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| SANT0754-1 | The presentation of health and the multicultural approach
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| Duration : | 10h Th, 5h SEM |
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| Number of credits : |
| Master in Public Health, Professional Focus in Epidemology, 1st year |  | 2 |
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| Master en sciences de la santé publique, à finalité spécialisée en pratiques avancées en sciences infirmières, 1st year |  | 2 |
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| Master in Public Health, Professional Focus in Promoting Public Health and the Environment, 1st year |  | 2 |
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| Master in Public Health, Professional Focus in Management of Healthcare Institutions, 1st year |  | 2 |
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| Master in Public Health, Professional Focus in Human Sexuality, 1st year |  | 2 |
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| Master in Public Health, Professional Focus in Hospital and Perfusion Technology, 1st year |  | 2 |
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| Master in Public Health, Professional Focus in Intensive Care and Emergency Room Care, 1st year |  | 2 |
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| Lecturer : | Chris Paulis |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| Theme : representations of health are multiple and depend on the cultural system to which they belong.
Study subject : Representations have an important role in the design, understanding and treatment of health. Essential to the balance and vitality of individuals, it does have a multitude of forms which depend on the culture to which they belong, but also many sub-cultures. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Objectives :
- theory : methodology of anthropology to understand intercultural diversity, either differentiated or gender-specific, work on the subject/object about health.
- empirical : understanding of the subject, encountering a different "other", individual positioning, distancing, critical reading of the sociocultural construction of representations and roles. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Class methods :
- theory (classes, publications)
- empirical (experiments) : individual work, diverse experiments
- active student participation |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Works :
- reference works - thematic
- list distributed or dictated during the first classes |
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Recommended or required readings :
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Active participation
- written work, prerequisite for the oral examination
- an oral exam at the end of the year
Written work :
methods will be explained during the first class, and will be explained again at every session and upon student request. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Attendance at classes is compulsory
Schedule : 1st semester, Thursday from 2 pm to 4 pm |
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Contacts :
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| office 2/25A
Address : Department of the arts and sciences of communication, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, Place du 20 Août, 7, Building A-1, ULg, 4000 Liège
Phone : 04/366 33 30
E-mail : C.Paulis@ulg.ac.be
There is someone on duty each year (not valid during holidays) |
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