Course description
Programme description
- Offers the opportunity to debate and discuss theory and practice in the field with well-recognised and research active teaching staff.
- Particular focus on theoretical and conceptual reflection on practice.
- Nationally respected practitioners offer visiting teacher inputs.
The four core taught modules are:
-Health: Concepts & Theories.
-The Social Context of Health.
-Values, Ethics & Public Health.
-Researching Health.
There is also a special study taught module on Health Promotion: Professional Perspectives.
Programme format and assessment
Successful completion of the core courses together with the special study course leads to the postgraduate diploma.
MSc students also need to complete a dissertation by independent supervised study. All taught courses are assessed by assignments. There are no written examinations.
Programme modules for MSc, PG Dip Health Promotion
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ealth Promotion: Professional Perspectives (Core Module)
This course aims to encourage participants further to develop their critical awareness and understanding of the skills, attitudes and aptitudes required for the professional practice of health promotion; and of the complex nature of professinal practice in relation to this field. It considers philosophies of health promotion practice, health promotion policy and the management of conflict in health promotion.
Researching Health (Core Module)
This course encourages participants' capacity to engage in health-related research, and critically to appraise the research of others. It considers the relevance and applicability of separate research paradigms to different aspects of health-related research, explores how and why methodological choices are or might be made in health research and debates issues around 'evidence of effectivenes' in the health/health care arenas.
The Social Context of Health (Core Module)
This course encourages critical awareness and appreciation of social influences on, and the social context of, health. It considers social determinants of health and illness, inequalities in health and the relationship between public policy, health and disease.
Values, Ethics and the Public Health (Core Module)
This course encourages the development of capacity to engage in systematic reflection on the assumptions, concepts and values inherent in the fields of health/health care. It provides an introduction to the nature of ethical and values-related debates, discusses key issues in public health ethics and debates the relationship between public services and the idea of 'professional ethics'.
Duration
One year FT, two to four years PT, October to June.
