Viewing Unit History

The information below is relevant from 06/03/2017 to 04/03/2018
Click Here to view current information

CHIR12005 - Foundations of Chiropractic Practice 3

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit continues from Foundations of Chiropractic Practice 2. You will build your knowledge of the principles and practice of chiropractic management approaches. You will demonstrate your psychomotor skills acquisition in manipulative/adjusting techniques of the thoracic, lumbar spine and lower extremities. You will review your muscle testing and musculoskeletal screening assessment protocols GALS (gait, arms, legs, spine). You will continue to improve your palpation skills. Throughout the unit, you will investigate chiropractic ethics, code of conduct, risk management and guidelines and will apply your knowledge of related functional anatomy, and biomechanics. You will continue to develop your critical thinking skills and awareness of current public health issues and its integration into chiropractic.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Effective 2016:

Pre-requisite:

BMSC11001 Human Body Systems 1

and

CHIR11003 Foundations of Chiropractic Practice 2

Co-requisite:

CHIR12004 Neuromusculoskeletal Anatomy 1

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).

Class Timetable View Unit Timetable
Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2017

Term 1 - 2018 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Melbourne
Sydney
Term 1 - 2019 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Melbourne
Sydney
Term 1 - 2020 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Sydney
Term 1 - 2021 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Sydney
Term 1 - 2022 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Brisbane
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Brisbane

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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Practical Assessment 40%
2. Portfolio 20%
3. Examination 40%

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

Past Exams

To view Past Exams,
please login
Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 62.50% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 17.39% response rate.

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.

Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students liked the structure of the practical classes and found it beneficial to spend the time honing their craft on a couple of patients in the first class and then further developing their skills in the second class by working with more students, creating a diverse learning experience.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the structure of tutorials continue to create the diverse learning experience.
Action Taken
This continued into 2023 and the students this year have enjoyed this approach too.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Many students enjoyed having a different insight to practice style and knowledge between chiropractic staff
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit continue to have diversity in the teaching staff with a clinical chiropractor as support staff to the academic lead in practical classes.
Action Taken
A clinical chiropractor continued to assist with the practical classes.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students have enjoyed learning through case studies embedded in the practical classes to contextualize their anatomy and chiropractic skill set that they are developing.
Recommendation
It is recommended that more case studies/scenarios are developed and integrated into practical classes.
Action Taken
This year more case studies were included on a weekly basis and discussed.
Source: Verbal
Feedback
The students like the diversity in the staff delivering the unit. This means that the students are provided a variety of chiropractic techniques that would be suitable for their body anthropometrics due to the diverse staffing.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the discipline continue to build a diverse team of academics.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The students liked the video additions, but would like more resources like this.
Recommendation
It is recommended to continue developing online skills videos for students to access for review.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Discuss the principles and practice of chiropractic management.
  2. Apply your psychomotor skills to adjusting/manipulative set-ups at an intermediate level for the thoracic, lumbar spine and lower extremities.
  3. Demonstrate soft tissue therapeutic procedures and non-force techniques at an intermediate level.
  4. Analyse the body using functional analysis and musculoskeletal assessment protocols eg GALS (gait, arms, legs and spine)
  5. Recognise findings from your musculoskeletal assessment including observation, range of movement and motion palpation to recommend appropriate chiropractic management protocols.
  6. Describe issues pertaining to chiropractic ethics and the code of conduct.
  7. Investigate matters pertaining to current public health issues and how they impact clinical care.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 - Practical Assessment • • • •
2 - Portfolio • •
3 - Examination • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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 • • • • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Practical Assessment • • • • •
2 - Portfolio • • • • •
3 - Examination • • • • •