Postgraduate Course: Family Medicine in developing and emerging economy health care and its role in non communicable disease management (GLHE11010)
Course Outline
| School | School of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course will provide an outline of the social determinants of health and health equity since the Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care of 1978 and the role of Family Medicine within primary health care as a strategy for re-orientating health systems, and refocusing the direction of health care. It will explore movements such as the People's Health Movement with its Charter for Health, and analyse lessons learned from Family Medicine integration in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Students will be responsible for their computer equipment and internet access. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Flexible |
| Course Start Date |
04/08/2014 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of the student's grade. Online assessment will incorporate a variety of activities and will constitute 40% of the overall course grade and is taken to represent a formative assessment of learning throughout the programme. |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course the candidate will:
* Understand the role of the Alma Ata Declaration in shaping health care and be able to trace the shifting boundaries of primary health care over these last 30 years.
* Be able to evaluate different models of community participation in addressing urban -rural disparities and ways of developing new health staff and community partnerships of care.
* Develop a comprehensive knowledge of the value of a Family Medicine type approach in tackling non communicable diseases
* Be conversant with the Social Determinants of Health report and its impact on readjusting primary health care within a global framework.
* Understand the modalities of a range of new Family Medicine training programmes in Asia and Africa
* Critically evaluate case studies of family medicine, policy, implementation strategy, and delivery.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Special Arrangements |
This course will be taught entirely by distance learning, using the virtual learning environment Learn as the delivery platform. Course materials are protected by secure username and password access that will be made available to registered users. |
| Keywords | global health, family medicine, general practice |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Liz Grant
Tel:
Email: Liz.Grant@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Cristina Matthews
Tel: (0131 6)51 4152
Email: Cristina.Matthews@ed.ac.uk |
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