IN2200 - Primary Health Care

When Prior to or within 4 weeks of commencing work in the rural and remote setting
For Clinical Staff Average Time 70 Minutes
Topics Modules Overview Learning Objectives
1. Approaches to Primary Health Care

Comprehensive Primary Health Care

 

Selective Primary Health Care

This course defines and discusses the primary health care approach to service provision.

Topic 1 defines and compares selective and comprehensive primary health care and reviews the benefits and challenges of each approach.

 

Topic 2 introduces comprehensive primary health care in the Australian context, discussing policy and strategic documents and reviewing the critical elements essential for effective care provision.

 

Topic 3 introduces the concepts of person and family centred primary health care. It discusses the core concepts and principles of this approach and the benefits and challenges of delivering this type of care.

It also introduces the concept of Family Centred – Indigenous responsive primary health care.

On completion of this topic learners will be able to

  • Define the determinants of health and discuss how they apply to practice
  • Discuss the development of comprehensive and selective primary health care
  • Discuss the components of comprehensive and selective primary health care (CPHC)
  • Accurately compare comprehensive and selective primary health care
  • Discuss the policy and strategic documents supporting primary health care
  • Discuss the critical elements of an effective (CPHC)
  • Discuss the service types supporting (CPHC)
  • Define person and family centred primary health care
  • Discuss the benefits of this approach to health care
  • Discuss the core concepts and principles of family centred primary health care
  • Define Family Centred-Indigenous Responsive primary health care
  • Discuss the benefits of this approach
2. Comprehensive Primary Health Care in the Australian Context
(New - May 2014)

Strategic Approach

 

Critical Elements

3. Family Centred Primary Health Care
(New - May 2014)

Definition

 

Practice


Last updated: 21 February 2014