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Unit of Study HLTH6003 - Principles & Practice of Lifestyle Medicine 3: Planning and Management (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    To participate in this online unit, students must have access to a computer and the internet.

Unit description

Develops knowledge and skill in the planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care using Lifestyle Medicine.

Unit content

  1. Planning care in lifestyle medicine.
  2. Nutrition prescription.
  3. Exercise prescription.
  4. Lifestyle prescription and de-prescription.
  5. Collaboration and referral.
  6. Reflective practice and evaluation.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online
Term3,5
Term5

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:

Describe the process of planning care within the context of lifestyle medicine.

Critically appraise nutrition, exercise and lifestyle prescription.

Illustrate the role of collaboration and referral in lifestyle medicine.

Integrate the use of reflection and evaluation in lifestyle medicine.

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Resources/Equipment

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Prescribed Texts
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Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • Readings and resources are provided for each module in this unit.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.