CHIR20008 - Psychosocial Dimensions of Practice

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will enable you to identify signs of mental health problems and psychosocial profiles, in order to manage these in a clinical setting. This knowledge is fundamental for successful patient management and care in contemporary chiropractic practice.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level Not Applicable
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Co-requisite:

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2024

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 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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Portfolio 0%
2. Written Assessment 100%

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%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 3 - 2016 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 28.57% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 77.78% 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: M Timchur and student feedback.
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Students indicated that more information on assessment feedback could be improved.
Recommendation
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Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Identify the signs and symptoms of common psychosocial profiles that are prevalent among the Australian population (and chiropractic patient base).
  2. Select and implement appropriate strategies for managing patients who display common psychosocial profiles.
  3. Recommend an appropriate social service available for the co-management of chiropractic patients who present with common psychosocial profiles.
  4. Reflect on the impact of common psychosocial profiles in a chiropractic clinical setting.

All Learning Outcomes directly address CCEA Unit 6 (Patient Assessment) in general and Element 6.3B in particular.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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2 - Written Assessment • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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2 - Communication • • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • • •
4 - Research • •
5 - Self-management •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • • •
7 - Leadership •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
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