Progressing to the Masters after Essentials in Animal Chiropractic (MPAC postnominal)
- Complete 25 reflective, detailed, clinical case tables from your clinical work.
This doesn’t need to be 50/50 horses and dogs but a mix of species is desirable. Masters level work requires professional, self-reflection by the practitioner to show how they interpret and feel about scenarios and how they will improve moving forward. An example case table is available to enrolled students to illustrate this process.
2. Complete two assignments:
a. Musculoskeletal Health of the Equine / Canine
You must choose a canine or equine musculoskeletal assignment.
This unit assignment aims to develop knowledge of canine or equine musculoskeletal health and can include the impact of intra- uterine factors and birth processes, common and rare musculoskeletal problem of the canine or equine. This assignment should highlight the need for care of the neuro-musculoskeletal system of the canine or equine, including examining the most common problems of biomechanical origin. Relate this to chiropractic and reflect throughout your writing.
2,500 word reflective account
and then either:
b. Professional Clinical Practice
This unit assignment underpins the programme and develops self-direction through an understanding of experiential learning and reflective practice in a professional context. Assessment is through a critical reflective account, supported by evidence of the student’s review and evaluation of advanced clinical practice.
2,500 words
E.g. A canine was treated with chiropractic to help assist in recovery from disc injury. On this occasion the owners could not afford special imaging or orthopaedic specialist help. The primary veterinarian involved an animal chiropractor to help treat the surrounding musculoskeletal structures as well as offer advice on cryotherapy (use of cold) and rehabilitation exercises.
The animal chiropractor reviewed any information in existence of conservative disc management, rehabilitation strategies and associated musculoskeletal involvement of disc injury. They may review surgical techniques that are offered, orthopaedic tests or pain challenges used by veterinarians. The writer of the assignment should discuss knowledge limitations and processes that can be used for enhancing the supportive role of chiropractic in disc injury recovery.
Or
c. Evidence-based Practice
In today’s healthcare environment, practitioners must not only keep abreast of current research
evidence, but also incorporate it where appropriate into clinical practice.In this unit, skills will be developed in the search and retrieval for research evidence in animal practice, critical appraisal of research evidence, and how research findings can be applied to individual cases
in an evidence-based case report.
2,500 words
Set it out as an evidence-based Case Report or a 2000 word Critical
Appraisal of a given published research paper.
Referencing for everything should be Harvard style.
- Dissertation / Current Advances in Practice
The professional knowledge base moves at an alarming rate, and it is incumbent on practitioners to keep abreast of developments in all aspects of professional practice. This unit develops skills in finding and retrieving relevant information, and in the synthesis of complex and conflicting information to create useful and relevant knowledge. In this unit, individuals will identify an area of particular need or interest and disseminate information at the forefront of knowledge in that topic area.
Assessment is through a 5,000 word critical review of relevant literature or a study, which includes a literature review.