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2017/18 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

NUFF5315M Foundations of International Health

30 creditsClass Size: 150

Module manager: Stephen Pearson
Email: s.c.pearson@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- discuss current issues and trends in international health and health policy and their implications for health care delivery, with particular reference to low and middle income countries;
- describe the role of international and national agencies in health systems development;
- analyse the influence of factors such as gender, poverty and social inclusion on health and access to health care;
- practise techniques of planning, analysis and appraisal, monitoring and evaluation, and managing change;
- describe the principles of managing resources - human, financial, physical and information;
- use enhanced skills for postgraduate study, including literature searching and critical reading, group working, planning an assignment, data presentation and presentational skills, and use of computers.

Skills outcomes
On completion of the module, students should be able to:
- critically analyse literature and other published work;
- undertake a health system problem, analyse its causes and propose strategies to solve it;
- prepare and develop a project proposal;
- work in small and large groups on specific tasks related to health planning and management;
- take on responsibility to plan and manage his/her course work using time management appoaches.


Syllabus

The overall purpose of this module is to present health and health systems in an international policy context, and to give students a clear appreciation of the conceptual framework within which public health policy and management is located. This module will provide a foundation for all subsequent learning on the international courses - a vocabulary of ideas and concepts, an understanding of the key issues in health policy and the principles of health management in developing health systems - and also confidence in studying and a sense of identity within the course community.

Following a number of sessions on study skills, the module will examine determinants of health and the components of the health system. Community involvement and the role of non-government agencies will be studied, together with planning, monitoring and evaluation of health services. Sessions on resource management for health will cover the full range of physical and human resources, together with the management of change and the use of research. Classroom sessions will be supported by field visits to illustrate teaching.

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Library Session32.006.00
Visit15.005.00
Computer Class33.009.00
Case Study16.006.00
Group learning16.006.00
Lecture272.0054.00
Tutorial20.501.00
Private study hours213.00
Total Contact hours87.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)300.00

Private study

4 hours reading per lecture
35 hours assignment work
90 hours group study and private reading

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

One assignment handed in at end of week 3

Group work done in class is also used for monitoring understanding - verbal feedback given by lecturer

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
Assignment2,500 words30.00
Assignment3,000 words70.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 07/08/2015

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