Educational Resources: Chronic Disease Management Teaching Plan

This report presents a teaching plan for chronic disease management, specifically tailored for the Canadian context. It identifies the target audience, including healthcare professionals like GPs, diabetologists, and nurses, and emphasizes the importance of self-care and Observations of Daily Living (ODLs). The report examines factors influencing the learning process, such as family structure, socio-cultural values, and the use of andragogy. It highlights the need for innovative educational programs to address the high prevalence of chronic diseases in Canada, with a focus on evidence-based approaches and collaboration. The report also includes references to relevant literature on Canadian healthcare practices and chronic disease management. This plan aims to enhance healthcare professionals' ability to educate and support individuals managing chronic conditions like diabetes.

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
TEACHING PLAN
Identification of group of individuals or individuals for chronic
disease management (CDM): The education session is going to be held
for people working for mitigating the effects and measures for chronic
disease management of diabetes and includes general practitioners
(GP), diabetologist, diabetes specialist nurse, counsellors like
podiatrist, dietitian etc with endocrinologists. These together support in
managing the levels of insulin in affected individuals and help them to
minimise the impact on the wellbeing of their bodies and overall fitness.
Identification of managing a chronic condition for targeted
audience: Promotion of Self-care to enhance the clinical care by
imparting education about the Observations of Daily Living (ODLs) is
one of the important determinants to manage any chronic disease among
the Canadian populace.
Factors that influence the learning and teaching process in Chronic
Illness in Canada:
Canada is one of the astonishing countries which are completely
vigilant about various aspects related to the health and social care
sector. Herein, there are several parameters that must be looked into to
understand the onset of chronic illnesses in terms of learning and
teaching it to public under a professional and formal set up. The focus
is on imparting education through scrutinised scientific approaches and
application of innovative educational programs by the nurses and HCPs
(Healthcare Providers) to generate awareness and promote
collaboration. Additionally, more than half of the Canadian adult
population is suffering from at least one chronic disease, it is
understandable for understanding the teaching and learning concepts
about this CDM. Herein, several factors like family structure, gender,
self-efficacy developmental stage, socio-cultural values like religion,
ethnicity and race has directly impacted on this complicated process of
goal setting to overcome the challenges of CDM. Along with, the
targeted audience for this educational learning program mainly deals
with andragogy (adults) in regard with few assumptions. These consists
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