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Unit of Study NRS82002 - Management of Chronic and Complex Health Conditions (2018)

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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

  1. Common chronic conditions
  2. Chronic conditions in Indigenous and CALD communities
  3. Self-management principles and practices
  4. Health Literacy and Health Education
  5. Motivational interviewing and health coaching
  6. Inter-professional management of chronic illness

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Not currently available in 2018

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

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: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 integrate and apply knowledge of chronic and complex health conditions with assessment of client's condition
2 formulate a patient centred self-management plan based on assessment of client's condition
3 critique the client's self-management plan, especially in terms of barriers and enablers for compliance
4 apply motivational interviewing and health coaching techniques in a shared decision making model
5 provide optimal patient care by scoping the client's environment and assessing the skills and nature of the inter-professional disciplines available

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. integrate and apply knowledge of chronic and complex health conditions with assessment of client's condition
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  2. formulate a patient centred self-management plan based on assessment of client's condition
    • GA1:
    • GA7:
  3. critique the client's self-management plan, especially in terms of barriers and enablers for compliance
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  4. apply motivational interviewing and health coaching techniques in a shared decision making model
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  5. provide optimal patient care by scoping the client's environment and assessing the skills and nature of the inter-professional disciplines available
    • GA4:
    • GA7: