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Understanding Capacity

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This course develops practical understanding of decision-making capacity in hospital, residential aged care, and community settings. Learners apply capacity principles, supported decision-making, risk–benefit reasoning, and documentation to real-world cases.

Syllabus

  • Explain decision‑making capacity and apply the presumption of capacity in practice, using real‑world case examples drawn from hospital, residential aged care, and community settings.
  • Recognise that capacity is decision‑specific, domain‑specific, and time‑specific, and apply these principles to practical scenarios commonly encountered in clinical and care coordination roles.
  • • Identify appropriate triggers for formal capacity assessment, and distinguish these from situations where least‑restrictive, supportive approaches are more appropriate, informed by applied case discussion.
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  • Balance dignity of risk with duty of care using a structured risk–benefit approach, supported by case‑based learning and individualised feedback from experienced clinicians to strengthen clinical reasoning and documentation.
  • Identify appropriate triggers for formal capacity assessment, and distinguish these from situations where least‑restrictive, supportive approaches are more appropriate, informed by applied case discussion.

Taught by

Kathy Kirby

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