PEDA1001-1 : Teaching about health (learn to learn about health)

Study Programmes 2016-2017

PEDA1001-1

Teaching about health (learn to learn about health)

Duration :

15h Th

Number of credits :

Master in public health (120 ECTS)		1

Lecturer :

Dieudonné Leclercq, Benoît Pétré

Coordinator :

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Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents :

- the fundamental mechanisms of learning (conditioned reflexes, automatization, conceptual networks)
- the elements that facilitate learning (motivation, respect for learning rates and styles, previous knowledge, the right to make mistakes, etc.)
- the ASCID model for learning events

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

This course aims to provide students with the tools to develop the most efficient educational interventions in order to help individuals adopt positive health behaviours.
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
- identify training needs in individual cases;
- identify the best educational methods and conditions for health behaviour change;
- devise teaching sequences favourable to health behaviour change.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

See course programme

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Participants share their learning experiences with the others
Peer learning
Interactive presentations
Clinical vignette-based practice

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face-to-face and complementary reading outside class
The students are asked to prepare written work