Unit of Study HLTH6005 Self-management and Chronic Disease (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Unit description

Examines the theory of self-management, and develops knowledge and skills to facilitate health behaviour change to enable people to effectively self-manage chronic disease and pain.

Unit content

Self-management theory
Health behaviour change and readiness to change
Health and wellness coaching
Motivational interviewing
Health education and literacy
Self-management of chronic disease

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term5	Term5

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:

critically discuss self-management theory, health behaviour change and readiness to change

critically reflect on the principles and practice of health and wellness coaching and motivational interviewing

implement principles and strategies for effective health education, including consideration of health literacy, digital literacy and numeracy

critically apply a self-management model to a chronic disease case

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Project 150 hours (Across the term)

Assessment
Discussion board	10%
Reflective writing	30%
Case study	60%

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Domestic

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