2023-2024 / MTRA2002-1

Health education in the working environment

Duration

10h Th

Number of credits

 Advanced Master in Occupational Medicine2 crédits 
 University certificate : training in professional pathology2 crédits 

Lecturer

Michel Muller

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course is intended for occupational health physicians who have an advisory and educational role as regard health matters in enterprises.

It involves four parts :

  • Basic concepts: prevention, public health, health education, health promotion
  • Models of behaviour changes
  • Planification of health education programmes using a structured approach, the Precede-Proceed model
  • Critical analysis of intervention programmes in work settings

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The course aims at giving the physician :

  • an understanding of the basic concepts underlying health promotion at work
  • an understanding of the main models of behavioural change
  • a methodology to conduct a needs assessment in the enterprise
  • a framework to design and implement an health education programme in a work setting

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Medical training

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Three lessons (3h15 each)

Recommended or required readings

Written support and slides are available through MyULg

Evaluation involves :

  • the critical reading of a scientific paper dealing with a public health intervention in a work setting
  • an oral discussion (20 min) with the teacher underlining the paper main features and pointing out the concepts and/or models used by the authors to develop their program.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

Philippe MAIRIAUX, Lecturer Occupational Health and Health Education School of Public Health, Sart Tilman B23, B-4000 Liège Email: ph.mairiaux@ulg.ac.be

Secretary: Mrs C. ESCHWEILER Phone: 04 366 25 03 - fax: 04 366 28 89 Email: stes@ulg.ac.be

internet : www.stes.eu

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