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MFM5004

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

18 September 2017 25 April 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Organisational Unit

Department of General Practice

Coordinator(s)

Dr Ian Chenoweth

Offered

Notting Hill

  • First semester 2016 (Online)
  • Second semester 2016 (Online)

Synopsis

This unit aims to give students broad understanding of the current and future impacts of chronic disease management on primary care, together with knowledge of models and systems of response, and particular skills to use in their workplace.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Describe the burden, distribution and determinants of Chronic Disease within their own country and internationally
  2. Analyse the place of Primary Care / General Practice in the management of Chronic Diseases with particular reference to their own country and health care system
  3. Describe responses to the challenges of Chronic Disease Management as embodied in models such as the Chronic Care Model (Wagner), and their own country's responses to the challenges of this field
  4. Evaluate their current work-place performance in managing chronic disease, utilising audit and comparison with chosen standards or guidelines
  5. Plan change within their current work-place to improve Chronic Disease Management, utilising their previous evaluations, known effective interventions and published guides, templates and financial modelling.

Fieldwork

Students are already working in the field - no extra time is needed for completion of this unit

Assessment

Essay (1,800 words) (30%)
Best practice audit (900 words) (15%)
Change management plan (1,800 words) (30%)
Nine (9) X online quizzes (25%)

Workload requirements

12 hours per week for 12 weeks - which is to include time reading materials, doing activities, self-directed study and completing assessments.

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr Eli Ristevski

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Family medicine

Prerequisites

Students in non award programs (single unit / cross institutional enrolment): Applicants must have a medical degree or other health practitioner degree and be currently registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), or a similar local national registration body. Applicants who do not have a registrable degree with AHPRA or similar will be required to have the appropriate bachelors degree or equivalent. A minimum of 2 years vocational experience in a general practice setting is essential for both Australian and International applicants. Applicants will find the assessment tasks easier and more worthwhile if they are working in a primary health care setting at least two days per week.

Co-requisites

Enrolment in Master of Family Medicine.