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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Elements define the essential outcomes
  2. Evaluate client progress
  3. Adjust treatment based on evaluation
  4. Develop practice from client evaluation

Performance Evidence

The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role. There must be evidence that the candidate has:

performed the activities outlined in the performance criteria of this unit during a period of at least 200 hours of client consultation work

managed at least 100 TCM remedial massage assessment and treatment sessions - clients must include males and females from different stages of life with varied presentations

monitored and evaluated TCM remedial massage treatments provided to at least 5 different clients with at least 3 treatments per client


Knowledge Evidence

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:

types of criteria by which TCM treatments are evaluated

expectations of treatment for different conditions and client groups, and factors that impact on those expectations:

client history

contraindications

compliance

interactions with other treatments

methods of monitoring treatment progress

re-assessment

client feedback

barriers to therapeutic progress and ways to respond within a TCM framework

sources of research and evidence that support TCM remedial massage practice

principles underpinning continuation or variation of treatment