Unit Synopsis
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
| 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: 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2026
Term 3 - 2026 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. Online Quiz(zes) | 25% |
| 2. Presentation | 25% |
| 3. 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: Peer-reflection
Attendance at on-campus sessions are currently not compulsory, linking to assessment items may increase engagement
It is recommended that on-campus activities are integrated into formal assessment items and attendance is compulsory for completion of those assessments
The on campus activity has been proposed as an observed pass/fail assessment, and the weighting on the end of term test (currently 50%) reduced.
Source: Unit coordinator reflection
Students may benefit from being provided with learning materials specific to the on-campus activity to help better their understanding of the assessment task
It is recommended on-campus activities have supplementary learning materials provided to enhance the in-person learning opportunity.
Workbooks were provided to enhance on campus activities. Additionally, a new lecturer ran the on-campus activity with older adults to provide in person cases for geriatric assessment and falls prevention.
Source: SUTE
Students may appreciate additional clarification of the assessment requirements.
It is recommended that additional time is allocated in tutorials to discuss the requirements of the assessments.
The revised written assessment, which incorporated a reflection, evidence based practice and a clinical case scenario, was well received. Additional tutorial time was allocated to clarify assessment requirements and support student understanding.
Source: Unit Coordinator self reflection
In light of the high risk of GenAI use in online and un-invigilated quizzes, assessment tasks should be reviewed to ensure rigorous assessment of student learning and knowledge.
It is recommended a Unit Update Proposal is submitted to move away from online assessments due to a high risk of GenAI use in un-invigilated and online quizzes. The weighting of online assessments will also be reduced to allow the rigorous assessment of student learning and knowledge through reflective assessments.
In Progress
Source: SUTE student comments report
Some students would appreciate clearer expectations and more rigorous assessment design for the opportunity to apply clinical reasoning.
It is recommended assessment design continue to include reflective styles of assessment to allow students the opportunity to apply clinical reasoning, with time provided to clarify student expectations.
In Progress
Source: SUTE student comments report
Students enjoyed the balance between evidence based theoretical content, content expertise and in person workshops.
It is recommended the Unit coordinator continue to develop and source evidence based materials, and include content experts in the delivery of both the online tutorials and in person workshops.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- 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.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | • | ||
| 2 - Presentation | • | • | • | |
| 3 - In-class Test(s) | • | • | • | |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | ||
| 2 - Communication | • | • | ||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | |||
| 5 - Self-management | • | |||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | |||
| 7 - Leadership | • | |||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |