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GPPC5002: Complexity in Primary Health Care
2024 unit information
This unit aims to introduce or extend clinical reasoning skills to address complexity in primary health care. Foundations of clinical reasoning will be covered and applied to analyse case scenarios across a broad range of presentations in primary health care and explore a patient-centred approach. There will be a strong focus on clinical reasoning, shared decision making, collaborative and team care in this context as well as the personal, social and structural impacts on decision making. Errors in decision making, health priority areas, public health approaches and the social determinants of health will also be addressed. Rational prescribing, patient safety and doctor and patient well-being will also be covered.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
General Practice
| Code | GPPC5002 |
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| Academic unit | General Practice |
| Credit points | 6 |
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This unit is designed to follow on from or be completed in conjunction with GPPC5001 Primary Health Care Fundamentals |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. describe what is meant by complexity - medical complexity (co-morbidity and multi-morbidity), situational complexity (environmental and personal factors), health care system complexity (service fragmentation, funding models, patient engagement)
- LO2. describe models of complexity
- LO3. apply complexity theory to primary health care interactions
- LO4. construct a model for multimorbidity, considering medical complexity, situational complexity and health care system complexity
- LO5. demonstrate how to adapt and apply an evidence based approach to complex problems in primary health care
- LO6. reflect on their own clinical reasoning and explore possible sources of bias which may lead to clinical errors
- LO7. develop a quality improvement measure to address a need for population with medical complex needs
- LO8. adapt evidence based approaches to care for vulnerable populations, including refugee communities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and incarcerated communities
Unit availability
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2024
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Online | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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