Admission requirements
Bachelor degree and admission to Master Vitality & Ageing.
Description
The organisation of our ageing society needs innovation. The master starts with an intensive one-week introduction to learn about vitality and the ageing field. This course is developed as trunk for the three educational lines in the masters programme: Communication in Science, Research and Evidence and Academic Development. During this week, you will experience the importance of the development of academic skills and the value to be social connected with older people. Through combining these different perspectives on vitality and ageing, you will get insight in the most important aspects of the master Vitality and Ageing.
Themes that are included:
Introduction to the master staff, coordinators and fellow students.
Perspectives on the master’s program
Introduction to the societal challenges combining biology of vitality and ageing, the older individual and the organisation of the ageing society
Perspectives on becoming older: personal experiences and discussions with older persons
Start of training in academic skills and communication: interdisciplinary cooperation, creative thinking, team roles, writing and presenting.
Course objectives
The student:
is able to place his/her research in the perspective of ageing and vitality
is able to present research in a clear and structured manner
is able to work interdisciplinary in a professional way, mobilizing complementary skills in teams
is able to open up to the perspectives of older people and be aware of the value these perspectives
Timetable
All course and group schedules are published on our LUMC scheduling website or on the LUMC scheduling app.
Mode of instruction
Interactive lectures, working groups and assignments
Assessment method
Completion of compulsory assignments described in the assessment plan
Active participation
The final grade is a pass/fail.
Students are expected to be actively engaged in discussion of the content and in the activities scheduled in the programme.
Resit
If an assessment of the course is not passed or completed, the student will get a retake or has to fulfil an alternative assessment.
Reading list
Will be published on Brightspace.
Registration
All students will be automatically enrolled for workgroups.
Contact
Prof.dr. Jacobijn Gussekloo. email: J.Gussekloo@lumc.nl