Subject:

Clinical assessment and planning of health measures for the prevention and control of chronic diseases

Study field:  

Holder of subject:

Dr Antonija Poplas Susič, Professor

Education providers:

  • Dr Antonija Poplas Susič, Professor

Contact hours – lectures:

30

Contact hours – seminar:

20

Contact hours – clinical training:

50

Other forms of organized study work:

40

Individual student work:
110

ECTS:

10

Level of study:

Second cycle study program Advanced Nursing Care

Semester:

Winter

Language:

Slovene

Subject specific competences:

 

  • Achieve to recognize approaches to holistic prevention
  • Achieve to recognize the tools for dealing with chronic diseases (most common)
  • Achieve to recognize the need to use individual and targeted patient approach – patient as a person with chronic disease and a member of the community.

Mandatory and recommended references:

 

 

 

 

 

  • Reynolds, R., Dennis, S., Hasan, I. et al. A systematic review of chronic disease management interventions in primary care. BMC Fam Pract 19, 11 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-017-0692-3
  • Vos, T., Barber, R.M., Bell, B., Bertozzi-Villa, A., Biryukov, S., Bolliger, I., et al., 2015. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2013. Lancet. 2015. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60692-4.
  • Dennis, S., 2016. Secondary prevention of chronic health conditions in patients with multimorbidity: what can physiotherapists do? J Comorb. 2016. doi: https://doi.org/10.15256/joc.2016.6.82.
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Chronic diseases. 2015. Available at: http://www.aihw.gov.au/chronic-diseases/ . Accessed 5 Apr 2016.
  • Baptista, D.R., Wiens, A., Pontarolo, R., Regis, L., Reis, W.C. & Correr, C.J., 2016. The chronic care model for type 2 diabetes: a systematic review. Diabetol Metab Syndr. 2016; doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13098-015-0119-z.
  • Dauvrin, M. & Lorant, V., 2016. Cultural competence and social relationships: a social network analysis. Int Nurs Rev. 2016; doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12327.

Conditions for the inclusion in the study:


 

Assessment methods:

  • Case study from the student's work environment - 50%,
    Written or oral exam - 50%.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, seminars, individual student work.