1. SylabUZ
2. Wydział Lekarski i Nauk o Zdrowiu
3. semestr zimowy 2023/2024
4. WLiNZ - oferta ERASMUS / Lekarski - jednolite magisterskie sześcioletnie
5. Public Health

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Public Health - opis przedmiotu

Cel przedmiotu

After this course the student will be able to describe the purpose of public health, define key terms used in public health, recognize the core public health functions and services, list some determinants of health, recognize how individual determinants of health affect population health. Practical skills will be formed in finding and interpreting information on population health, with particular emphasis on contemporary world problems.

Wymagania wstępne

Zapisz zmiany

None

Zakres tematyczny

1. Describe public health history as well as some new concepts (Social Inequalities in Health, One Health, Planetary Health);
2. Identify and list the core functions of public health;
3. Explain the relationship of public health to other disciplines (e.g., Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Social & Behavioural Sciences, Health Policy, Environmental Health);
4. Identify appropriate methods for assessing health status of the population and the determinants of health (data sources, databases, visualization, construction and interpretation of indicators, use of health needs map);
5. Discuss major causes and trends of morbidity and mortality in Poland and the OECD countries, explain the concept of the global burden of diseases and avoidable mortality and current problms like health debt,
6. Discuss health problems of selected population groups;
7. Explain the difference between disease prevention and health promotion, including health promotion in various settings, and the basics of building and implementing intervention programs (with examples);
8. Presentation of the functioning of the health care system in selected countries, various aspects of financing and management, law regulations and contemporary problems of globalization.

Metody kształcenia

Lectures supported with e-learning CM platform. Additional readings and resources (eg. videos from public health conferences) will be provided together with slides before each lecture. Students are expected to participate in discussion throughout the duration of this course. Especially case studies will be discussed. Through the e-learn platform, students will submit additional credit work, mandatory and optional tasks will be given by teacher on the terms provided at the first class.

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Warunki zaliczenia

Conditions for passing the course:

1.     Participation in lectures in accordance with the study regulations.

2.     Completion of the mandatory tasks on CM e-learning platform; optional tasks aditionally scored

3.     Obtaining at leat 60% of points on the final test; 30-40 questions with single answer

The following criteria for final test grade wil be applied:

- from 0% - 59% gets unsatisfactory (2.0) and fails the final test

- from 60% - 67% gets satisfactory ( 3.0 )

- from 68 % - 75% gets fairly good ( 3.5)

- from 76 % - 84% gets good ( 4.0 )

- from 85 % - 93% gets better than good ( 4.5 )

- from 94% - 100% gets very good ( 5.0 ).

4.     Final grade as weighted average of the activity on the CM platform and the final test; weight 0,5 each.

Literatura podstawowa

1. Health at a Glance 2022. OECD report. More current version will be available at: https://www.oecd.org/health/health-at-a-glance/
2. B.J. Turnock. (2015). Public Health. What it is and how it works. Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Literatura uzupełniająca

Three papers and up-to-date web links will be given at lectures.

Uwagi

None

Zmodyfikowane przez dr Justyna Mazurek-Popczyk (ostatnia modyfikacja: 18-05-2023 22:58)