Training Package to Support Medicare Item 10997

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e-Learning Training Package to support Medicare Item 10997

Background

On July 1 2007, the Australian Government introduced Medicare Item 10997 to provide monitoring and support to people with a chronic disease care plan by a practice nurse or registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker on behalf of a general practitioner. In April 2008, Australian General Practice Network (AGPN) in partnership with the Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) and the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education (Batchelor Institute) began the development and delivery of an e-learning training package to support the role for practice nurses and registered Aboriginal health workers to provide monitoring and support in accordance with Medicare Item 10997. This project was commissioned and funded by the Department of Health and Ageing.

Content

The e-learning training package consists of a foundation unit and seven disease-specific units covering the topic areas of arthritis, asthma, dementia, diabetes, cancer, coronary heart disease and chronic kidney disease. The modules have been developed by expert organisations in the field of chronic disease, which ensures current best practice is provided in each of the learning areas. The modules are intended to provide participants with introductory level knowledge and information to support the monitoring and support role.

Acknowledgements

Australian General Practice Network and their partner organisations, Royal College of Nursing, Australia and Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education would like to take this opportunity to extend their appreciation to the following organisations for their contribution to the development of this training package.:

Australian Association of Practice Managers
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
AGPN general practitioner Dr. Cathy Peterson
Australian Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory
Australian Practice Nurses Association
Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses
Consumer Health Forum
Department of Health and Ageing
Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners


Alzheimer’s Australia
Arthritis Australia
Australian Diabetes Educators Association
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Foundation
CM Consulting
Diabetes Australia
Kidney Health Australia
National Asthma Council Australia
National Heart Foundation of Australia
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
The Cancer Council Australia
The University of New South Wales, Centre for Primary Health Care & Equity


Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council
Epimedia
Monash University, School of Nursing and Midwifery
Australian General Practice Network and their partner organisations, Royal College of Nursing, Australia and Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, gratefully acknowledge M. Kunji (1925–2005) from Nauyiu community, for artwork reproduced within this product. The painting is from a series that relates to the artist’s childhood. No further reproduction of this image is permitted.

Aims

The aims of this training package are to:

  • ensure appropriate and enhanced uptake of Medicare Item 10997
  • facilitate an associated work practice change
  • further practice nurse and Aboriginal Health Workers opportunities for professional development in support of chronic disease management
  • support GPs to provide quality care to patients

Getting started

Access to the modules is available to eligible participants only. Eligible participants are defined as being Aboriginal Health Workers or nurses working in general practice in Australia.

Registration if you are an eligible user

RCNA members or 3LP subscribers

RCNA members or 3LP subscribers should follow the following steps:

  • Log in to 3LP
  • Click on the Medicare 10997 banner, which will direct you to a registration form
  • Complete the registration details
  • If you are an eligible participant, you will be directed to the Medicare Item 10097 home page, where you can log in to individual modules

Non-members

Non-members can register for these modules at the following URL:
http://www.3lp.rcna.org.au/10997/register.php

Registration if you are not an eligible user

If you are not eligible, you may choose to register for the package at cost of $110.00 (online access only) or $121.00 (CDROM and online access). Click here to register.

After creating the account, non-members can log in and access the modules from the 10997 Home Page (the page you are currently viewing).
If you are accessing these modules for the first time, you should first familiarise themselves yourself with the Medicare Item 10997 manual available here.
http://www.3lp.rcna.org.au/10997/working_through_the_modules.php

Working through the modules

The foundation module is a prerequisite learning module that is strongly recommended for students to undertake and successfully complete before starting any of the disease-specific modules. The foundation module is underpinned by principles of Wagner’s (1998) Chronic Care Model and consists of three distinct yet interrelated topics:

  1. chronic illness – an overview
  2. care planning and management
  3. self-management support

Once this module has been successfully completed, students can move on to any (or all) of the seven disease-specific topic areas covered. Each of the disease-specific modules has been structured and formatted against a specific set of learning objectives devised by Monash University, School of Nursing and Midwifery. These learning objectives are :
  • pathophysiology
  • clinical manifestations
  • chronic disease management and care planning
  • health monitoring
  • supportive interventions based on current best evidence
  • evaluation of chronic disease management and care

The modules have been developed with a variety of self-assessment tasks. These tasks can include multiple choice questions, true/false, case studies and some short written answers amongst other learning techniques. All of the modules contain two interactive virtual scenarios to work through that will present real-life situations faced by practice nurses and Aboriginal Health Workers in the course of their working life.

You are invited to participate in the on-line learning discussion forums that are built in to the training package as part of the self-assessment process, which provide opportunities for peer-group learning in an informal setting. Upon successful completion of each of the modules a Certificate of Completion will be awarded. Registered nurses and enrolled nurses will receive Continuing Nurse Education points attributed by the Royal College of Nursing, Australia .

If you experience any technical difficulties, please contact the RCNA 3LP help desk on 1800 233 705.

AGPN and their partner organisations, RCNA and Batchelor Institute trusts you will enjoy this professional development package.

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