Overview
This unit focuses on all aspects of diabetes as a chronic disease including the epidemiology, diagnosis, complications, and related management of diabetes. Students will define primary health care goals and recognise the barriers to diabetes care across specific population groups. Further, this unit will explore the principles of shared decision-making incorporating best available evidence in diabetes education and advanced clinical practice.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: PODI13009
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2018
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student Feedback - Have Your Say
Having diabetes educators as lecturers helped reinforce the concepts related to diabetes, especially in relation to podiatry practice.
This unit will continue to involve diabetes educators as teaching staff from both nursing and podiatry professions. Such staff support an appropriate context for students to achieve the stated unit learning outcomes and to gain greater insight into the complexities of patient-centred care specific to diabetes.
Feedback from Student Feedback - Have Your Say
Although the written assessment and exam were equally weighted at 50%, they helped cement the learning across the term.
The two assessment tasks will continue in the same format (50% essay, and 50% final exam) as previous years, given these assessments are driving student learning. The written assessment task, as a case based scenario, is relevant and reflects what occurs in the work-place beyond the university environment. As such, students have opportunity in their write-up, to highlight situational and contextual knowledge, and the acquisition of professional attitudes and competencies specific to the patient with diabetes in clinical practice. The examination, in the form of short and long answer questions, will test memory and the student's ability to apply learnt concepts.
- Examine the epidemiology, pathophysiology and clinical presentation of diabetes mellitus.
- Evaluate the psychosocial impact of diabetes as a contributor to death and disability across diverse population groups in Australia.
- Describe the microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes.
- Evaluate the process of assessment including risk categorisation and wound care management in the patient with diabetes.
- Implement patient-centred care and facilitate self-management education strategies for diabetes related care in podiatry practice.
- Discuss the role of interprofessional practice in effective management of the patient with diabetes.
- Apply best evidence in the management of diabetes in podiatry practice.
Per NPC1306
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 50% | |||||||
2 - Examination - 50% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
1 - Communication | |||||||
2 - Problem Solving | |||||||
3 - Critical Thinking | |||||||
4 - Information Literacy | |||||||
5 - Team Work | |||||||
6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||||
7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||||
8 - Ethical practice | |||||||
9 - Social Innovation | |||||||
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures |
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||||||
2 - Examination - 50% |
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
m.ho@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology and history.
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Diabetes Mellitus - definition, diagnosis, and classification.
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Insulin function, secretion and action.
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Metabolism in persons with diabetes.
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Macrovascular complications.
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Microvascular complications.
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The foot in diabetes - part 1: low risk, the role of the podiatrist.
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The foot in diabetes - part 2: high risk, the role of the podiatrist.
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Pharmacology and immunology of diabetes.
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Daily management requirements of diabetes.
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The social and psychological effects of diabetes.
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Promoting health through the diabetes team.
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Attendance: As per the University’s recommendation that "All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes,” students should also be aware that there is clear evidence to show that attendance rates are directly related to academic progress. It is therefore in your best interest and strongly recommended in the Bachelor of Podiatry Practice (Honours) course, that you attend all scheduled learning activities to support your learning. Attendance will be recorded.
Uniform: In all practical classes, students are required to wear the nominated uniform. Students must purchase their uniform from the bookshop. This uniform is separate to the mandatory clinical uniform. Please refer to the Podiatry Course Handbook for further detail.
1 Written Assessment
Students will be required to submit a written assessment in the form of an essay. Students are to review the literature in order to establish the current knowledge of a particular topic/s specific to the field of diabetes and clinical practice. Students will be able to choose the topic/s from a variety of writing choices based on particular patient case scenarios. Further details will be provided via the course Moodle site in the early weeks of the term.
Week 9 Friday (14 Sept 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 12 Monday (1 Oct 2018)
The marking guide (rubric) and feedback sheet will be made available under the 'Assessment' link in Moodle.
Note: APA referencing system is used for all written assessments. In-text citations are counted as part of the word count for assessment purposes. Penalties will be applied where those strict word limits are exceeded (+/- 10%). If the assessment item exceeds 10%, the content will not be assessed by the examiner (excludes tables, appendices and references where applicable). If you are late submitting your assignment – each day incurs a 5% penalty.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
- Examine the epidemiology, pathophysiology and clinical presentation of diabetes mellitus.
- Evaluate the psychosocial impact of diabetes as a contributor to death and disability across diverse population groups in Australia.
- Describe the microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes.
- Evaluate the process of assessment including risk categorisation and wound care management in the patient with diabetes.
- Implement patient-centred care and facilitate self-management education strategies for diabetes related care in podiatry practice.
- Discuss the role of interprofessional practice in effective management of the patient with diabetes.
- Apply best evidence in the management of diabetes in podiatry practice.
Examination
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.