MHSC8114 The Person's Experience of Self-Management

2015

4.5

1 x 6-hour independent study weekly
1 x 10-hour on-line exercises weekly
1 x 30-hour project work once-only

MHSC8104 has been successfully completed

An undergraduate qualification and experience in a health science or health-related discipline (including nursing, allied health professionals and welfare sector). Other health workers by negotiation with the course coordinator.

Students will be expected to have current or recent experience of working in the health, welfare or disability sector involving the management of or support to people with chronic conditions

This topic will give students to opportunity to develop an holistic understanding of the issues related to chronic condition self-management from the perspective of the person with the chronic condition. In the context of other topics with this Graduate Certificate, this topic offers a more eclectic understanding of the impact of chronic illness for the person. It therefore has appeal to students in the health, social and welfare sector and their related professionals disciplines and knowledge bases.

Assignments; Fieldwork

Chronic condition self-management is ultimately about improving health outcomes and quality of life for people with chronic conditions. Through case studies, personal research and role play exercises, students of this topic will be encouraged to enhance their understanding and appreciation of the experiences of people with chronic conditions, their interactions with health systems and their use of self management techniques and models. An appreciation of how lifestyle choices and the social determinants of health and illness relate to the person's motivation to change their behaviour, and their attempts to manage their lives, is essential to this topic. Students will develop an understanding of the barriers to and facilitators of effective self-management for and by the person.

1. To enhance students understanding of the persons experience of illness, diagnosis and disability as part of building ethical, client-centered practice.

2. To apply this understanding to enhance students interaction with and support to people with chronic illness and enhance their understanding of the person's experience of interaction with health systems.

3. To enhance students understanding of how to support recovery via the management and self-management of chronic conditions by the person in their environment.

4. To develop a comprehensive understanding of resilience and the process of change, including the barriers and enabling factors within the person and their environment that impact on their capacity to self-manage effectively.

5. Analyse and evaluate existing self-management support programs and resources that exist for people with chronic conditions, their carers, families.

Students successfully completing this topic will be able to:

1. Effectively communicate and apply a range of learning activities to peers which take into account the needs of adult learners.

2. Communicate the Flinders Program to a range of health professionals; General Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals, Nurses, Aboriginal Health Workers, Consumers, Carers and other support people within a collaborative learning environment.

3. Support health professionals and other support providers to adopt practices that enhance their ability to partner patients/clients to manage their chronic conditions.

4. Independently provide specific skills training to health professionals and other support people to use the Flinders Program tools to form the basis of a self-management care plan with patients/clients.

5. Articulate and apply the approaches and models that will assist health professionals and other support people to identify a patient's/client's readiness and capacity to make health behaviour change.

6. Develop a general understanding of the organisational factors and challenges associated with delivery of education and training in CCM and CCSM support to the healthcare workforce.