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Unit of Study NATM5003 - Integrative Gastroenterology (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

Learners explore integrative approaches to gut health and organic and functional gastrointestinal disease. Evidence-based, patient-centred approaches are applied to various gastrointestinal conditions, including irritable bowel syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux disease, inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. Learners appraise current gastrointestinal tests and procedures and are equipped with recognising acute gastrointestinal emergencies.

Unit content

  1. Organic and functional gastrointestinal disorders
  2. Aetiology of functional and organic gastrointestinal disorders
  3. Tests and procedures used to evaluate gastrointestinal disorders
  4. Integrative health care for the management of gastrointestinal disorders
  5. Integrative approaches for the management of gastrointestinal disorders
  6. Acute gastrointestinal emergencies 

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Location Domestic International
Online
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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:

discuss the aetiological and clinical differences between organic and functional gastrointestinal disorders

critically reflect on the clinical relevance of current gastrointestinal tests and procedures

critically evaluate integrative approaches for managing gastrointestinal conditions in the chronic and acute phases.

recognise acute gastrointestinal emergencies and appropriate courses of action suitable to your scope of practice within an integrative health care model

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