Overview
In this unit you will be introduced to the theory of assessment, treatment and management of extraspinal articulations. This theory will underpin your clinical practice in the field of articular joint manipulation, adjustment and mobilisation.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: CHIR20002 Clinical Practice 1 Corequisite: CHIR20003 Clinical Practice 2
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 - 2022
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 Postgraduate 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
Some students felt that the research element of the group assessment took away from their preparation for clinic entrance assessments.
It is recommended that students are provided with additional guidance to ensure that the research component of the assessment task is not overly burdensome.
Feedback from Have your say
Some students felt the tutorials were hard to engage with and would have preferred less breakout room utilisation.
It is recommended the unit coordinator uses a variety of teaching methods during tutorials to engage students.
Feedback from Have your say
Some students reported a preference for a new shorter streamlined format for the lectures so that they could engage with them more easily.
It is recommended that the unit coordinator streamlines the lectures associated with extraspinal articulations, reflecting contemporary evidence, in line with current thinking in the field with respect to assessment, treatment and management.
Feedback from Have your say
Students enjoyed the opportunity to work through clinical scenarios in class.
It is recommended that an emphasis on pragmatic case scenarios continue in this unit.
- Relate the clinical anatomy and potential functional changes relevant to extra-spinal articulations
- Perform an appropriate physical examination of extraspinal joints, and determine appropriate differential diagnoses
- Interpret changes in extra-spinal articulations and identify appropriate therapeutic interventions
- Perform appropriate chiropractic techniques in the management of extraspinal abnormalities.
Links to CCEA Competency Elements:
Domains 6, 7, 8 and 9 as applicable to these regions.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||
2 - Practical Assessment - 25% | ||||
3 - Practical Assessment - 25% | ||||
4 - In-class Test(s) - 30% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
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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 | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||
2 - Practical Assessment - 25% | ||||||||
3 - Practical Assessment - 25% | ||||||||
4 - In-class Test(s) - 30% |
Textbooks
Chiropractic Technique
Edition: 3rd (2011)
Authors: Thomas F. Bergmann, DC and David H. Peterson, DC
ISBN: 9780323049696
Binding: Hardcover
Orthopedic Physical Assessment
Edition: 7th (2020)
Authors: David Magee, Robert Manske
ISBN: 9780323749510
Binding: Hardcover
Additional Textbook Information
You may have purchased these texts in previous units.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing styles below:
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
m.fernandez@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction and the Shoulder region motion palpation and technique.
Chapter
Chapter 6 'Shoulder' page 294
Chiropractic Technique - Principles and Procedure, 3rd Edition (2010)
Lecture notes
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Elbow region motion palpation and technique
Chapter
Chapter 6 'Elbow' page 315
Chiropractic Technique - Principles and Procedure, 3rd Edition (2010)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Wrist and hand region motion palpation and technique.
Chapter
Chapter 6 'Wrist and Hand' page 326
Chiropractic Technique - Principles and Procedure, 3rd Edition (2010)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Hip region motion palpation and technique.
Chapter
Chapter 6 'Hip' page 337
Chiropractic Technique - Principles and Procedure, 3rd Edition (2010)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Mid term practical examination
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Mid term practical examination Due: Week 5 Friday (12 Aug 2022) 11:59 pm AEST
Mid term practical examination Due: Week 5 Friday (12 Aug 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Vacation week
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Knee motion palpation and technique.
Chapter
Chapter 6 'Knee' page 349
Chiropractic Technique - Principles and Procedure, 3rd Edition (2010)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Ankle and foot motion palpation and technique.
Chapter
Chapter 6 'Ankle and Foot' page 364
Chiropractic Technique - Principles and Procedure, 3rd Edition (2010)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Late term practical examination
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Practical examination Due: Week 8 Friday (9 Sept 2022) 11:59 pm AEST
Practical examination Due: Week 8 Friday (9 Sept 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
No class
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
No class
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
WRITTEN GROUP ASSIGNMENT Due: Week 10 Friday (23 Sept 2022) 11:59 pm AEST
Written Assessment Due: Week 10 Friday (23 Sept 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
No class
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
No class
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
In class test
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
In-class test Tuesday at 9am (rooms TBA)
In-class test Due: Review/Exam Week Wednesday (12 Oct 2022) 12:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
Best practice, high quality guideline care for musculoskeletal pain recommends treatment that is patient centered, screens for red flags, assess psychosocial factors, use imaging selectively, and monitors patient progress. Best practice care also encourages self-management advice, education and exercise as first-line treatments and recommends to use of manual therapy only as an adjunct to other treatments.
You will present a management plan for a patient presenting with an extremity complaint (knee, hip, elbow etc.). Ideally, this will be based on an extremity case that you’ve previously observed on placement. You do not need patient consent for this report, but simply to recall a case you observed and base your assignment on it.
You will answer 4 questions below, providing a brief paragraph answering each of these questions it in relation to the case.
1. Please provide a brief introduction to the case, i.e., basic patient demographics and complaint history. This is not intended to be exhaustive (50 words or less).
2. Please provide your patient with education/information about their condition and management options. Ideally, you should look to incorporate/encourage strategies for self-management and/or inform/reassure patients about the condition or management (e.g., prognosis). (150 words or less)
3. Please highlight key components you would consider for manual therapy or ‘hands on’ care. You should cast your eye on the available literature with respect to the condition you have chosen and include a brief schedule of treatment you would recommend. (150 words or less).
4. Please outline recommendations addressing physical activity and/or exercise. This may take the form of mobility, stability, stretching, flexibility and strengthening, in addition to more general recommendations for physical activity/exercise such as activity/‘normal’ physical activity, aerobic exercises, ‘exercise’ and/or ‘general exercise’ (150 words or less).
For your answers, imaging you are talking to a patient in front of you. How will you deliver the approach to education, manual therapy and exercise? How will you incorporate up to date/recent literature? Will you consider ‘yellow flags’, mood/emotions (depression and anxiety), fear/kinesiophobia and recovery expectations within your conversation? Please ensure components are placed in a logical and easy to understand manner, as you would prescribe in the clinic. Given the tight word limit, this will be a challenging assignment as you attempt to fit in key elements or components from guidelines.
This case report will be approximately 500 +/- 10% words total and submitted by the end of Week 10.
Week 10 Friday (23 Sept 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 12 Friday (7 Oct 2022)
Rubric
Feature | 0-3 | 3-7 | 7-9 | Full marks. 10 marks each |
Grammar and spelling | Poor with many errors | Several errors | A few errors | No errors |
Provides a summary of the case | None or few provided | Several omissions. Major components are missing. | A few omissions. | All key components are addressed. |
Education/information is explored and explained | Demonstrates poor knowledge | Demonstrates some knowledge | Good knowledge with only a few errors | Demonstrates an excellent knowledge of education/information |
Manual therapy explored and explained | Demonstrates poor knowledge | Demonstrates some knowledge | Good knowledge with only a few errors | Demonstrates an excellent knowledge of key manual therapy components |
Physical activity and/or exercise explored and explained | Demonstrates poor knowledge | Demonstrates some knowledge | Good knowledge with only a few errors | Demonstrates excellent knowledge of physical activity and/or exercise |
The 4 components are placed in a logical and easy to understand manner | Poor with many errors | Several errors | A few errors | No repetition, logical flow to the presentation and easy to understand. |
References current and relevant | No compliance | Little compliance | A few errors | Full compliance |
Explains in terms the patient would use and can easily understand | No use of terms | Some use of terms | A few omissions | This section makes use of language a patient would use and is well written from the perspective of the patient |
Overall professionalism of presentation | Poor | Several errors | A few errors | Professional level |
- Relate the clinical anatomy and potential functional changes relevant to extra-spinal articulations
- Interpret changes in extra-spinal articulations and identify appropriate therapeutic interventions
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Research
2 Practical Assessment
This practical assessment will include both assessment and treatment components. Specifically, you may be asked to demonstrate motion palpation, and technique skills pertinent to the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand, and hip regions. This will be conducted at the end of Week 5
Week 5 Friday (12 Aug 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
There are 5 sections to the practical examinations:
1. Hygiene, professionalism, patient handling and consent
2. Motion palpation
3. Technique
4. Overall impression
You must pass each section of the examination to obtain an overall pass grade. Detailed instructions are placed on the Moodle site.
No submission method provided.
- Perform an appropriate physical examination of extraspinal joints, and determine appropriate differential diagnoses
- Perform appropriate chiropractic techniques in the management of extraspinal abnormalities.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
3 Practical Assessment
This practical assessment will include both assessment and treatment components. Specifically, you will be asked to demonstrate motion palpation and technique skills pertinent to the hip, knee, ankle and foot regions. This will be conducted at the end of Week 8.
Week 8 Friday (9 Sept 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
There are 5 sections to the practical examinations:
1. Hygiene, professionalism, patient handling and consent
2. Motion palpation
3. Technique
4. Overall impression
No submission method provided.
- Perform an appropriate physical examination of extraspinal joints, and determine appropriate differential diagnoses
- Perform appropriate chiropractic techniques in the management of extraspinal abnormalities.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
4 In-class Test(s)
This in-class test will test theoretical knowledge presented across all weeks of this term. It will include a mix of question types to allow you to demonstrate your knowledge. The test will be run be through Moodle but will take place on campus in a pre-booked computer lab (room TBA).
Review/Exam Week Wednesday (12 Oct 2022) 12:00 pm AEST
This will be an In-Class test that takes place on campus in a computer lab. It will test all theoretical knowledge presented over Term 2 within this Unit. Students will be assessed on the number of correct answers they provide and require a total of 50% to pass.
- Relate the clinical anatomy and potential functional changes relevant to extra-spinal articulations
- Interpret changes in extra-spinal articulations and identify appropriate therapeutic interventions
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Research
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
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