Behaviour Change for Clinical Practice

This micro-credential is ideal for a range of health professionals including psychologists, medical practitioners, and allied health workers who are looking to expand the breadth of their practice. You may be a psychologist, school counsellor, social worker, medical practitioner, dietician, physiotherapist, exercise physiologist, audiologist, support worker, nurse, or occupational therapist.

To undertake this course, holding a Bachelor's degree is a good preparation and learners will build on their existing professional skills in supporting patients/ clients by giving one-on-one advice. There are no specific eligibility requirements. You do not need to be a clinician or have access to clients.

Behaviour Change for Clinical Practice has been designed in consultation with industry. It is aligned with industry standards and registration frameworks of peak professional bodies, ensuring highly applicable learning.

It is endorsed by the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine.

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.

Behaviour Change for Clinical Practice is a largely self-paced course, which can be completed in approximately 40 hours, though we recommend you complete it over three to six weeks.

You'll undertake approximately:

• 12 hours guided online learning
• 20 hours independent study, including a short reflective journal
• 6 hours assessment tasks
• Plus two optional one-hour Q&A sessions.

Assessment:

• Multiple choice quizzes (25%)
• A structured one-page clinical behaviour change practice protocol (40%)
• Short clinical practice video (35%).

Once you've completed this course, you will be awarded your Behaviour Change for Clinical Practice micro-credential. This digital certificate will warrant the achievement of knowledge, skills and capabilities outlined in the learning outcomes. It may also include artefacts (such as videos and written material) related to both experiential and work-integrated learning, including translatable assessment that is practical to your professional life. You can also share your micro-credential digitally and via social media by adding it to your personal platforms, such as LinkedIn. See example certificate.

Behaviour Change for Clinical Practice can be taken as a stand-alone course or complemented with any other micro-credential in the Health Leadership suite.

The suite includes:

• Mindfulness in Clinical Practice
• Behaviour Change for Clinical Practice

This is a fully online and largely self-paced course, which provides a convenient way to develop your skill set within a time frame that suits you.

Throughout the course, you'll work through a series of linked online modules to build your knowledge of behaviour change. You'll utilise an interactive online workbook that links to supporting videos, readings, and your eJournal.

The course also features optional interactive Q&A sessions, giving you the opportunity to engage with course lecturers and ask questions. You'll also partake in a discussion board with your fellow practitioners, creating a valuable community that will be continued after the course is completed.

This micro-credential will expire five years from the date of issue as particular knowledge and/or skills may either become outdated or need to be refreshed.