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Modern approaches to health care and policies in response to the forthcoming epidemiological trends

Subject:

Modern approaches to health care and policies in response to the forthcoming epidemiological trends

Module:

Health Care Sciences

Holder of subject:

Dr Tit Albreht, Assistant Professor

Education providers:
  • Dr Tit Albreht, Assistant Professor
  • Dr Maja Sočan, Associate Professor
  • Dr Helena Jeriček Klanšček, Assistant Professor

Contact hours - lectures:

20

Contact hours - seminar:

30

Contact hours - exercises:

 

Individual student work:

75

ECTS:

5

Level of study:

Third cycle study program Health Care Sciences

Semester:

Summer

Language:

Slovene/English

Subject specific competences:

 

The student:

  • Acquiring knowledge and skills in the field of health system analyses
  • Methods of evaluation of major health problems in the context of epidemiologic transition
  • Critical thinking and evaluation of key challenges in the field of mental health

Mandatory  and recommended references:

 

 

 

 

 

Mandatory references:

  •  Oxford Textbook of Public Health
  • Health Systems in Transition: Slovenia
  • Yeager, K., Cutler, D., Svendsen, D. & Sills, G.M., 2013. Modern Community Mental Health: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Oxford University Press.
  • World Health Organization, 2014. Mental Health Action Plan 2013 - 2020. World Health Organization. Available at: http://www.who.int/mental_health/publications/action_plan/en/

Conditions for the inclusion in the study:

None.

Assessment methods:
  • written examination - 40%
  • seminar/discussion paper - 60%

Teaching methods:

Lectures, group discussions, role playing, seminars. Pair, team and individual assignments.