Unit of Study NATM6008 Clinical Naturopathic Placement 2 (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

Yes

Pre-requisites

NATM5009 - Clinical Studies in Naturopathic Medicine 7: Multi-morbidity and Complex Cases AND Must have completed or be currently enrolled in NATM6007 - Clinical Naturopathic Placement 1

Enrolment information

Students will be required to attend on-campus classes and complete 170 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

Integrates, applies, consolidates and extends knowledge, skills and behaviours developed throughout the course in a 170-hour professional experience placement undertaken in a real-life primary care setting, as well as a geographically and/or culturally diverse setting.

Unit content

This is a clinical placement unit.

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Dual Term1,3	Dual Term1,3
Lismore	Dual Term1,3	Dual Term1,3

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:

adapt attitude, behaviour, consultation, dialogue and environmental elements of the rapport process to primary and culturally/geographically distinct healthcare settings

use appropriate assessment techniques and diagnostic reasoning pertinent to primary and culturally/geographically distinct healthcare settings

plan and deliver safe and evidence-based naturopathic medicine therapeutics as applicable to primary and culturally/geographically distinct healthcare settings

apply the review process by reassessing patient progress, reflecting on one's practice and referring the patient where appropriate within primary and culturally/geographically distinct healthcare settings

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Tutorial 1.5 hours (Weekly)

Placement 40 hours (Across the Term)

Placement 130 hours (Across the Term)

Assessment
Placement	SR
Portfolio	SR
Viva voce	SR

Teaching method

Tutorial 1.5 hours (Weekly)

Placement 40 hours (Across the Term)

Placement 130 hours (Across the Term)

Assessment
Placement	SR
Portfolio	SR
Viva voce	SR

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Students must wear their SCU uniform on placement, including closed-in black footwear (this does not include runners) and black trousers (cargo pants and jeans are not acceptable). Students also must purchase their own instrumentation prior to commencement (e.g. stethoscope).

Prescribed Texts

Prescribed text information is not currently available.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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