle tests
3. Performance of motion palpation
4. Soft tissue therapy.
Each component must be passed.
Greater detail is provided on the Moodle site.
- Apply your psychomotor skills to adjusting/manipulative set-ups at an intermediate level.
- Perform soft tissue therapeutic procedures and non-force techniques at an intermediate level.
- Test the function of a range of muscles and muscle groups.
- Analyse findings from musculoskeletal assessment protocols such as observation, range of movement and palpation.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Ethical practice
Examination
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
