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The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:
legal and ethical considerations (national and state/territory) for client assessment:codes of conductduty of careinformed consentmandatory reportingpractitioner/client boundaries privacy, confidentiality and disclosurerecords managementworking role boundaries:working within scope of practicepresenting symptoms that require referral to a medical practitionerwork health and safetyoriental therapies treatment techniques, how to apply them, what each technique does, what effects it might have, and what the contraindications are, for the following:acupressuremoxibustioncuppingmeridian stretching techniquescorrective postures, stretches, movementspotential reactions during treatment and how to respond:discomfortemotional reactionsfeedback - verbal, tactile, visualmuscular spasmsbody temperature discomfortdeep relaxationpotential reactions following treatment and appropriate client advicetypes of advice and resources that can be provided to clients for their use outside the clinical environment:advice about nutritional actions based on 8 principal patterns and 6 pathogenic influencesmedicinal teas and mealsseasonal adjustmentspoultices and linimentsdocumentation requirements for recording treatment detailsbasic structure and function of western medicine systems and regions of the bodycommon disease states and functional problems of each body systemfundamental principles of biomechanics