Assignment Task

Overview of Assessment

Purpose:

• You will apply theory to practice by developing an education resource (website) • You will demonstrate your understanding of the impact of disease on your patient, from the chronic to acute phase
• You will learn new communication strategies and how to change your method of teaching to suit different learners.

Scenarios

1. A 30-year-old female of Vietnamese background, with a strong family history of thyroid disease. Recently diagnosed with Graves` disease.
2. A 58-year-old female of Italian background with history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, diagnosed with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
3. A 69-year-old male of Australian background with a history of hypertension and is a current smoker (30 years), diagnosed with aortic stenosis.
4. A 35-year-old female of Irish background with a family history of multiple sclerosis (father). Newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.