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CHIR20009 - Clinical Practice 4

General Information

Unit Synopsis

After successfully completing Clinical Placement 3, Clinical Placement 4 will provide you with your first block of hands-on, practical experience. You will be expected to perform as a functional team member and maintain a standard of competency under minimal guidance of the clinic supervisors. You will build on the theoretical knowledge and practical skills learnt in the previous three clinical units of the course and will be expected to undertake full patient assessment and treatment. You will be expected to actively demonstrate clinical decision making and treatment and to be able to undertake tasks independently. You must demonstrate a mastery level of knowledge and understanding of chiropractic procedures, processes and documentation and demonstrate compliance with Chiropractic Professional Competency Standards. In order to enter into Clinical Practice 5 & 6, you must demonstrate an increasing level of competency, constancy in Professional Behaviour and obtainment of a minimum number of required Clinical requirements; all of which will be compiled within the Clinical Log Book (Portfolio). The unit concludes with both a written and practical examination which are essential to pass before entering Clinical Practice 5 and Clinical Practice 6.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite

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 1 - 2016

Term 1 - 2017 Profile
Mackay
Term 1 - 2018 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Sydney
Term 1 - 2019 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
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
Mackay
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay

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 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Portfolio 20%
2. Practical Assessment 40%
3. Examination 40%
4. Professional Practice Placement 0%

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

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 66.67% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 9.68% 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: Student Feedback
Feedback
Students are enjoying the research paper of the week clinical application discussions.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the clinical education team continue to discuss application of research within the clinical context.
Action Taken
The clinical education team continued to discuss the application of research within the clinical context.
Source: Student Feedback
Feedback
Students enjoyed having specialist chiropractors attend the clinic to learn about paediatrics and pregnancy.
Recommendation
It is recommended that, when appropriate, specialist chiropractors continue to be invited to provide clinical content to the student interns.
Action Taken
Chiropractors with specialised knowledge were once again invited to provide clinical content and demonstrations for student interns.
Source: Student Feedback
Feedback
Students would appreciate having their competencies marked electronically to decrease the paperwork.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the discipline explore opportunities to provide electronic feedback.
Action Taken
Unfortunately, electronic feedback was not an option in 2023. However, an electronic portal for uploading and storing documents was introduced.
Source: Verbal and email
Feedback
Students enjoyed having practical skills demonstrations incorporated into the daily case conferences.
Recommendation
It is recommended that practical demonstrations continue to be incorporated into the daily case conferences.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Verbal and email
Feedback
Students enjoyed the wide range of community outreach opportunities available within the clinic experience.
Recommendation
It is recommended that a wide range of community outreach opportunities continue to be offered within the clinic experience.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Verbal and email
Feedback
Students enjoyed the opportunity to engage with students from other healthcare disciplines.
Recommendation
It is recommended that opportunities for interprofessional learning with other healthcare disciplines continue to be explored and provided within the student clinic.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Perform an appropriate patient-centered clinical assessment, at a mastery level within a controlled clinical environment, under minimal supervision.
  2. Integrate clinical data and knowledge of applied clinical anatomy to generate a clinical impression including; differential diagnosis, appropriate working diagnosis and generation of appropriate treatment plan under minimal supervision.
  3. Determine when a patient needs to receive emergency care and/or referral to another health care professional; including, but not limited to mental health and psychosocial needs.
  4. Apply a complete and appropriate course of care to an individual patient’s management plan, under minimal supervision/feedback to include health prevention and promotion principles.
  5. Communicate effectively, including explaining a diagnosis and treatment plan to a patient, and producing written professional reports, under minimal clinical supervision.
  6. Demonstrate appropriate professional conduct, congruent with the duty of care of a primary contact health care practitioner and the elements of the chiropractic code of conduct, with minimal clinical supervision.
  7. Evaluate complex ideas and concepts at an abstract level using both real cases as well as paper cases.

The Learning Outcomes address the majority of elements and performance indicators of CCEA’s Accreditation Standards: Unit 3 Professional Interaction, Unit 6 Patient Assessment, Unit 7 Diagnostic Decision Making, Unit 8 Planning of Patient Care, and Unit 9 Implementation of Care. There will be some elements addressed from Unit 10 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and Unit 11 Professional Scientific Development.

The Learning Outcomes will be evidenced in continuing, supervised full patient contact, Clinical Log Book and by specific 'time and place' assessment.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 - Portfolio • •
2 - Practical Assessment • • • • •
3 - Examination • • • •
4 - Professional Practice Placement • • • • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 - Knowledge • • • • • • •
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
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 - Portfolio • • • • • • •
2 - Practical Assessment • • • • • • •
3 - Examination • • • • • • •
4 - Professional Practice Placement • • • • • • •