Unit of Study HLTH5007 Principles & Practice of Lifestyle Medicine 2: Clinical Processes (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

HLTH5006 - Principles & Practice of Lifestyle Medicine I: Foundations

Unit description

Explores the processes and procedures used to support Lifestyle Medicine practice, with a major focus on assessment and diagnosis.

Unit content

Clinical processes and models of care.
Shared medical appointments.
Assessment in lifestyle medicine.
Nutrition and anthropometric assessment.
Physical activity assessment.
Diagnostics and diagnosis in lifestyle medicine.

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term2	Term2

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Describe a range of clinical processes and models of care applicable to the practice of lifestyle medicine.

Describe the role of shared medical appointments in lifestyle medicine.

Analyse diverse assessment techniques applicable to lifestyle medicine.

Critically examine diagnostic tests and diagnostic reasoning pertinent to lifestyle medicine.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Project 150 hours (Across the Term)

Assessment
Quiz	20%
Critical review	30%
Case study	50%

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Domestic

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