Overview
In this unit, you will continue to integrate the material studied within the chiropractic course. You will also further the development of your critical thinking skills and capacity to assess, diagnose and manage less common neuromusculoskeletal conditions. In addition, there will be usage of clinical scenarios in the obstetrical and paediatric patient populations. You will understand management approaches to chiropractic care including integration of the principles and practice of the science, art and philosophy of chiropractic. Management approaches include prevention, advice on healthy lifestyles, self-managed care, rehabilitation, and the utilisation of clinical outcome measures. You will appreciate the importance of integrating knowledge and skills to support clinical decision-making and be willing to adapt your decision-making and management approaches with the guidance from supervisors and mentors.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-Requisite: CHIR20009 Clinical Practice 4 and CHIR20010 Advanced Clinical Development 1 Co-requisite: CHIR20011 Clinical Practice 5
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 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
Would have been good to have more tutorials and hands on. More interaction.
Whilst there is no plan to introduce a practical component into the unit, the recommendation is for the unit coordinator to place more videos on the moodle site in order to better demonstrate practical procedures.
Feedback from Have your say
The assignment task was good
The assignment task calls for students to discuss a case from the perspective of both the practitioner and patient. Students are asked to visit local chiropractors to obtain their opinion on the management of the case as well as perform a review of the current literature on the topic. The recommendation is for the assignment format and topic to remain the same for 2019.
Feedback from Have your say
Barry was great at talking about his experiences and deviating from the slides. I really like this.
In addition to learning about diagnosis and management from textbooks and websites, students also enjoy hearing about the anecdotal experience of practitioners. The recommendation is to maintain this exposure to students.
Feedback from Have your say
Not sure how the assignment was marked. Where is the rubric for students to seek improvement from and understand where they went wrong.
The rubric for the assignment needs to be modified and improved. The recommendation is for the unit coordinator to seek advice from teaching and learning staff on how to construct a rubric which will allow for more meaningful feedback to be given to students.
- Explain the relationship between normal and abnormal morphology of a clinical condition according to its aetiology, epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment options.
- Interpret findings and formulate a diagnosis, clinical impression, management plan and prognosis from a case history and physical assessment, taking into consideration patient safety and any contraindications.
- Apply the appropriate chiropractic approach to treatment (within the scope of practice) that includes technique/skills, exercise/rehabilitation, health promotion, prevention, lifestyle advice and self-managed care in a professional and ethical way in accordance to the chiropractic code of conduct and professional standards.
- Apply humanistic factors involving communication skills and bio-psychosocial awareness, relative to the patient-practitioner interface.
This is a specific exposure unit to assist the student develop their individualised pathway towards strengthening the majority of elements and performance indicators of CCEA’s Accreditation Standards: Unit 6 Patient Assessment, Unit 7 Diagnostic Decision Making, Unit 8 Planning of Patient Care, Unit 9 Implementation of Care, and Unit 3 Professional Interaction. There will be some elements addressed from Unit 10 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and Unit 11 Professional Scientific Development.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Online Test - 30% | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||
| 3 - Examination - 30% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 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 - Online Test - 30% | ||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 30% | ||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
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.
d.dane@cqu.edu.au
n.haworth@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Lecture: Introduction to paediatric chiropractic, with an open review to the current state of play and how we got here.
Introduction to assignment.
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All additional reading material is available on moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Lecture: History taking – infants, toddlers, school aged and adolescents.
Review of growth and development and milestones.
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All additional reading material is available on moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Lecture: Physical examination of the paediatric patient.
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All additional reading material is available on moodle.
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Lecture: Common conditions of the paediatric patient (developmental and musculoskeletal).
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All additional reading material is available on moodle.
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Lecture: Common conditions of the paediatric patient continued.
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All additional reading material is available on moodle.
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Lecture: Diagnosis and management of the paediatric patient- followed by a case scenario
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All additional reading material is available on moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Lecture: Pregnancy - introduction and review of physiological changes to the female body
Chapter
All additional reading material is available on moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Lecture: History taking and common conditions related to pregnancy
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All additional reading material is available on moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Lecture: Physical examination, diagnosis and management of the pregnant patient.
Assessment of Case scenario of a pregnant patient/s provided
Chapter
All additional reading material is available on moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture: Geriatric patients - introduction to geriatrics and review of physiology
of aging
Chapter
All additional reading material is available on moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
History taking, common conditions, physical examination, diagnosis and
management - followed by a case scenario
Chapter
All additional reading material is available on moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture: Palliative care patients- Introduction to palliative care and potential
role of chiropractors. History taking, common
conditions, physical examination, diagnosis and management - followed by a case
scenario.
Chapter
All additional reading material is available on moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Residential school is optional but your are highly encouraged to attend. It is provided at the following campuses:
Brisbane: Thursday July 18, 9:00am-3:00pm; Friday July 19, 9:00am - 3:00pm
Sydney: Thursday September 26, 9:00am -3:00pm.
Mackay: Friday September 27, 9:00am - 3:00pm
Please bring a baby doll with you to practice on.
1 Online Test
An online MCQ covering materials presented and inclusive of weeks 1-7. 40 multiple choice questions, each with 4 possible responses only, and one correct response.
Week 9 Friday (20 Sept 2019) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 10 Friday (27 Sept 2019)
There are no assessment criteria provided for this assessment.
- Explain the relationship between normal and abnormal morphology of a clinical condition according to its aetiology, epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment options.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
2 Written Assessment
You written assignment is worth 40%. As a guideline, the length of the main body of your essay should be around 1500 words or so, excluding references. Essays that are substantially longer than this (over 2500 words) or shorter than this (less than 1000 words) are unlikely to score as highly as those that make the best use of the 1500 word length.
Your assignment is to select a video of a clinical presentation related to paediatrics, pregnancy or geriatrics as presented in your lectures series this semester. Discuss this in relation to chiropractic practitioner scope of practice of assessment/examination, diagnosis and management for the condition utilising the literature to support this.
Please save/upload your file in either a Word format (.doc or .docx). Please upload to moodle in a word format.
Week 11 Monday (30 Sept 2019) 5:00 pm AEST
Exam Week Friday (25 Oct 2019)
emailed directly to students
Feature | Not evident or addressed 0 | Major omissions 3 | Minor omissions 7 | Full marks. 10 marks each |
Evidence source |
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Evidence is broad and includes literature and some form of personal experience (practitioner or self or friend or family member)
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Exploration of literature |
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| Literature is explored widely and in depth. Lists positions for and against (if available)
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Analysis of the literature |
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| All evidence including the literature is critically analysed in depth. Is able to identify features which make the evidence credible and reliable. Identifies flaws if present. |
Argument development |
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| Opinion is well developed; conclusions are rational and reasonable
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Presentation |
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| Opinion is well presented in an articulate manner with no grammar errors |
References |
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- Interpret findings and formulate a diagnosis, clinical impression, management plan and prognosis from a case history and physical assessment, taking into consideration patient safety and any contraindications.
- Apply the appropriate chiropractic approach to treatment (within the scope of practice) that includes technique/skills, exercise/rehabilitation, health promotion, prevention, lifestyle advice and self-managed care in a professional and ethical way in accordance to the chiropractic code of conduct and professional standards.
- Apply humanistic factors involving communication skills and bio-psychosocial awareness, relative to the patient-practitioner interface.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- 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?
