Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-Y-INT-2019-ONGOING

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Enrolment rules

Have completed Years 1 - 3 of B1274 Chiropractic (BSc + BChiro).

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Understand and remember the role that other health care professions may have in public health. Students will therefore be expected to be able to evaluate and apply the role of chiropractic care into public health broadly.

2.

Understand and remember the history of public health

3.

Demonstrate an appreciation of the various areas of public health and their utility

4.

Demonstrate an understanding of basic public health and epidemiological terms

5.

Be able to assemble, retrieve, critique and synthesise information on pertinent public health questions.

6.

Understand and evaluate the major psychological influences in human development and behaviour.

7.

Understand and evaluate clinical situations where there may be possible psychological influences on current chiropractic patient presentations.

8.

Remember and understand the most commonly presenting psychological disorders in chiropractic practice, and best-practice treatment for these disorders.

9.

Understand and apply the appropriate screening instruments for the most commonly presenting psychological disorders to chiropractic practice.

10.

Demonstrate the ability to make appropriate referral to mental health professionals based on an assessment.

11.

Demonstrate effective clinical communication skills through a Motivational Interviewing framework

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

Public health Component
This unit is concerned with the health of the community as a whole addressing the main determinants of mortality and morbidity internationally. It covers community groups and special populations internationally but with emphasis on Australia. Students develop a pamphlet on a public health issue, and a research project also forms an important component of this unit. Expert interdisciplinary speakers will be featured as guest lecturers.
Mental Health Component
This unit will provide an overview of the science and profession of psychology; the role of psychology in health care, and specifically, in chiropractic care. It will overview relevant psychological models of human behaviour, emphasising bio-psycho-social interactions. It will explore some of the range of normal and abnormal psychological presentations that might commonly be seen in chiropractic practice, focusing on information gathering, effective communication, identification, practitioner response and the importance of appropriate referral. It will also involve four workshops designed to equipe students with the communication skills necessary to deal with a range of likely psychosocial issues encountered in chiropractic practice.