Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Online | Study Period 3 | Study Period 3 |
Unit description
Introduces students to diabetes management strategies including: different technologies to monitor blood glucose levels; glucose-lowering medicines and injection technique; nutrition therapy; physical activity guidelines; and approaches to psychosocial assessment. Comprehensive person-centred assessment and care planning methods are explored. The interdisciplinary nature of diabetes education and management is examined.
Unit content
- Principles of diabetes management
- Nutrition therapy
- Physical activity and sedentary behaviour
- Self-monitoring of blood glucose
- Diabetes medications management
- Psychosocial issues in diabetes
The unit learning outcomes address elements from Domain 1 (Clinical Practice), 3 (Research and Quality Improvement) and 5 (Leadership and Advocacy) of the National Competency Standards for Credentialled Diabetes Educators.
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 | discuss the relationships and referral processes within the multidisciplinary healthcare team | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | |||||
| 2 | demonstrate problem solving skills to manage hypoglycaemia | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | |||||
| 3 | explain the use of self-monitoring of blood glucose and interpret results | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | |||||
| 4 | critically appraise literature and translate evidence into practice | Intellectual rigour | ||||||
| 5 | apply nutrition therapy and physical activity guidelines to the management of pre-diabetes and diabetes | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | ||||
| 6 | compare and contrast glucose lowering medications used in diabetes management | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | ||||
| 7 | identify the psychosocial issues associated with diabetes self-management | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | |||||
Prescribed texts
Study Period 3
- No prescribed texts.
Teaching and assessment
Online (intensive)
| Teaching method |
| Workshop on-site 4 days (Once) |
| Assessment | |
| Participation in skills workshop | SR |
| Workbook | 50% |
| Case study | 50% |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Commencing 2020 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 2
Fee paying courses
For POSTGRADUATE or UNDERGRADUATE full fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees
International
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