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Unit of Study HLTH6005 - Self-management and Chronic Disease (2026)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Examines the theory of self-management, and develops knowledge and skills to facilitate health behaviour change to enable people to effectively self-manage chronic disease and pain.  

Unit content

  1. Self-management theory
  2. Health behaviour change and readiness to change
  3. Health and wellness coaching
  4. Motivational interviewing
  5. Health education and literacy
  6. Self-management of chronic disease

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online
Term5
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:

critically discuss self-management theory, health behaviour change and readiness to change

critically reflect on the principles and practice of health and wellness coaching and motivational interviewing

implement principles and strategies for effective health education, including consideration of health literacy, digital literacy and numeracy

critically apply a self-management model to a chronic disease case

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Project 150 hours (Across the term)
Assessment
Discussion board 10%
Reflective writing 30%
Case study 60%

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