School Of Biomedical And Health ScienceTreatment Planning in Osteopathic PracticeWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 400435.1
Discipline: CHIROPRACTIC AND OSTEOPATHY
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
400008 - Treatment Planning in Osteopathic Practice
Prerequisite
400430 Clinical Osteopathic Medicine 2 AND 400431 Diagnostic Reasoning in Osteopathic Practice
Corequisite
400434 Clinical Osteopathic Medicine 3
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
To undertake this unit, students must comply with the following special requirements:
Completion of a Prohibited Persons Declaration;
Criminal Record Check Clearance;
Students must possess a current, Workcover Authority approved First Aid Certificate;
Provide evidence of compliance with the occupational screening and immunisation policy of NSW Health.
About this Unit
This unit is designed to further develop the student’s skills and experience required in the area of diagnosis, technique and patient management to practice osteopathy in the clinical setting. It will teach students how to develop a treatment plan for patient management. Students will learn clinical problem-solving and intervention techniques, and integrative thinking. Student’s abilities are further developed by accepting responsibility for patients in a supervised clinical setting as primary contact clinicians.