CHI584: Clinical Practicum

The core of students' clinical training. Students engage in supervised, active patient care in the University's outpatient clinic. Participation in clinical rounds where special interest topics and cases will be discussed; these are designed to enhance critical thinking skills and facilitate the application of the concepts of best practice, while providing teaching opportunities. Students complete rotations in radiology, rehabilitation, physiological therapeutics and front desk management. In the latter part of the year students serve as mentors for fourth year students.

Points	12
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: Y1-internal
Contact Time	Clinic duties/clinical rounds/rotations: 20 hours per week; lectures: 1 hour; workshops: 1 hour.
Prerequisites	Enrolment in BSc/BChiro and successful completion of years 1 to 4 and the Clinic Entrance Assessment.
School	School of Chiropractic and Sports Science
Unit Coordinator	Dr Jo-Anne Maire Position: Senior Lecturer -Chiropractic E-mail: J.Maire@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Economics, Commerce and Law Room 1.008 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 7641
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Jo-Anne Maire Senior Lecturer -Chiropractic (J.Maire@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 7641 Murdoch Campus Economics, Commerce and Law Room 1.008 MURDOCH Y1: Internal (04/01/2010 - 19/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)