Principles of ongoing, culturally appropriate long-term condition management, including implementation of patient self-management approaches, integrated care, information technology, complexity approaches, population-based approaches, and change management processes.
The GENA 711 Long-term Condition Management (Advanced) paper builds on GENA 709 and looks more specifically at key areas of long-term condition management. These include a focus on quality improving and evaluation and use of technologies, as well as considering practical ways to work with patients and their families to support self-management.
| Paper title | Long-term Condition Management (Advanced) |
|---|---|
| Paper code | GENA711 |
| Subject | General Practice |
| EFTS | 0.2500 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2019 |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $2,801.50 |
| International Tuition Fees (NZD) | $9,869.50 |
- Prerequisite
- (GENX 709 or GENA 709) or (NURX 427 or NURS 427)
- Restriction
- NURX 428, NURS 428, GENX 711
- Limited to
- PGCertGP, PGCertHealSc, PGCertPHC, PGDipGP, PGDipHealSc, PGDipPHC
- Notes
- Includes residential period/s.
- Eligibility
- Suitable for health professionals from a range of disciplines
- Contact
- primarycare.distance@otago.ac.nz
- More information link
- View further information on Postgraduate Study in Primary Health Care
- Teaching staff
- Convenor: Eileen McKinlay
- Paper Structure
- Core paper for the Postgraduate
Certificate in Primary Health Care (PGCertPHC) endorsed in Long-term Conditions Management.
The paper has five modules covering:- Evaluation and change
- Information technologies
- Complexity
- Self-management and self-management support
- Partnering with community
- Teaching Arrangements
- One compulsory residential conference in Wellington. Other teaching done via Blackboard and Otago Connect videoconferencing.
- Textbooks
- All resources available either via Blackboard or other online resources.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Interdisciplinary perspective, Communication.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.
Please also refer to the Department of Primary Health Care & General Practice Graduate Profile. - Learning Outcomes
- Students who successfully complete the paper will be able to:
- Describe the burden of long-term and chronic illness in New Zealand
- Describe effective management models for long-term or chronic illness
- Describe what it means to have a long-term condition
- Describe and eveluate delivery system design and teamwork
