In this unit students will develop specialised knowledge and skills in each of these areas in order to prepare them for professional practice in an increasingly diverse healthcare context. They will investigate common and specialised conditions in each medical area, relevant clinical tests and conventional medical management, musculo-skeletal implications and specific impact on osteopathic diagnosis and treatment. Students will devise solutions (in terms of diagnosis and comprehensive osteopathic management) to a series of problem-based learning cases which require them to integrate knowledge and skills from previous and concurrent learning.
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
All summative assessment tasks are a hurdle requirement.
There are no required texts for this unit
This unit is not compulsory for any specific course. Depending on the course you study, this unit may be taken as an elective.