Chronic Disease Care Planning

The course aims to provide students with the skills and knowledge required to determine the supports required for chronic disease management, support person-centric care, engage the client, identify and manage risk factors, and contributing to a multi-disciplinary service approach within the care planning model. The use of management tools to guide planned care and self management care are covered.

Upon successful completion of the course students should have the ability to:

• Determine the persons chronic disease management needs, identify risk factors, understand engagement
• Support the person in behaviour change, recognise the need for referrals, recognise the need for follow-up and review
• Apply effective care planning techniques to support the management process.

Entrants to the Chronic Disease Care Planning Course (CHCCCS001) must provide evidence of a relevant professional role. Relevant roles would include:

• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers
• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners
• Registered Nurses
• Enrolled Nurses
• General Practitioners
• General Practice Registrars
• Allied Health Professionals
• Social and Emotional Wellbeing Workers
• Others on application.

Students must complete Foundations of Chronic Disease prior to entry to this course.

• One face to face or virtual workshop
• In-class activities assessed by a qualified assessor

Students must complete the Foundations of Chronic Disease Course prior to attending this workshop.

To achieve competency students must demonstrate successful completion of:

• Pre-workshop quiz covering essential knowledge and skills
• Case studies, scenarios and oral questioning in the classroom
• Simulated workplace care planning

Students will be deemed competent on successful completion of all activities within the workshop, including the completion of 3 care plans.

Understand the benefit and development of patient care plans for chronic disease, health interventions that identify risk factors and supporting behaviour changes from team care to interventions that deliver improved health outcomes.

The face to face or virtual workshop involves lectures and practical workshop activities around the application of chronic disease care planning in primary health care.

Students enrolled in Benchmarque Group courses should adhere to the following principles:

• Display a commitment to learning and to achieving success
• Be responsible and accountable for their own learning, behaviour and decisions
• Actively participate in all workshop activities and learning experiences
• Attend all scheduled sessions and be punctual at all times
• Complete all online assessments and workplace practice activities
• Work in harmony and respect the rights and opinions of staff and other students
• Treat others as they themselves would like to be treated
• Use acceptable language at all times.

Continuing professional development is the means by which members of the clinical profession maintain, improve and broaden their knowledge, expertise and competence, and develop the personal and professional qualities required throughout their professional lives.

The CPD cycle involves reviewing practice, identifying learning needs, planning and participating in relevant learning activities, and reflecting on the value of those activities.

As a general guide, one hour of active learning equates to one hour of CPD. It is the responsibility of the individual student to calculate how many hours of active learning have been completed. The hours of active learning estimated above should act as a guide to CPD hours.

For all other health professionals completing this program, your continuing professional development (CPD) requirements may vary and it is important to remember that it is your responsibility to maintain and register CPD with your professional body. In many instances, your regulatory authority will recognise hours of learning as stated above.

12 months. The time is calculated from when a student is provided with online access to their assessment. Within the accessIQ platform, students will be provided an initial 6 months to complete and submit all required assessment activities. Friendly email reminders will be sent to students to ensure an assessment is completed on time. At the completion of the 6 month period, students can request up to a maximum of 2 extensions, each extension being for a period of 90 days. If requesting a second extension, the request must be in writing.

If the entire 12 month period expires and a final assessment has not been submitted, The Benchmarque Group reserves the right to deem the assessment Not Competent and remove the student from the program.

If you are deemed Not Yet Competent on your first and second assessment submissions, feedback will be provided. It is very important that you read all the feedback provided. The Assessor will have identified any areas where additional evidence is required or any questions that need to be reviewed and resubmitted. If, after 3 unsuccessful submissions, you are unable to demonstrate competency on your assessment, your assessment will be deemed Not Competent. Feedback will be provided to you and what the possible following steps and outcomes are.

At the completion of the program, successful students will receive a Statement of Attainment for the Chronic Disease Care Planning Program. A Statement of Attainment is issued when an individual has completed one or more accredited units.

The cost for your registration is being fully funded by the Department of Health under the Chronic Disease Support Project.