Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5426 Diploma of Remedial Massage

Course Title: Research and apply evidence to practice

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 65

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
GEDU6079C	City Campus	TAFE	535T Social Care and Health	Face-to-Face	Term1 2025

Course Contact: Toby Glennon

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 0320

Course Contact Email: toby.glennon@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to establish the information need, gather information and critically analyse the information for relevance to own work.

 

This unit applies to health and community service workers who need to research existing information to support and improve their work practice. It does not cover primary research.

 

The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

There are no pre-requisites for this unit

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CHCPOL003 Research and apply evidence to practice
Elements:	1. Plan information gathering activities 2. Gather information 3. Analyse information 4. Use information in practice

Learning Outcomes

Please refer to the Elements of Competency above

Overview of Assessment

Assessments may include any of the below :

• Case studies
• Quizzes
• Knowledge assessment
• Portfolio assessment
• Role play
• Clinical logbook 
• Practical assessments