Prospectus

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Fundamentals of Population Health Management

Course
2021-2022

Admission requirements

None

Description

The subtitle of this course is “Moving from volume to value : health care professionals improve health care delivery in diverse populations.”

In this fundamentals course students will be challenged to understand the current developments in health care. With rising costs, personnel shortages, improved technological possibilities and a changing epidemiology the need for a more population oriented instead of a disease-oriented approach is emphasized. Basic principles of this population oriented approach, called Population Health Management (PHM) are taught. For all various components of this PHM-approach we will scratch the surface during this course so the student understands the whole picture. This course can be seen as the framework of the whole master programme. In the following courses the various components of PHM will be studied more in depth. The interdisciplinary character of PHM becomes clear.

Course objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

  • understands the underpinnings of transformations of value in health care;

  • knows and applies the distinctive essentials of Population Health Management;

  • is able to recognise and formulate the key features of Population Health Management Approach.

  • Recognises the contribution of various science philosophical tradition to the interdisciplinary character of PHM

Timetable

The timetable is published on the LUMC roostersite or can be found via the LUMC scheduling app.

Mode of instruction

  • Lectures

  • Research

  • Excursion

  • Online education

  • Group work

Assessment method

Students are assessed according to the following three obligatory components

Week 1-2 – Online:
20% Peer review assessment

Week 3 – On Campus:
30% Group presentation

Week 4 – Final week:
50% Final assignment
All components together make up the grade for the course. It is compulsory to participate in each of the components in order to receive a grade
Details on the assessment can be found in the assessment plan on Brightspace
A minimum result of 5,5 for the overall assessment is required to pass.
Resit
If the result is less than 5,5 or if the student didn’t participate in one of the components, the student is given the opportunity to resit the assessment as one assignment that covers all the learning goals of the course.

A final grade of 5,5 minimum is considered sufficient.

Reading list

The reading list can be found on Brigthspace. These are given as presentations and pdf files. There is no need to purchase literature, as the presented material is not commercialized.

Registration

Registration must be done via uSis at the latest 5 days before the start of the course. Registration in uSis gives you automatic access to the course in Brightspace.

Contact

Remarks

This course is a combination of online ecucation and on campus Education at Leiden University Campus The Hague.