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CHIR12006 - Foundations of Chiropractic Practice 4

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This course follows on from Foundations of Chiropractic Practice 3. You will enhance your critical thinking skills, knowledge of the principles and practice of chiropractic, and how these integrate with chiropractic management/treatment approaches. You will further develop your psychomotor skills in manipulative/adjusting techniques involving spinal and peripheral joints. You will have the ability to apply your knowledge of treatment approaches and psychomotor skills acquisition to findings from musculoskeletal assessment protocols taught in Foundations of Chiropractic Practice 1,2 and 3. Muscle testing, therapeutic soft tissue procedures and non-force techniques will further be developed. Throughout the course, you will need to apply your knowledge of related functional anatomy, physics and biomechanics to 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

For 2015:

Co-requisite: CHIR12004

Pre-requisites: BMSC11001 & CHIR12005

Effective 2016:

Pre-requisites: BMSC11001 , CHIR12005 & CHIR12004

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2015

Term 2 - 2017 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Sydney
Term 2 - 2018 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Melbourne
Sydney
Term 2 - 2019 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Melbourne
Sydney
Term 2 - 2020 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Sydney
Term 2 - 2021 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Sydney
Term 2 - 2022 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Brisbane
Term 2 - 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 80%
2. Portfolio 20%

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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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 36.59% 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
The students enjoyed the updated videos and images for setups, although would like more.
Recommendation
It is recommended that additional new videos and images for each weekly topic be recorded.
Action Taken
More videos were added to the tutorials to assist with the skill acquisition.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The students found the subject enjoyable and the staff positive and encouraging.
Recommendation
It is recommended that staff continue to create an engaging and positive learning environment.
Action Taken
The staff underwent additional training to continue the positive environment and created a set of celebratory awards to improve the environment once again.
Source: In person
Feedback
The students felt that more diversity in regard to the patients and practitioners in the video resources would be helpful.
Recommendation
It is recommended that additional videos be generated to create a more diverse and inclusive video resource library.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The students enjoyed the safe, yet challenging environment to deepen their knowledge and skill base.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the teaching staff continue to create a safe, fun and challenging environment for all students.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Use the findings from musculoskeletal assessments to recommend an appropriate treatment/management protocol, including the manipulative/adjusting techniques used.
  2. Apply your psychomotor skills to adjusting/manipulative set-ups and thrusts, for spinal and peripheral joints, in preparation for clinical practice training.
  3. Discuss the clinical application of soft tissue therapeutic procedures and non-force techniques according to case studies, in preparation for clinical training.
  4. Explain the role of muscle testing, including how the procedure integrates into chiropractic assessment protocols.
  5. Discuss the application of manipulation/adjusting skills according to clinical case studies, in preparation for clinical training.
  6. Interpret and analyse findings from musculoskeletal assessments, discussing the appropriate treatment/management protocol at a clinical level using case studies. This is in preparation for clinical training.
  7. Use case studies to integrate chiropractic approaches to treatment and management at a clinical level.
  8. Integrate the philosophical approaches to health, including wellness and wellbeing, into clinical case scenarios.
  9. Research, critically analyse and reflect on relevant sources of information.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
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