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Preventive Health Care (GENP60002)
Graduate coursework level 6Points: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
Availability | Semester 2 - Online |
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This subject will explore the theory and practice of health promotion and illness prevention in primary care. It will discuss the social model of health that recognises that a range of social, cultural and economic factors influence people’s health and well-being. It will focus on weight, diet, and exercise as well as on smoking and other risk behaviours and their impact on health. It will also prepare students to undertake health assessments. Strategies for empowering individual patients and communities to maintain a healthy lifestyle will be explored.
Intended learning outcomes
At the completion of this subject students should be able to:
- Critically appraise current theories on promoting health in primary care
- Describe the social model of health and its application in primary care
- Understand current evidence based strategies for promoting healthy weight and lifestyle and smoking cessation
- Appreciate the facilitators and barriers to maintaining a healthy lifestyle
- Explain key strategies for empowering patients to maintain a healthy weight and diet and to cease smoking
- Conduct health assessments
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)
Students are required to have access to a computer with e-mail application and a web browser. Technical support is not available from the University of Melbourne in setting up such a system.
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
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Written assignment
| Mid semester | 30% |
Written assignment
| End of semester | 50% |
Health assessment audit
| End of semester | 20% |
Reflective journal
| End of semester | N/A |
Hurdle requirement: Students must achieve a cumulative mark of at least 50% and a pass in the hurdle requirement in order to pass the subject. | N/A |
Last updated: 17 June 2023
Dates & times
- Semester 2 - Online
Coordinator Tracy Murphy Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Students are required to conduct assessments in the workplace or clinics (10 hours) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 17 June 2023
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
None
Recommended texts and other resources
St John W and Keleher H (2007) Community Nursing Practice: Theory, Issues and Skills, Allen and Unwin, Crows nest NSW
- 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 of 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 which includes a statement that the student has completed the equivalent of one year of full time clinical practice).
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Certificate in Primary Care Nursing Course Graduate Diploma in Primary Care Nursing Course Master of Advanced Nursing Practice - 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