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Unit of Study HLTH6006 - Principles and Practice of Integrative Health Care: Application (2023)

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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

Develops knowledge and skills in integrative medicine with consideration of contemporary approaches and issues specific to clinical practice. Provides students with clinical application of content by engagement in observational clinical activities.

Unit content

  1. Business models and considerations for integrative medicine practice [IM].
  2. Research-ready clinical practice.
  3. Integrative approaches to immune health.
  4. Integrative approaches to pain management.
  5. Contemporary issues in IM: genetics and epigenetics.
  6. Contemporary issues in IM: fatigue and sleep.

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Not currently available in 2023

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:

apply business models applicable to integrative medicine clinical practice

evaluate methods and platforms for integrating research into clinical practice

explore contemporary integrative approaches to immune health and pain management

critically analyse genetics, epigenetics, fatigue and sleep in the context of contemporary integrative medicine practice