Behaviour Change for Clinical Practice
Behaviour Change for Clinical Practice
Health professionals are increasingly using behaviour change techniques to optimise treatment outcomes and improve the overall wellbeing of their patients and clients. This course is ideal for health practitioners working across a range of settings – including allied, clinical and educational – who are seeking the evidence-based knowledge, skills, and…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Health professionals are increasingly using behaviour change techniques to optimise treatment outcomes and improve the overall wellbeing of their patients and clients. This course is ideal for health practitioners working across a range of settings – including allied, clinical and educational – who are seeking the evidence-based knowledge, skills, and confidence to successfully adopt clinical behaviour change interventions. This Melbourne MicroCert is endorsed by the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine. Understand behaviour change science: Gain a strong grounding in the core principles of behaviour change, and the theoretical and practical elements of behaviour change science. Develop professional competency in core techniques including increasing motivation, developing SMART goals, if-then planning, self-monitoring and self-evaluation, and habit formation. Design and apply behaviour change interventions: Attain the practical skills to design and implement behaviour change interventions in your own practice. Develop the confidence to successfully use behaviour change techniques to optimise patient or client wellbeing and prevent or treat a range of physical and psychological conditions. Support and promote clinical behaviour change: Use your new knowledge to maintain, support and expand opportunities for clinical behaviour change, including via professional resources and networks. You’ll learn alongside a community of fellow practitioners, and this network will continue to be a valuable resource after you have completed this course.
Who you will learn from: Learn from skilled academics and professional experts who will share invaluable knowledge you can use in your job.
Skills and learning outcomes: By the end of this course, you’ll have a deeper understanding of core behaviour change techniques and how to implement them in your practice. You’ll be able to: Demonstrate a theoretical and practical understanding of behaviour change science and its key principles; Design and implement behaviour change interventions, thus enhancing your clinical practice and meeting guidelines for continuing professional development; Demonstrate professional competency in core behaviour change techniques, including increasing motivation, developing SMART goals, if-then planning, self-monitoring and self-evaluation, and habit formation.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Established in 1853, the University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings, consistently being placed as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and is one of the world’s top 50 (as per Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015). There are over 80 different undergraduate study areas and over 270 graduate courses at Melbourne for students to choose from. The University has extensive global networks and has seven campus locations across Melbourne and rural Victoria.
