Part A: Course Overview
Program: C6189 Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy
Course Title: Manage health risks in a myotherapy environment
Portfolio: Vocational Education
Nominal Hours: 60
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) |
COTH5013 |
City Campus |
TAFE |
535T Social Care and Health |
Face-to-Face or Internet |
Term1 2025 |
Flexible Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
COTH5013 |
City Campus |
TAFE |
535T Social Care and Health |
Face-to-Face or Internet |
VE 2024 (M24J) |
Course Contact: Toby Glennon
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99250320
Course Contact Email: toby.glennon@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to manage health risks within a myotherapy environment. It includes aspects of health risk analysis, personal and premises hygiene, as well as infection prevention and control. It also covers special infection prevention and control for treatments involving dry needling.
This unit applies to a person who is practicing as a Myotherapist working within a clinical setting as an independent practitioner or as a member of a team within a health care clinic.
The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State and/or Territory legislation, Australian Standards, industry codes of practice and clinic guidelines.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
VU23634 Manage health risks in a myotherapy environment |
Elements: |
1. Provide guidance on health hazards, infection prevention and control 2.Apply infection prevention and control procedures for dry needling treatments 3.Monitor infection prevention and control measures 4. Conduct a health risk assessment of a myotherapy clinic |
Learning Outcomes
The critical learning for this course takes place in face to face classes and simulated clinics within in RMIT. You will be instructed in skills through demonstration, modelling and role play.
- Provide guidance on health hazards, infection prevention and control
- Apply infection prevention and control procedures for dry needling treatments
- Monitor infection prevention and control measures
- Conduct a health risk assessment of a myotherapy clinic
Overview of Assessment
To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.