Unit Synopsis
In this unit, you will focus on examining, diagnosing and managing common paediatric and pregnancy related conditions. You will advance your understanding of a range of management topics related to the paediatric and pregnant population 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 this special population.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Pre-requisite: CHIR20006 Clinical Practice 3 and CHIR20007 Diagnostic Imaging 2 Co-requisite: CHIR20009 Clinical Practice 4 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2026
Term 1 - 2027 Profile
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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. On-campus Activity | 0% |
| 2. Portfolio | 25% |
| 3. Portfolio | 25% |
| 4. In-class Test(s) | 50% |
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%).
Past Exams
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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.
Source: SUTE
Students desire better integration of practical skills into clinic settings.
It is recommended that workshops increase to three per year with guided checklists to simulate clinical scenarios.
Practical workshops continued to be embedded throughout the unit and focused on the application of paediatric and pregnancy assessment skills within clinically relevant scenarios. Opportunities for hands-on learning were supported through three face-to-face workshops, online tutorials and structured practical activities.
Source: SUTE
A request for clinically relevant content delivered by experienced practitioners
It is recommended that the unit coordinator increases the hands-on workshops with real or simulated patients from two to three sessions with experienced practitioners in the field.
All lecture materials were comprehensively reviewed and updated for the 2026 offering to ensure contemporary, evidence-informed and clinically relevant content. Practical workshops and tutorials were delivered by a qualified and experienced teaching staff, with student feedback highlighting the value of practical sessions and individualised feedback.
Source: SUTE
Students valued the practical workshops, personalised feedback and clinically relevant learning activities that supported the development of paediatric and pregnancy-related assessment skills.
It is recommended that the unit coordinator continues to provide clinically relevant practical learning experiences and individualised feedback opportunities that support the development of professional skills.
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Students identified opportunities to enhance learning resources through updates to selected skills videos and the provision of additional study support materials, such as practice questions and assessment exemplars.
It is recommended that the unit coordinator reviews and updates multimedia learning resources and consider the development of additional study support materials to assist student preparation and revision.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Explain the morphology of a clinical condition according to its anatomy, biomechanics, etiology, epidemiology, pathophysiology and prevalence
- Interpret findings from a case history and physical assessment to formulate and develop a differential diagnosis or clinical impression in order to consider an appropriate management plan and prognosis, taking in consideration patient safety, absolute and relative contraindications
- Apply the appropriate chiropractic approach to treatment (within the scope of practice) that includes technique/skills, exercises/rehabilitation, health promotion, prevention, lifestyle advice and self-managed care in a professional and ethical way, in accordance with 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 specific preparatory unit to assist you to develop an individualised pathway towards strengthening the majority of elements and performance indicators of CCEA’s Accreditation Standards. There is also a loose alignment with the Clinical Interest Groups of the Chiropractors Association of Australia (National).
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - On-campus Activity | • | • | ||
| 2 - Portfolio | • | • | • | |
| 3 - Portfolio | • | • | • | |
| 4 - In-class Test(s) | • | • | • | |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Communication | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | ||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | • | |
| 7 - Leadership | • | |||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |