Overview
This unit aims to provide you with the skills required to apply the analysis and therapeutic procedures of four well-established and traditional chiropractic technique systems - Gonstead, Thompson, Activator Methods and Sacro-Occipital Technique (SOT). It commences with a review of the available research surrounding these chiropractic systems and proceeds through the origin and ongoing development of these systems. Following this, you will focus on the elements of analysis, contra-indication, manipulative technique and post-analysis.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-req: CHIR20006 Clinical Practice 3
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 - 2017
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.
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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 Moodle feedback
Better structure of the Gonstead technique days as there was too much information presented in too short a time.
Gonstead will not be taught in this subject in the future. This needs to be discussed at the retreat however it is likely it will be integrated into CP 1 or 2. In this way the technique can be practiced every week.
Feedback from Moodle feedback
The most unfortunate part of this course was the time frame in which the techniques were delivered. It simply was not enough time to understand and properly integrate the knowledge. Continual inhouse technique classes would help estabilsh more proficient use of the techniques within clinic as well as greater understanding and confidence for the students.
We will need to assess this at the retreat in January. It is likely we will integrate the techniques into CP2 so they can be practiced each week. For next year, we will have to conduct more tutorials so the students will understand the material.
- Exercise a critical thinking stream with respect to the technique systems and their associated research.
- Reflect on the prescribed pre- and post-analysis associated with each technique system.
- Perform the prescribed therapeutic procedures associated with each technique system.
- Determine any contra-indications to the use of each technique system.
- Design a research methodology whereby you could test the clinical effectiveness of technique systems.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Portfolio - 50% | |||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 50% | |||||
| 3 - On-campus Activity - 0% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 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 - Portfolio - 50% | ||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||||
| 3 - On-campus Activity - 0% | ||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
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.
s.eaton@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Thompson Technique
Dr.Sharyn Eaton/Dr.David Hannah
Chapter
All resources will be made available in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Sacro-Occipital technique (SOT)
Dr. Sam Culley
Chapter
All resources will be made available in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
1. Critical appraisal of research for these techniques (online collaborative session). Developing questions and discussion for future research. Assistance with reflections
2. SOT and Thompson review
Chapter
All resources will be made available in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
On-campus activity: In-class assessment 'spot test'
Module/Topic
1. Critical appraisal of research for these techniques (online collaborative session). Developing questions and discussion for future research. Assistance with reflections
2. SOT and Thompson review
Chapter
All resources will be made available in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Activator technique
(Dr. Mark Feldman)
Chapter
All resources will be made available in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
1. Critical appraisal of research for these techniques (online collaborative session). Developing questions and discussion for future research. Assistance with reflections
2. SOT, Activator and Thompson review
Chapter
All resources will be made available in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
On-campus activity: In-class assessment 'spot test'
Module/Topic
1. Critical appraisal of research for these techniques (online collaborative session). Developing questions and discussion for future research. Assistance with reflections
2. SOT, Activator and Thompson review
Chapter
All resources will be made available in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
1. Critical appraisal of research for these techniques (online collaborative session). Developing questions and discussion for future research. Assistance with reflections
2. SOT, Activator and Thompson review
Chapter
All resources will be made available in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
1. Critical appraisal of research for these techniques (online collaborative session). Developing questions and discussion for future research. Assistance with reflections
2. SOT, Activator and Thompson review
Chapter
All resources will be made available in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
On-campus activity: In-class assessment 'spot test'
Module/Topic
Toggle technique
Dr. Brett Bolton
Chapter
All Resources will be made available in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
1. Critical appraisal of research for these techniques (online collaborative session). Developing questions and discussion for future research. Assistance with reflections
2. SOT, Activator, Toggle and Thompson review
Chapter
All Resources will be made available in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
1. Critical appraisal of research in this technique (online collaborative session). Developing questions and discussion for future research. Assistance with reflections
2. SOT, Activator, Toggle and Thompson review
Chapter
All Resources will be made available in Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
On-campus activity: In-class assessment 'spot test'
Written Assessment Due: Week 12 Monday (2 Oct 2017) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Gonstead will not be taught in CHIR20015 in 2017. Toggle recoil has replaced this technique.
The Course Convenor for CHIR20015 is Sharyn Eaton
Contact information:
Email: s.eaton@cqu.edu.au
Phone: 0418 277 213 or 02 9324 5016
1 Portfolio
The aim of this unit is to develop your understanding and critically appraise selected chiropractic techniques that are utilised within the profession. To help with your development on this journey of self discovery you will create a reflective portfolio. You are required to maintain this journal each week and provide reflections on class discussions and material taught during the lecture. The journal provides evidence of the quality and quantity of your in-class learning.
Week 11 Monday (25 Sept 2017) 5:00 pm AEST
Online Turnitin
Exam Week Friday (20 Oct 2017)
Grades will be submitted to Gradebook for CHIR20015
For each of the four techniques:
- Give a description of what you understand and what you don't understand for the relevant technique. Please give reasons.
- Give an analysis and evaluate what you could understand better or what you can improve upon.
- What strategies can you use to assist with your understanding?
- Upon reflection, do you think you will use this technique in practice?
- Upon reflection, do you think this technique requires further research? If so, what questions would want answered? If not, why not?
Academic writing and referencing will also be assessed.
Word Count: No more than 800 to 1000 words per technique.
- Exercise a critical thinking stream with respect to the technique systems and their associated research.
- Reflect on the prescribed pre- and post-analysis associated with each technique system.
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
2 Written Assessment
An assignment will be given that will ask you to select a technique and discuss and critique the following:
- Clinical applicability
- Current research outcomes in this technique
- Future research
Week 12 Monday (2 Oct 2017) 5:00 pm AEST
online via Turnitin
Exam Week Friday (20 Oct 2017)
Grades will be submitted to Gradebook for CHIR20015
You will be assessed according to the following critieria?
- Do you have an understanding of the technique and how it works?
- Do you know the current research and the related outcomes?
- Do you have an understanding of the future research for this technique?
Word count: No more than 2000 words
- Exercise a critical thinking stream with respect to the technique systems and their associated research.
- Determine any contra-indications to the use of each technique system.
- Design a research methodology whereby you could test the clinical effectiveness of technique systems.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
3 On-campus Activity
The aim of this on-campus activity will be to undertake a 'spot test' in weeks 3. 6, 9 and 12. This is a pass/fail graded subject.
A spot test will be given in weeks 3,6,9 and 12.
Feedback will be given at the time of the spot test in the respective weeks (weeks 3,6,9,12)
Assessment criteria will include the following:
- Can you perform the technique?
- Do you understand the clinical applicability?
- Perform the prescribed therapeutic procedures associated with each technique system.
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
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