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Study programmes 2013-2014Last update : 13/05/2014
SANT0753-1  Introduction to ideas in public health

Duration :  10h Th
Number of credits :  
One-year preliminary programme leading to the master in public health sciences2
Lecturer :  Michèle Guillaume
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Course contents :  
The concepts of health and public health.
The areas covered by the field of Public Health.
A communal approach to Public Health.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
General objectives
Students will acquire the basic notions of public health.

Specific objectives
Students will learn about the development of health concepts and how to give a critical opinion on the different definitions of health and public health.
Students will be able to argue why a course of action or research can be identified in the area of public health.
Students will learn the main principles of quality to be respected for each action or research related to public health.

Students will make a connection between the different notions of covered by the concept of public health.
Students will develop a definition of the notion of public health.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Interactive teaching involving the creation of a conceptual map by the students.
The completion and use of interviews to discover the different dimensions of public health.
Theoretical contributions ex-cathedra.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Face-to-face.
Field work for data gathering.
Recommended or required readings :  
There is no syllabus. A PowerPoint presentation in the subject will made available to students on the “my Ulg” website.
Targeted lectures will be indicated in sessions or by PowerPoint presentations given to the students.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Group work and QCM
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
Assistant to Professor Guillaume, B. Pétré
Tel : 04/366.25.05
Email : benoit.petre@ulg.ac.be
Bât. B23, Département des Sciences de la Santé publique
Tour de Pathologie - Niveau 0
CHU - Sart Tilman


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