Unit of Study HLTH6003 Principles & Practice of Lifestyle Medicine 3: Planning and Management (2024)

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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 AND HLTH5007 - Principles & Practice of Lifestyle Medicine 2: Clinical Processes

Unit description

Develops knowledge and skill in the planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care using Lifestyle Medicine.

Unit content

Planning care in lifestyle medicine.
Nutrition prescription.
Exercise prescription.
Lifestyle prescription and de-prescription.
Collaboration and referral.
Reflective practice and evaluation.

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term3	Term3

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 the process of planning care within the context of lifestyle medicine.

Critically appraise nutrition, exercise and lifestyle prescription.

Illustrate the role of collaboration and referral in lifestyle medicine.

Integrate the use of reflection and evaluation in lifestyle medicine.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Project 150 hours (Across the term)

Assessment
Discussion board	10%
Literature review	30%
Case study	60%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Readings and resources are provided for each module in this unit.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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