Unit of Study OSTP6001 Osteopathic Clinical Practice and Research I (2024)

Future students:
T: 1800 626 481
E: Email your enquiry here

Current students:
Contact: Faculty of Health

Students studying at an education collaboration:
Please contact your relevant institution

Show me unit information for year

View previous years of our units

Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

Yes

Pre-requisites

OSTP2006 - Osteopathic Studies IV

Enrolment information

This unit contains professional experience learning/ laboratory activities that require students to meet mandatory compliance requirements prior to attending. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the Professional Experience Learning and/or stipulated Laboratory Activity which may result in failure of the unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/healthplacements Please note Full Covid-19 vaccination is a mandatory requirement associated with the placement element of this unit of study. This requirement has been stipulated by the placement providers. It is strongly recommended that only students who meet this requirement enrol in this unit.

Unit description

Develops the skills of the beginning osteopathic clinician in supervised clinical practice including case history taking, differential diagnosis, clinical reasoning, patient management plans and treatment strategies. Also develops teamwork skills working in a team-based research project.

Unit content

Provides 110 hours of clinical practice under the supervision of one or more osteopathic clinical educators, 12 hours of external observations and 24 hours of grand rounds
Tri-Placement Sessions run for 22 weeks and are compulsory for successful completion of this unit
Professional behaviours in osteopathic student clinic
Integrating theory and practice skills as a beginning student osteopathic clinician
Reflective practice: reflecting on self
Clinical reasoning in osteopathic clinic
Research project: retrieving and critically appraising literature, writing a literature review.

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2024

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:

demonstrate skills in taking a full patient case history at a beginning student practitioner level

perform a full patient physical examination in an evidence-based context at a beginning student practitioner level

demonstrate and explain the diagnostic process in a specific case context at a beginning student practitioner level

implement and explain a management plan, including for chronic pain and neuromusculoskeletal rehabilitation, and commence a safe, rational and evidence-based series of osteopathic treatments at a beginning student practitioner level

demonstrate professional behaviour and attitudes, including reliability and developing time management and data recording skills

reflect on own clinical practice skills and experiences

work collaboratively within a team on a research project proposal, retrieving and critically appraising relevant literature.

Fee information

Domestic

Commonwealth Supported courses
For information regarding Student Contribution Amounts please visit the Student Contribution Amounts.

Fee paying courses
For postgraduate or undergraduate full-fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees.

Find out more for domestic fees