PHC5304 - Primary care across the lifespan - 2017

This unit has been created in collaboration with the Department of General Practice for students undertaking studies in ONE of the following three topics:

• Child health
• Women's sexual and reproductive health in General Practice
• Health care for older people.

Students undertaking this unit must choose only one topic. Each topic is equivalent to 6 credit points.

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to;

Child health

1. Develop a systematic and evidence-based approach to the diagnosis and management of child health issues which commonly present in the Primary Health Care setting
2. Assess child development using valid and reliable assessment instruments, determine deviations from the norm and formulate appropriate management strategies in the Primary Health Care setting
3. Formulate a comprehensive management plan surrounding child health by collaborating with other health professionals
4. Analyse the psychosocial and environmental context of children's lives and apply this analysis to child health.
5. Identify paediatric emergencies which commonly present in the Primary Health Care setting and formulate an appropriate initial management plan
6. Effectively use the available literature to inform ongoing learning needs relating to child health

   Women's sexual and reproductive health in General Practice

7. Analyse the psychosocial context of women's lives and apply this analysis to women's sexual and reproductive health
8. Develop a systematic and evidence based approach to the diagnosis and management of women's sexual and reproductive health issues which commonly present in the General Practice setting
9. Evaluate those factors contributing to the prevalence of unplanned pregnancy and based on best available evidence formulate an appropriate response that addresses these issues in the General Practice setting
10. Develop a systematic and evidence based approach to contraceptive counselling and counselling for unplanned pregnancy and sexual problems
11. Critically appraise the evidence concerning hormone replacement therapy and screening for cervical, breast and ovarian cancer
12. Evaluate the health outcomes of violence against women and formulate appropriate responses in the General Practice setting based on best available practice evidence

    Health care for older people

13. Critically analyse the patient-centred orientation of existing published guidelines for aged care, including aspects of patient experience and expectations as determined by their psycho-socio-cultural environment
14. Create and justify a database of resources and processes that will optimise team-based care of the aged, including available community-based supports
15. Analyse a small self-audit of aged patients who take multiple medications (or attend multiple healthcare providers) and develop a strategy to optimise patient safety and the management of medico-legal risk
16. Create a plan for quality improvement in one area of aged care that is informed by evidence-based assessment and practice

See individual topic guides for details - some topics will require students to write up cases on patients they have seen in practice, to write up journals based on clinical activity and/or to perform audits on clinical activity

Child health

• Case report (1,500 words) (20%)
• Case scenario report (1,000 words) (10%)
• Individual structured oral presentation (20 minutes) (30%)
• Clinical decision tasks at the end of each module (up to 2,500 words in total) (10% for each module) (40%) (hurdle)

Hurdle requirement:

Throughout this unit there are a number of activities (eg: discussion forums, individual wikis, group wikis, quizzes and virtual patients).

Satisfactory participation in ALL of these activities is a requirement in order to progress through this unit.

Women's sexual and reproductive health in General Practice (available Semester 2, 2017)

• Clinical decision task (case study 2,000 words) (25%)
• Clinical research tasks (amounting to a total of 6,000 words) (50%) (hurdle)
• Clinical research task (audit of current practice in one of the areas of contraception, screening or menopause (2,000 words) (25%)

Health care for older people

• Therapeutic Research Task - Analysis of guidelines (1,500 words) (25%)
• Therapeutic Research Task - Development of resources (1,500 words) (25%)
• Therapeutic Research Task - Audit (1,500 words) (25%)
• Therapeutic Research Task - Plan for quality improvement (1,500 words) (25%)

Equivalent of 12 hours a week in 6 credit point units run over 12 weeks

See also Unit timetable information

Dr Eli Ristevski

Students must NOT choose a topic previously competed in PHC5301 or PHC5302