Entry requirements

The Committee for Undergraduate Medical Education will decide the level of knowledge required to enrol in this course.

Learning outcomes

The course intends to elucidate international and national health and socio-political aims supporting public health with emphasis on group and organisational level. Theories and models for health promoting and preventive care on organisational level and group level will be described and applied practically in planning and evaluating public health care.

The culture effects and influence of mass media on health are described. The connection between health and working environment is elucidated.

After completed course, the student should be able to:

- apply:

? international and national health and socio-political aims and legislation to promote public health

? the Occupational Safety and Health Act to promote health in the working life

? relevant theories and methods for planning, implementing and evaluating public health care on group and organisational level, and to analyse such work critically.

- discuss the cultural effects and the influence of mass media on health

- discuss ethical issues in public health care

- explain and illustrate by examples health economic theories and methods used within the health care to evaluate costs and integrate costs with use.

Content

International and national health and socio-political aims supporting public health with emphasis on society-based strategies to promote the population's health.

Theories and models for health promoting and preventive care on organisation and group level are described and applied. Tools for planning, controlling and evaluating public health care will be described and applied practically.

The influence and cultural effects of mass media on health are described. Particularly health information efforts to influence and support health behaviour are elucidated.

The bases of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

The connection between health, disease and working environment is elucidated.

Ethical issues in the public health care will be paid attention to.

Basic principles for health economics are described.

Instruction

The teaching is given as student based teaching, lectures, seminars, and processing and presentation of practical group assignment.

Assessment

Satisfactory completion of the course requires:

Passed written examination

Passed report from a visit to a working place ; a plan for relevant health measures on group and organisational level considerating the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

Compulsory attendance at all seminars.

Students who have not passed the examination are offered to sit for further examinations 4 times (=total of 5 examinations). If the student can adduce special reasons, the programme committee can admit additional examination. Every time the student actually sits for an examination will be counted as an examination. Submission of a so called blank test is counted as an examination.