PSYC6606
Facilitating Best Practice Health Care
10 Units
Available in 2013
| Distance Education - Callaghan | Semester 1 |
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Previously offered in 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004
Covers key issues impacting on the provision of best practice and evidence-based care within the health system, including: models of health care; communication and the patient-practitioner relationship; as well as beliefs, attitudes and behaviours related to illness and seeking health care. The impacts of structures, policies and procedures within the health care system, as well as communication and interaction within specific health care encounters, on 'outcomes' such as treatment adherence and patient health will be emphasised.
| Objectives | At the conclusion of the semester the student will be able to: 1. Describe different models of health care in terms of their defining characteristics and the structural, policy and procedural factors that may be barriers or facilitators to best practice care 2. Identify factors for patients and practitioners which may be barriers or facilitators to best practice care, such as attitudes, training, peer support and feedback 3. Demonstrate an understanding of current initiatives within the health care system to improve best practice care. 4. Demonstrate an understanding of key elements of effective communication in health care and the dynamics of patient-practitioner relationships, and strategies to monitor and improve adherence with treatment 5. Design, implement and evaluate intervention programs for health professionals (and health care organisations) to increase the likelihood of best practice care provision. 6. Employ best practice communication and adherence-aiding strategies within their own professional practice |
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| Content | 1. Evidence-based practice 2. Hospitalisation 3. Compliance with medical regimens 4. Patent practitioner interaction 5. Self management of illness 6. Improving obesity management 7. Health Screening 8. Culturally competent healthcare 9. Health reforms |
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| Replacing Course(s) | Not applicable | ||||||
| Transition | Not applicable | ||||||
| Industrial Experience | 0 | ||||||
| Assumed Knowledge | It is assumed that students will have completed a four-year program in Psychology that has been accredited by the Australian Psychological Society. | ||||||
| Modes of Delivery | Distance Learning : IT Based External Mode Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning |
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| Teaching Methods | Email Discussion Group
Forums Self Directed Learning |
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| Contact Hours | Self Directed Learning: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term Self Directed Learning: for 3 hour(s) per Week for Full Term Forums: for 3 hour(s) per Week for Full Term |
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| Timetables | 2013 Course Timetables for PSYC6606 |