Overview
Clinical Practice 1 will provide you with your first opportunity to work at a satisfactory level after completing your undergraduate studies. This is the first of six clinical practical units in which you will gain experience by observing a real chiropractic clinic during a placement. In Clinical Practice 1 you will be expected to perform as a functional team member under guidance of the clinic supervisors and placement mentors whilst developing observational and reflective skills.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: Student must be enrolled in CC71 - Master of Clinical Chiropractic and Corequisite: CHIR20001 Advanced Neurology and Skeletal Dysfunction
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 1 - 2018
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 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 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 Student Feedback
The competencies throughout the term were a great way of improving overall skills and the feedback received was useful for overall improvement.
The unit will continue to use continuous practical assessment and feedback building towards clinic entrance. This helps students transform their practice as feedback is given on an ongoing basis and allows students to work on their performance.
Feedback from Student Feedback
Having the practical classes and the theory work line up on moodle, made it quite easy to understand and transfer the learning to a clinical environment.
The unit coordinator will continue to work to ensure that material is delivered in an integrated way across the term. It is pleasing that the students found the syncing of content useful.
Feedback from Student Feedback
The competency numbers were too ambitious for the class time allocated
Competencies will be reduced to a more manageable number and applicable in terms of topic. Students will be allowed to submit non-treatment / examination competencies as a recorded video file to make completion as manageable as possible.
Feedback from Student Feedback
Additional time for adjusting technique instruction would be appreciated.
Technique practice of Bachelors skills and new material will be added to future and other CP units.
- Develop, refine and integrate problem solving skills through clinical assessment, decision making and management at an intermediate level.
- Display behaviour appropriate to a professional health care provider, including ethical practice management and upholding the professional code of conduct.
- Demonstrate empathetic communication skills in the practitioner-patient relationship, and other professional and personal relationships.
- Demonstrate the ability to integrate sustainably within the broader health care system, including responsible use of health care resources, the ability to collaborate with other health care disciplines, and the employment of health promotion and preventative strategies through community education.
On successful completion of this unit you will meet certain CCEA requirements that will progress you towards applying for registration as a chiropractor in Australia.
The Learning Outcomes build towards CCEA’s Accreditation Standard 4.4.3 regarding Clinical Sciences.
This unit is designed to contribute towards you having adequate and early patient experiences and opportunities to acquire sufficient clinical knowledge, skills, and attitudes to assume appropriate clinical responsibility upon graduation.
It provides early, supervised patient contact leading to participation in patient care. Your clinical skills training includes physical, clinical and lab diagnosis, mental health assessment, orthopaedics, gynaecology, obstetrics, paediatrics, geriatrics, dermatology, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, diagnostic imaging procedures and interpretation, nutrition, rehabilitation, ergonomics, pharmacology (a working knowledge of commonly used medications and pharmaceuticals), and other appropriate subjects. Clinical skills include history taking, physical examination, spinal analysis, mental health assessment, first aid and emergency procedures, manual techniques, physical therapies (such as heat, cold, bracing, electrical therapies, etc.), and other treatment procedures, communication, leadership skills, etc. Appropriate clinical responsibility would include physical and mental health promotion, disease prevention and patient care, for the child, adolescent, adult, geriatric and medically compromised patient. Participation in patient care would include relevant community experience and teamwork with other health professions.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Portfolio - 60% | ||||
| 2 - Professional Practice Placement - 0% | ||||
| 3 - Examination - 40% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||
| 4 - Research | ||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||
| 8 - 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 | |
| 1 - Portfolio - 60% | ||||||||
| 2 - Professional Practice Placement - 0% | ||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 40% | ||||||||
Textbooks
Food, Nutrition and Health
Edition: 1st (2013)
Authors: Linda Tapsell
Oxford University Press Australia
ISBN: 9780195518344
Binding: Paperback
Orthopedic Physical Assessment
Edition: 6th (2014)
Authors: Magee, D. J.
Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 9781455709779
Binding: Hardcover
Rehabilitation of the spine: a practitioner's manual
Edition: 2nd (2007)
Authors: Liebenson, C
LWW
ISBN: 0781729971
Binding: Hardcover
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.
a.dane@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
- Chiropractic Technique
- Case Work & Competencies
- Rehabilitation
- Clinical Nutrition
Chapter
- Outline & Thoracic Spine
- Outline & History Taking & Competencies
- Outline & Stages and Principles of Rehabilitation
- Introduction to Nutrition - Ch 1 Food and Health – A Biological Perspective, Ch 2 Applying Nutrition Principles through the lifecycle, Ch 3 Nutrition in a social and environmental context.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
- Chiropractic Technique
- Case Work & Competencies
- Rehabilitation
- Clinical Nutrition
Chapter
- Thoracic Spine
- Clinical Examination (orthopaedics and neurology) & Competencies
- Lewit Assessment
- Food and its components 1: macronutrients - Ch 4 Food – the primary source of Energy & Nutrients, Ch 5 Extending Knowledge of food components.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
- Chiropractic Technique
- Case Work & Competencies
- Rehabilitation
- Clinical Nutrition
Chapter
- Cervical Spine
- Diagnosis & Competencies
- Janda Movement Patterns
- Food and its components 2 - Ch 4 and 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
- Chiropractic Technique
- Case Work & Competencies
- Rehabilitation
- Clinical Nutrition
Chapter
- Cervical Spine
- Case Summary and Presentation (Outcome Measures, Guidelines & Prognosis) & Competencies
- Soft tissue therapy
- Food and its components 3: micro-nutrients - Ch 4 and 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
- Chiropractic Technique
- Case Work & Competencies
- Rehabilitation
- Clinical Nutrition
Chapter
- Lumbopelvic,(Leg-Length analysis)
- Report of Findings & Competencies
- Rehabilitation Models
- Categorizing food in terms of nutrient content - Ch 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Vacation Week
Chapter
Vacation Week
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
- Placement
- Case Work
- Clinical Nutrition
Chapter
3.Categorizing food in terms of healthy diets - Ch 7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
- Placement
- Case Work
- Clinical Nutrition
Chapter
3.Nutrition through the lifecycle: pregnancy and lactation - Ch 8
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
- Placement
- Case Work
- Clinical Nutrition
Chapter
3.Nutrition through the lifecycle: infancy and childhood - Ch 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
- Placement
- Case Work
- Clinical Nutrition
Chapter
3.Nutrition through the lifecycle: prevention of chronic disease in adulthood - Ch 10
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
- Chiropractic Technique
- Case Work & Competencies
- Rehabilitation
- Clinical Nutrition
Chapter
- Lumbopelvic (Mechanical Dropping)
- Competencies
- Functional Capacity
- Nutrition through the lifecycle: the elderly - Ch 11
Events and Submissions/Topic
Submit placement logbook
Placement Due: Week 10 Friday (18 May 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
- Chiropractic Technique
- Case Work & Competencies
- Rehabilitation
- Clinical Nutrition
Chapter
- Lumbopelvic (Coccyx & Symphysis)
- Competencies
- Ergonomics
- Nutrition tools - Ch 12
Nutrition Tools - Dietary assessment, Food databases and Dietary modelling
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
- Chiropractic Technique
- Case Work & Competencies
- Rehabilitation
- Clinical Nutrition
Chapter
- Extremity Other & Review
- Competencies & Review
- Review
- Review
Events and Submissions/Topic
Portfolio & Competencies due
Module/Topic
Review / Exam Week
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Exam Week
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
The coordinator of this unit is Andy Dane (a.dane@cqu.edu.au). Robyn Beirman will be coordinating Nutrition and Ear and Eye Pathology streams. Please use Moodle discussion forums as the principle contact for all content related queries.
Lectures in all streams are pre-recorded. A weekly Zoom tutorial will occur for contact with unit coordinator for all students and clinic nutrition tutorials.
1 Portfolio
Portfolio assessment contains a reflective journal (30%) and clinical competencies (30%).
Reflective Journal entries should be weekly and contain appropriate self reflection for a Masters level student, and include a weekly nutrition diary.
Clinical Competencies are selected to address core clinical skills. Each student should pass 10 summative competencies to achieve 30% (pass mark 65%). Competencies can be attempted as many times as is possible, in fact students are encouraged to try competencies as many times as possible to learn and adapt from the feedback provided.
Week 11 Friday (25 May 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 12 Friday (1 June 2018)
Assessment rubric for reflective writing is available on Moolde.
Clinic Competencies include;
- History
- Report of Findings
- Observed chiropractic treatments (with appropriate note keeping)
- Adjunctive Treatments – STT and Rehabilitation (with appropriate note keeping)
- Integrated examination – MSK & Neurological (Cervical)
- Integrated examination – MSK & Neurological (Thoracic)
- Integrated examination – MSK & Neurological (Lumbopelvic)
- Respiratory & Lymphatic examination
- Abdominal & AAA examination
- Cardio Vascular Peripheral Pulse examination
- Develop, refine and integrate problem solving skills through clinical assessment, decision making and management at an intermediate level.
- Demonstrate the ability to integrate sustainably within the broader health care system, including responsible use of health care resources, the ability to collaborate with other health care disciplines, and the employment of health promotion and preventative strategies through community education.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
2 Professional Practice Placement
Each student must complete 100hrs of external clinical placement in CP1, it is the students responsibility to arrange the placement. Placement coordinators will assist and provide guidance. A log sheet must be signed by the external practitioner detailing hours completed and submitted. It is the student's responsibility to obtain all necessary requirements prior to going on placement (for example Blue Card, 1st Aid, CPR etc.). External placement practitioners will be surveyed after the completion of the placement and asked to comment on each students behavior, conduct and professionalism, the unit coordinator reserves the right to fail a student if they are deemed to have failed to comply with the expectations placed upon them in these areas during placement.
Week 10 Friday (18 May 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Completion of 100 hours of clinical observation.
Week 11 Friday (25 May 2018)
Each student must complete 100 hours of clinical observation within 4 weeks of placement. This is a pass/fail assessment component in which students must comply with professional standards and hourly requirements.
No submission method provided.
- Develop, refine and integrate problem solving skills through clinical assessment, decision making and management at an intermediate level.
- Display behaviour appropriate to a professional health care provider, including ethical practice management and upholding the professional code of conduct.
- Demonstrate empathetic communication skills in the practitioner-patient relationship, and other professional and personal relationships.
- Demonstrate the ability to integrate sustainably within the broader health care system, including responsible use of health care resources, the ability to collaborate with other health care disciplines, and the employment of health promotion and preventative strategies through community education.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
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?
