HLTTCM002 — Perform Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) remedial massage health assessments

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116 assessable components: 4 elements (29 performance criteria), 6 performance evidence and 81 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Determine scope of client needs

1.1Explore and clarify client expectations
1.2Provide clear information about scope and limits of services to be provided
1.3Collect accurate and relevant health record and document in a TCM form, which can be interpreted readily by other professionals
1.4Recognise needs that are beyond scope of own practice and make referrals to other health care professionals as required
1.5Identify and respond to any barriers to information gathering and assessment
1.6Seek client information respectfully and sensitively
1.7Manage information in a confidential and secure way

2 Perform TCM four diagnostic methods

2.1Provide information about TCM four diagnostic methods process and obtain client consent to proceed
2.2Follow clinical and practitioner hygiene procedures
2.3Respect client dignity and anticipate sensitivities
2.4Seek client feedback on comfort levels
2.5Assess client through observation, auscultation/olfaction, interrogation and palpation methods
2.6Integrate four diagnostic methods information gathering techniques
2.7Use ongoing questioning with client to gain further information as required
2.8Accurately document information from the physical assessment

3 Develop treatment plan

3.1Correlate results of TCM four diagnostic methods with case history
3.2Consider any available western medical information and incorporate into analysis within scope of own practice
3.3Bring together TCM and western approaches to pathology
3.4Make TCM syndrome differentiation according to eight principles, internal organs, Qi, blood and body fluid, and to the other syndrome differentiation methods
3.5Analyse TCM syndrome and identify condition according to stage and related implications by assessing signs and symptoms
3.6Identify pre-requisites or contraindications to treatment
3.7Use professional judgement to draw substantiated conclusions about treatment needs
3.8Establish expected treatment outcomes based on the remedial massage framework and evidence
3.9Accurately document proposed treatment plan

4 Confirm TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment plan with client

4.1Discuss TCM syndrome differentiation and rationale with the client
4.2Assign and agree treatment priorities in consultation with the client
4.3Schedule times and session lengths suited to the required techniques and sequences
4.4Respond to client enquiries using language the client understands
4.5Discuss referral and collaborative options with the client according to individual needs

Performance evidence

performed the activities outlined in the performance criteria of this unit during a period of at least 200 hours of TCM remedial massage client consultation work
prepared for and managed at least 100 TCM remedial massage assessments - clients must include males and females from different stages of life with varied presentations
used observation, auscultation/olfaction, interrogation and palpation diagnostic methods to collect useful information
used different TCM syndrome differentiation knowledge to gather and analyse client conditions
clearly articulated information about services, treatment options and rationale
engaged clients in decision making

Knowledge evidence

legal and ethical considerations (national and state/territory) for client assessment:
codes of conduct
duty of care
informed consent
mandatory reporting
practitioner/client boundaries
privacy, confidentiality and disclosure
records management
working role boundaries
working within scope of practice
presenting symptoms that require referral to a medical practitioner
work health and safety
referral options for practitioners:
professional health services including complementary health modalities
community resources and support services
types and availability of further medical testing
factors and barriers that may impact on assessment, including:
physical
psychological
cultural
factors that affect individual health status, including:
constitution
lifestyle
diet
personal and medical history
values and attitudes
balance of rest and activity
physical environment
social environment
factors for consideration for different genders and ages:
women
men
children and adolescents
older people
client information required for assessment and the scope and depth of information needed regarding:
client objectives and expectations
client history and its components
client current state of health
main clinical complaints
signs and symptoms
onset
duration
location
quality and severity
non-verbal
different ways that signs and symptoms of conditions present:
physical
psychological
social
spiritual
features of signs and symptoms
philosophy and principles of TCM remedial massage framework, including examination of entirety, combination of disease diagnosis and syndrome differentiation, together using of all diagnostic methods
TCM four diagnostic methods:
observation: spirit, complexion, body shape, deformity, posture and tongue and coating
interrogation: chief complaint(s), history of present illness, emotional symptoms, pain, energy level, diet and appetite, stools and urine, female specific presentations
auscultation/olfaction: voice, breathing, sighing, cough, hiccup and belching, body smelling
palpation: pulse taking, chest, abdomen and four limbs palpation, channels and acu-points palpation
TCM syndrome differentiation:
TCM syndrome identification according to eight principles
TCM syndrome identification according to internal organs
TCM syndrome identification according to Qi, blood and body fluid
TCM syndrome identification according to the others differentiation methods
possible reactions, contraindications to treatment and/or limitations for assessment:
common contra-indications of TCM remedial massage - agnogenic spin injury, fracture, severe internal organ diseases, infection diseases, severe skin diseases
limitations of TCM remedial massage - lack of the structures, including lack of anatomic structure, pathology change at certain areas, weakness in specificity, lack of prognosis
disease processes and affecting factors for a range of common diseases:
body constitution
diet
exercise
emotion
lifestyle
treatment methods
basic physiology and anatomy according to TCM framework
relational dynamics within and between human behaviour, anatomy and physiology, pathology and the natural world
aetiology and pathology
disease causation, acute and chronic inflammatory processes, wound healing and haemorrhage processes
infectious and immunity process
character and function of channels and points
influence of rest and activity on health status
relationship between physical and social environment and health
treatment planning techniques and considerations

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