Overview
In Clinical Practice 2 you will continue to build on your clinical competency in preparation for your clinical internship. These competencies include clinical reasoning, clinical assessment, diagnosis and management skills. While on your second external placement, you will be expected to perform as a functional team member under guidance of the clinic supervisors. The external placement will provide you with the opportunity to reflect on chiropractic procedures, processes and documentation, building on the practical experience gained during the first placement in Clinical Practice 1.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: CHIR20002 Clinical Practice 1
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Teacher Evaluation
Some students requested more open ended discussion on research topics related to clinical chiropractic practice.
It is recommended that the unit coordinator embeds discussion and reflection on research related to clinical chiropractic practice in the tutorials.