Overview
In this unit, you will focus on examining, diagnosing and managing common conditions that impact male and female health across the lifespan. You will advance your understanding of a range of management topics related to multicultural and ageing populations including injury prevention, advice on healthy lifestyles, self-managed care, rehabilitation, and treatment options. This unit will assist you with your clinical development in the student clinic by addressing the importance of integrating knowledge and skills to support clinical decision-making for these special populations.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: CHIR20011 Clinical Practice 5 and CHIR20012 Advanced Clinical Development 2 Co-requisite: CHIR20013 Clinical Practice 6
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 3 - 2024
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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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 Self-reflection
While this unit is run as an online unit, introducing in-person teaching opportunities for students to gain hands on experience treating older adults with musculoskeletal complaints would be beneficial.
It is recommended that the Unit Coordinator explore the possibility of introducing in-class workshops.
- Explain the morphology of a clinical condition according to its aetiology, epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment options.
- Evaluate findings and formulate a diagnosis, clinical impression, management plan and prognosis from a case history and physical assessment, taking into consideration patient safety and any contraindications.
- Apply the appropriate chiropractic approach to treatment (within the scope of practice) that includes technique/skills, exercise/rehabilitation, health promotion, prevention, lifestyle advice and self-managed care in a professional and ethical way in accordance to the chiropractic code of conduct and professional standards.
- Apply humanistic factors involving communication skills and bio-psychosocial awareness, relative to the patient-practitioner interface.
This is a unit to assist the student develop their individualised pathway towards strengthening the majority of elements and performance indicators of CCEA’s Accreditation Standards for areas considered ‘clinical interest’ as opposed to general practice. In total, this unit will address aspects of Unit 6 Patient Assessment, Unit 7 Diagnostic Decision Making, Unit 8 Planning of Patient Care, Unit 9 Implementation of Care, and Unit 3 Professional Interaction. There will be some elements addressed from Unit 10 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and Unit 11 Professional Scientific Development.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 25% | ||||
| 2 - Presentation - 25% | ||||
| 3 - In-class Test(s) - 50% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||
| 4 - Research | ||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing styles below:
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
k.deluca@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Lecture: The ageing population
Online tutorial: Unit outline
Chapter
Relevant material will be available on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture: Chiropractic care for the older adult
Online tutorial: Chiropractic Board of Australia presentation to final year students (compulsory)
Chapter
Relevant material will be available on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture: Clinical assessment of the older adult
Online tutorial: Assessment of the older adult
Chapter
Relevant material will be available on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture: Back pain in older adults
Online tutorial: Back pain in older adults
Chapter
Relevant material will be available on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture: Spinal stenosis
Online tutorial: Spinal stenosis
Chapter
Relevant material will be available on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture: Scoliosis
No online tutorial (mid term quiz)
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 1: Online mid term quiz
MID TERM QUIZ Due: Week 6 Friday (13 Dec 2024) 9:00 am AEST
Module/Topic
Lecture: Osteoporosis and osteoarthritis
Online tutorial: Osteoporosis and osteoarthritis
Chapter
Relevant material will be available on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture: Neurological conditions in older adults
Online tutorial: Neurological conditions in older adults
Chapter
Relevant material will be available on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture: Falls
Online tutorial: Falls
Chapter
Relevant material will be available on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture: Women's health (1)
Online tutorial: Women’s Health with Andrea Huddleston
Chapter
Relevant material will be available on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 2: Written assessment. This should be saved as a PDF file and uploaded to Moodle by 5pm on Friday of Week 10.
Module/Topic
Lecture: Women's health (2)
Online tutorial: Unit review
Chapter
Relevant material will be available on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture: Men's Health
No online tutorial: Clinic exit preparation
Chapter
Relevant material will be available on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 3: Invigilated end of term test
END OF TERM TEST Due: Exam Week Friday (14 Feb 2025) 9:00 am AEST
1 Online Quiz(zes)
The mid-term online quiz will be open in Moodle on Friday in Week 6 at the time of your normal tutorial (9:00am). Once you start the mid-term online quiz in Moodle, the quiz will be open for 60 minutes after which time your answers will be submitted automatically.
The quiz will involve a mix of question types including multiple choice, short answer and matching styles. The quiz will assess content taught across weeks 1 - 6.
This is not an open book quiz nor a group assessment and answers must be an individuals own work.
The quiz is worth 25% of your total grade and has a 50% minimum mark to pass.
Other
Week 6 Friday (13 Dec 2024) 9:00 am AEST
The mid-term online quiz will be open in Moodle at 9:00am on Friday in Week 6.
Week 7 Friday (20 Dec 2024)
Multiple choice and matching style questions will be returned to students once the quiz is closed, with short answer questions returned to students within two weeks.
The assessment criteria will involve selecting or providing the most accurate and correct answers to the questions posed in this mid-term online quiz.
- Explain the morphology of a clinical condition according to its aetiology, epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment options.
- Evaluate findings and formulate a diagnosis, clinical impression, management plan and prognosis from a case history and physical assessment, taking into consideration patient safety and any contraindications.
2 Presentation
Students are required to provide a 750 word, written, clinical case presentation.
The clinical case presentation should include the following sections: title, introduction, case description, research question, search strategy and results, implications, and reflection. This assessment should be referenced appropriately throughout and include appendices if necessary.
The assessment should be saved as a PDF file and uploaded to Moodle by 5pm on Friday week 10.
Week 10 Friday (24 Jan 2025) 5:00 pm AEST
The assessment should be saved as a PDF file and uploaded to Moodle.
Week 12 Friday (7 Feb 2025)
The assessment will be returned with feedback relevant to the assessment guidelines and marking rubric provided.
Students are required to provide a 750 word, written, clinical case presentation. The portfolio should be on a case (geriatric, women’s, or men’s health) informed from their clinic internship. The portfolio should include title, introduction, case description, research question, search strategy and results, implications, and reflection and be appropriately referenced.
Please see Moodle for assessment guidelines and rubric.
The assessment should be saved as a PDF file and uploaded to Moodle by 5pm on Friday of Week 10.
It is worth 25% of your final grade.
- Explain the morphology of a clinical condition according to its aetiology, epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment options.
- Apply the appropriate chiropractic approach to treatment (within the scope of practice) that includes technique/skills, exercise/rehabilitation, health promotion, prevention, lifestyle advice and self-managed care in a professional and ethical way in accordance to the chiropractic code of conduct and professional standards.
- Apply humanistic factors involving communication skills and bio-psychosocial awareness, relative to the patient-practitioner interface.
3 In-class Test(s)
This end of term test will be undertaken in a CQUni computer lab on whichever campus that you are enrolled. The test will involve a mix of question types including multiple choice, short answer and matching styles. The test will assess all theoretical content taught across weeks 1-12. The test is worth 50% of your total grade and has a 50% minimum mark to pass.
Exam Week Friday (14 Feb 2025) 9:00 am AEST
Exam Week
Exam Week Friday (14 Feb 2025)
Multiple choice and matching style questions will be returned to students once all students have completed the quiz, with short answer questions returned to students within two weeks.
The assessment criteria will involve selecting or providing the most accurate and correct answers to the questions posed in this end of term test.
- Evaluate findings and formulate a diagnosis, clinical impression, management plan and prognosis from a case history and physical assessment, taking into consideration patient safety and any contraindications.
- Apply the appropriate chiropractic approach to treatment (within the scope of practice) that includes technique/skills, exercise/rehabilitation, health promotion, prevention, lifestyle advice and self-managed care in a professional and ethical way in accordance to the chiropractic code of conduct and professional standards.
- Apply humanistic factors involving communication skills and bio-psychosocial awareness, relative to the patient-practitioner interface.
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
