Course Title: Primary Healthcare Management and Rehabilitation

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Primary Healthcare Management and Rehabilitation

Credit Points: 12.00

Important Information:

 

 


Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

REHA2217

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2014,
Sem 1 2015,
Sem 1 2016

REHA2217

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2017,
Sem 1 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 1 2021,
Sem 1 2022,
Sem 1 2023,
Sem 1 2024,
Sem 1 2025

Course Coordinator: Boris Lukin

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 7109

Course Coordinator Email: [email protected]

Course Coordinator Location: 202.04.064-1


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses

Successful completion of: 

Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course.

For information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.

 


Course Description

This course will introduce you to the scope of practice of Osteopaths in Australia, particularly in a primary health care setting. You will be exposed to the principles underpinning preventative health care and broaden your understanding of factors that impact on health and wellbeing in the modern-day era. Broadening your understanding of the burden of disease such as chronic pain and pain management will assist you to become a competent health care practitioner. Additionally, you will be skilled in interviewing patients to determine their current health status and provide appropriate advice and/or further referral for co-management with other health professionals.

The practical work in this course simulates a practice environment and involves role play as clinician and patient, which provides skills in interviewing patients to determine their current health status that may form the basis of clinical management.

This course includes a Work Integrated Learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience. Portions of practical classes may be delivered online.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes (PLO) for BP279 Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Applied Science (Osteopathy):

  • PLO 1 Provide patient-centred care as a competent, safe primary healthcare professional
  • PLO 2 Provide osteopathic, musculo-skeletal healthcare within a patient-centred, evidence-based framework
  • PLO 3 Gather and interpret health information, and employ clinical reasoning to develop differential diagnoses, to inform assessment and management
  • PLO 4 Effectively communicate with a wide audience (i.e. patients, carers, healthcare professionals and agencies), with respect and sensitivity to socio-cultural diversity, using a variety of media
  • PLO 5 Manage all aspects of clinical practice to comply with ethical, legal, and regulatory standards in an evolving health-care industry
  • PLO 6 Work autonomously and collaboratively, to lead and/or contribute to inter-professional healthcare partnerships
  • PLO 7 Develop and implement strategies to meet personal and professional demands, as a primary healthcare provider
  • PLO 8 Develop a commitment to lifelong learning, recognising the historical development and evolution of the profession, and how this integrates with contemporary practice
 

 


On successful completion of this course you should be able to:

  1. Defend potential management strategies for various musculoskeletal conditions with consideration to osteopathic scope of practice. 
  2. Discuss the physiological underpinnings of exercise rehabilitation principles in relation to tissue injury and repair processes 
  3. Examine evidence-based exercise rehabilitation principles and programs to complement patient management. 
  4. Examine the use and impact of health promotion strategies in the role of primary healthcare. 
  5. Explore the use of clinical guidelines for recommending exercise and rehabilitation in primary healthcare. 


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: SMART Goals Micro Cred
Weighting 10%
This assessment task supports CLOs 2, 3 & 5

Assessment Task 2: Written Assignment
Weighting 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 3, 4 & 5

Assessment Task 3: Group Presentation 
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 3, 4 & 5

Assessment Task 4: Online Test
Weighting 40%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.