Teaching code

4S007234

Teacher

Cinzia Vivori

Credits

2

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

MED/45 - NURSING

Period

LMSIO VR - 1° ANNO 1° SEM. dal Nov 14, 2019 al Mar 14, 2020.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

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Learning outcomes

Develop skills for effective communication with users by applying the principles of health literacy.
Apply the data collected with lifestyle surveillance systems at national level to plan targeted health education interventions aimed at different targets.
Analyze the concepts and strategies of health promotion, health education, health education.
Analyze the theoretical models that affect the choice of lifestyles and motivation for change
To deepen some planning phases (needs analysis and objectives planning) of a therapeutic education intervention.

Program

Health and its determinants from a sustainable development perspective
From determinants to health inequalities.
Lifestyles (alcohol - smoking - nutrition and movement) and the surveillance systems for planning targeted educational actions.

Evolution of the concepts of health education, patient education, clinical health promotion, therapeutic education

Health literacy as a health determinant and as a prerequisite for health promotion.
- The domains of competence of health literacy.
- Identification of people with low health literacy.
- How to promote health literacy skills in operators and measurement tools for patients.
- How to evaluate patient literacy skills and strategies for effective communication.

Methods for transmitting information in an understandable and effective way: teach back method and show me method.
- How to ask effective questions to conduct an analysis of educational needs or educational follow up.
- Plain language approaches in healthcare settings.
- Strategies for writing written information materials.

Theoretical models that influence change in patients / care givers:
The characteristics of adult learning
The theory of cognitive dissonance to promote the push for change
The concept of self-efficacy to increase the level of trust
Attributive style (health locus of control)
The short motivational counseling approach and the model of the stages of change (J. O. Prochaska and Di Clemente) in patient education.

Deepening on some phases of the planning of interventions of education to health and therapeutic

• Techniques and skills to detect the educational needs of the chronically ill patient and principles of self management support.
• Educational diagnosis and motivational interview according to Rollnick's model (importance - trust - willingness to change).
• Development of the skills expected by the patient: self-care skills and adaptation skills (life skills).
• Educational contract (definition of educational objectives - goal setting and action plan).
• Principles for planning standard educational courses aimed at groups of patients.

Examination Methods

WRITTEN EXAM: questions on all recommended sources and with exercises similar to those proposed during the lessons