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School: Medical and Health Sciences

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  • Unit Title

    Osteopathy Practice 3

  • Unit Code

    OST2201

  • Year

    2027

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Brett VAUGHAN

Description

In this unit, students integrate advanced skills in case-history taking, consultation planning, clinical reasoning, and osteopathy manual therapy. Students will develop an understanding of current evidence of the mechanisms of pain production. This unit includes an observational clinical placement that exposes students to contemporary osteopathy practice. Students will also develop skills in critical reflection on management of musculoskeletal complaints within the community.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Students will undertake professional placement observation during the hours specified by the placement provider and that these may occur at times outside the lecture and tutorial time. Additionally, placement days and hours may change with minimal notice to students due to circumstances outside the control of the University.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed Osteopathy Practice 2 (OST2101)

Only students studying in the Bachelor of Osteopathy Honours (C00) can enrol in this unit

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply manipulative and non-manipulative techniques for osteopathy treatment in simulated clinical settings.
  2. Plan osteopathy consultations for musculoskeletal complaints.
  3. Use clinical reasoning in treatment design.
  4. Incorporate biological systems and psychosocial considerations in case-history taking to achieve patient-centred outcomes.
  5. Develop educational information on the management of musculoskeletal complaints for the community.

Unit Content

  1. Advanced history taking.
  2. Consultation planning and clinical reasoning.
  3. Case-based learning on exercise advice for health, and musculoskeletal rehabilitation.
  4. Osteopathy manual therapy (manipulation of the spine, thorax, extremities continued, counterstrain, functional).
  5. Pain education.
  6. Clinical practice observation.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will take part in a clinical practice observation session. Industry partners will contribute to learning and development within this session/sessions. Individual student portfolios are designed to capture student development across the semester.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Professional Simulation TaskPractical performance of case-history taking30%
Case StudyTreatment plans, including exercise advice, based on clinical reasoning40%
PortfolioCommunity Education & Practicum Reflection30%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

  • Plagiarism: Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).
  • Unauthorised collaboration (collusion): Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).
  • Contract cheating: Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.
  • Cheating in an exam: Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment Procedure - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment Procedure - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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