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Sample Activity
Skills for Chronic Disease Management
Examine Chronic Disease Management Activities (15 minutes)
Discussion Methods: Full group brainstorm activity
Newsprints: Chronic Disease Management Activities and Tasks
Generate a list of chronic disease management activities
- Explain that the next activity is based on the information participants received from their students during the needs assessment and on their own observations from Session One. Encourage participants to draw from the posted newsprint just completed (Student-Identified Barriers and Challenges).
- Post another newsprint or use an overhead sheet to record and post ideas.
- Ask participants to consider a general activity such as Take Medicine. Work with the group to generate a list of about five or six general activities related to chronic disease management.
- If the group is stymied, you might present one or two examples from the table provided for you (Table of Chronic Disease Management Activities, Tasks, and Underlying Skills). Do not read the entire list, but try to encourage suggestions from group members. If no one suggests a math related category, mention Use a Measurement Tool (liquid measuring cup, scale, or peak flow meter).
Chronic Disease Management Activities and Tasks
- Take medicine –
- Use a measurement tool –
Ask participants to identify some specific tasks associated with each activity
- Explain that there are several tasks related to an activity like Take Medicine. Work with the group to fill in some of the tasks. For example, these tasks include read directions, figure out dose, figure out timing, count, measure liquid doses, use a clock to time medicine, and use a calendar to schedule medicine.
Chronic Disease Management Activities and Tasks
- Take medicine – read, count, measure, time, schedule
- Use a measurement tool – identify full range, identify average or normal range