311575 (v.1) Chronic Illness 521

Area:	School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	4.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Individual Study:	1 x 6 Hours Weekly
Seminar:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	The focus of this unit is on understanding the nature and impact of chronic illness. Syllabus includes: Chronic disease emergence, epidemiology; health determinants; chronic illness trajectory; chronic illness across the lifespan; impact of chronic illness on person, society and health services; international and national responses to chronic disease; health policy; dilemmas associated with chronic condition care models; interface between primary and speciality care in chronic illness; primary health disease management strategies and prevention.
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Field of Education:	061399 Public Health not elsewhere classified
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2009	Bentley Campus	Semester 2				Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External