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2021 unit offering information will be available in November 2020
Unit description
Examines common chronic and complex health conditions such as asthma, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disease including the pathophysiology of these conditions. Students will focus on a patient centred model of care that includes the interprofessional team and will demonstrate the provision of effective education and support to help patients in the self management of their conditions. This unit will include caring for chronic conditions in indigenous communities and other Cultural and Linguistically Diverse [CALD] communities.
Unit content
- Common chronic conditions
- Chronic conditions in Indigenous and CALD communities
- Health Literacy and Health Education
- Motivational interviewing and health coaching
- Self-management principles and practices
- Inter-professional management of chronic illness
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.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | integrate and apply knowledge of chronic and complex health conditions with assessment of client's condition | Knowledge of a discipline | Cultural competence | |||||
| 2 | formulate a patient centred self-management plan based on assessment of client's condition | Intellectual rigour | Cultural competence | |||||
| 3 | critique the client's self-management plan | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Cultural competence | ||||
| 4 | apply motivational interviewing and health coaching techniques in a shared decision making model | Knowledge of a discipline | Cultural competence | |||||
| 5 | provide optimal patient-centred care by scoping the client's environment and assessing the skills and nature of the inter-professional disciplines available | Knowledge of a discipline | Cultural competence | |||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- integrate and apply knowledge of chronic and complex health conditions with assessment of client's condition
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA7: Cultural competence
- formulate a patient centred self-management plan based on assessment of client's condition
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA7: Cultural competence
- critique the client's self-management plan
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA7: Cultural competence
- apply motivational interviewing and health coaching techniques in a shared decision making model
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA7: Cultural competence
- provide optimal patient-centred care by scoping the client's environment and assessing the skills and nature of the inter-professional disciplines available
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA7: Cultural competence
Prescribed texts
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Structured online learning (6 wks) |
| Assessment | |
| Report | 20% |
| Management Plan | 40% |
| Case study | 40% |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Commencing 2021 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 1
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