Unit of Study NATM5010 Professional Contexts in Naturopathic Medicine 1 and 2: Foundations and Conduct (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

Yes

Enrolment information

Students are required to attend on-campus classes and participate in online activities. Students will be required to attend on-campus classes and complete 8 observational clinical placement hours. This unit contains Work Integrated Learning (WIL) that requires students to meet mandatory fit to practice obligations prior to attending. Failure to comply by the fit to practice deadline will result in the cancellation of your WIL and you will not be permitted to continue in this unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/health/work-integrated-learning.

Unit description

Introduces students to the field of naturopathic medicine, including the foundations of the discipline, and the laws, ethical principles and regulatory structures governing naturopathic medicine practice.

Unit content

History and philosophical foundations of naturopathic medicine
Principles of naturopathic medicine I
Principles of naturopathic medicine II
Contemporary naturopathic medicine practice
Professional conduct – law and ethics
Clinical reasoning in naturopathic medicine

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term5	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

describe the historical evolution of naturopathic medicine

explain, individually or in a group, the philosophies, principles and scope of naturopathic medicine practice

illustrate the principles of professional conduct in the context of common law, human ethics and regulation

apply clinical reasoning frameworks applicable to the discipline of naturopathic medicine

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hr (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hrs (Weekly)

Placement 8 hours (Once during the term)

Assessment
Discussion board	20%
Presentation	30%
Portfolio	50%
Placement	SR

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Fee information

Domestic

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