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Youth Health in Primary Care (GENP90015)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2018
Overview
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This subject will provide a theoretical framework for understanding young people’s development and their health needs, health risk screening and assessment and brief intervention strategies for mild health risk behaviour. The linkage role of the practice nurse will also be covered including multidisciplinary care of high-risk youth with other local youth agencies. Medico-legal aspects of care with younger adolescents and helping the general practice be youth friendly will also be covered along with strategies for communicating with parents and adolescents.
All subject materials and readings are delivered online.
Intended learning outcomes
At the completion of this subject students should be able to:
- Understand the developmental perspective of young people.
- Understand the major health issues facing youth today.
- Communicate effectively with young people including about their health service rights such as confidentiality.
- Conduct a psychosocial health risk screen of young people and assess risk status.
- Provide relevant brief intervention or referral plans for more complex problems.
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, students should be able to demonstrate:
- enhanced critical thinking skills
- further enhanced clinical skills
- further developed written and oral communication skills
Last updated: 17 June 2023
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 17 June 2023
Assessment
Additional details
- Patient interview 20 minutes, equivalent to 1000 words due end of semester (50%)
- Audit of health risk screening with 10 young people and reflections equivalent to 2000 words due end of semester (30%)
- Essay (1000 words) due mid semester (20%)
- Attendance at compulsory communication skills workshop (pass/fail hurdle requirement)
- Participation in reflective journal equivalent to 1000 words, due at the end of semester (pass/fail requirement)
In order to pass this hurdle requirement, students must demonstrate that they have read and understood the materials realted to the tasks and can apply the principles and evidence based guidelines to the context in which they work.
Students must achieve a cumulative mark of at least 50% and a pass in both the clinical hurdle requirements in order to pass the subject.
Last updated: 17 June 2023
Dates & times
Not available in 2018
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 17 June 2023
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
Students undertaking this subject via the Community Access Program (CAP) must provide all the following supporting documents when applying:
- Evidence of National Division 1 Registration
- Certified copies of academic transcript from undergraduate degree.
- Evidence of at least one year professional experience in a clinical setting (the provision of a CV is not sufficient; an example of valid evidence is a letter of reference or an employment contract).
All enrolled students are required to comply with the Clinical Placement Compliance policies. Students are not permitted to undertake clinical placements until the submission of documentations is completed.
Please download and submit form through the website below:
http://mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/study/clinical-placement-compliance
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Diploma in Primary Care Nursing Course Graduate Certificate in Primary Care Nursing - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Additional entry requirements apply. Please refer to the Further Information section.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 17 June 2023