General description
The course familiarizes students with multidisciplinary field of Public Health. The students will also learn how to successfully use some core learning methods.
Learning outcomes
The course familiarizes students with multidisciplinary field of Public Health. The students will also learn how to successfully use some core learning methods.
Contents
Perspectives (introductory lectures) in health promotion, cancer screening, lifestyle, health policies and politics, health economics, social psychiatry, gerontology and geriatrics, occupational health, biostatistics
Further information on prerequisites and recommendations
Lectures are for all students. Group work, participation in site visits and literature included in the learning diary are only for MPH students. Students have to register for the course on the internet at http://www.uta.fi/nettiopsu/. Deadline for the registration is two weeks before the course starts.
Teaching methods
| Teaching method | Contact | Online |
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Lectures and completion of a learning diary (2 ECTS), group work, participation in site visits and literature (3 ECTS)
Teaching language
EnglishModes of study
Participation in at least 75 % of the lectures and completion of the learning diary (2 ECTS), active participation in the group work, participation in site visits and literature included in learning diary (3 ECTS). Lectures are for all students. Group work, participation in site visits and literature included in the learning diary are only for MPH students.
Evaluation and evaluation criteria
Numeric 1-5.The learning diary is graded on a scale of 1-5 or failed.
Recommended year of study
1. year autumnAutumn 2011, Periods I-II.
Study materials
Understanding health : a determinants approach / edited by Helen Keleher and Berni Murphy.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, cop. 2004 or 2005 or 2006.
