Unit description
Builds on a number of units within the Lifestyle Medicine specialisation and provides the key skills from evidence-based research and reflective practice for assisting the motivation of clients/patients and their health literacy in order to self manage their own chronic diseases.
Unit content
Topic 1. Chronic Disease Self-Management (CDSM) in Lifestyle Medicine: Rationale and background
- Why self-management
- Lifestyle medicine and self-management
- Self-management strategies and models
- A structure for self management
Topic 2. The endothelium, inflammation and chronic disease: A basis for self-management
- Modern changes in disease orientation
- Obesity as a case study in chronic disease
- 'Anthropogens' and inflammation
Topic 3. Approaches to CDSM: 1. Being client-centred
- The implications for counselling
- The implications for the health practice
- The implications for health outcomes
Topic 4. Approaches to CDSM: 2. Being motivation focused
- The implications for counselling
- The implications for the health practice
- The implications for health outcomes
Topic 5. Approaches to CDSM: 3. Being health literacy oriented
- The implications for counselling
- The implications for the health practice
- The implications for health outcomes
Topic 6. Type 2 diabetes and self-management
- Self-management and Type 2 diabetes
- Health behaviour theories and diabetes self-management
- Self-management for diabetes - the evidence
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain the physiological basis of chronic disease and its relevance to self-management | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | ||||
| 2 | use evidence-based patient self-management models for clients with chronic disease | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | Communication and social skills | |
| 3 | design chronic disease self-management strategies by encouraging and supporting the move towards client-centred approaches | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | Cultural competence | |
| 4 | utilise evidence-based self-management, health coaching and counselling skills | Creativity | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | Communication and social skills | ||
| 5 | promote health literacy and its importance to self-management approaches | Creativity | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | Cultural competence | |||
| 6 | construct self-management principles to weight control and type II diabetes management | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | Communication and social skills | Cultural competence |
| 7 | synthesise whole of practice change management principles needed to implement self-management approaches in primary care practice. | Creativity | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | Cultural competence | ||
Prescribed texts
Session 1
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Session 2
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Session 3
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Teaching and assessment
Online
| Teaching method |
| Tutorial online 2 hours (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Short answer test | 20% |
| Short answer test | 20% |
| Short answer test | 20% |
| Short answer test | 20% |
| Crossword puzzle completion | 10% |
| Quiz | 10% |
Fee information
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Commencing 2015 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 2
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