Psychosocial and somatic disabilities Part 2

The life-long development of man
Lifestyle-related illnesses
Habilitation
Rehabilitation
Ill-health
Strategies of coping
Technical aids

The purpose of the course is for the student to acquire knowledge about public health diseases and different challenges in the health sector; acquire knowledge about measures for prevention and rehabilitation. Obtain competence for adaption of surroundings and analyse the need for aids.

Knowledge: The student will be able to
-Account for public health diseases and lifestyle diseases f. ex. COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases), diabetes, obesity and allergy
-Describe the development of human beings from a physical, mental, cognitive and emotional perspective
-Account for the role of rehabilitation so that the patient can regain as great an ability of function and activity as possible following injury or illness
-Describe the function of habilitation when it comes to support and treatment of children, young people and adults who have permanent functional disabilities
-Describe ill-health as a concept, and understand the importance of underlying factors for the existence of mental ill-health and have a knowledge of mastering and of coping strategies

Skills: The student will be able to
-Describe and compare different theories about physical, cognitive, social and personal development, and discuss different factors that influence the length and quality of people's lives
-Analyse and document the need of individual persons for technical aids and the adaptation to home/place of work/school
-Have an innovative approach to the choice of solutions

General competence: The student will be able to
-Show competence in public health and the prevention of lifestyle diseases as well as in the adaptation of the surroundings

The course uses PBL as a pedagogical Method, peer evaluations and further basic units in addition to lectures, seminars, papers, skills training, group work and self-study.


Approved obligatory attendance during the course. Obligatory attendance is described in detail in the curriculum and in the course schedules.