Admission requirements:
This course is an (extracurricular) Honours Class: an elective course within the Honours College programme. Third year students who don’t participate in the Honours College, have the opportunity to apply for a Bachelor Honours Class. Students will be selected based on i.a. their motivation and average grade.
Key words:
Skills: Video pitch, target group research, product design, innovation.
Topics: Vitality, ageing, biological age and health care, innovation.
Disciplines: Medicine, Biology, Public administration.
Description:
The organisation of our ageing society needs innovation. Given the increasing incidence of chronic diseases across the world, it has become essential to deal with complexity and to search for more effective strategies to prevent and manage diseases and their consequences. Innovations will be needed in all types of elderly care and elderly support to improve vitality of older people.
In this class, you will learn how the Dutch health care system deals with the challenges of an ageing society, by offering integrated care and developing innovations in care. Main points of interest will be how organisations deal with changes and how to involve older people in innovations.
To understand the reasons and need for change, you will also acquire a thorough understanding of the demographic aspects of ageing. The concepts of life expectancy and healthy life expectancy will be discussed. You will gain a basic understanding of limitations which are common in ageing individuals.
During the course you will follow lectures about vitality, demography and the healthcare system and you will follow working groups in which you learn to analyse a problem and to design a care innovation, in cocreation with older individuals.
At the end of the course, each student has designed an innovation that contributes to the vitality of older people. The student will present this innovation in a creative video pitch and will substantiate the evidence for this innovation in a written report. This class asks for a hands-on mentality.
Course objectives:
Upon succesfull completion of this course, the student is able to:
explain the current demographic trends in life expectancy and the consequences for the organisation of healthcare
to systematically analyse opportunities and challenges in healthcare settings and design innovations on the basis of this analysis
critically establish the value and applicability of innovations, taking the perspectives of older people into account
write and present coherently and convincingly, while applying modern presentation principles
Programme and timetable:
Timetable
Lectures on Thursday evenings 18.00 – 21.00hrs, Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC)
Dates Location:
6 February 2020 J1-116, route-554
13 February 2020 J1-116, route-554
20 February 2020 J1-116, route-554
12 March 20120 J1-116, route-554
19 March 20120 J1-116, route-554
26 March 2020 J1-116, route-554
9 April 2020 J1-116, route-554
16 April 2020 J1-116, route-554
23 April 2020
Programme
6 February
IL 18.00 – 18.45 Introduction by dr.mr. Y.M. Drewes / Prof. dr. J. Gussekloo
WG 19.00 – 21.00 What is vitality by dr. L. van Delden
13 February
WG 18.00 – 21.00 Ageing suits by LM Martens / M. Olthof
20 February
IL 18.00 – 19.15 Demographic trends by dr. R.A.A. Vonk
WG 19.30 – 21.00 What is the challenge? by dr.mr. Y.M. Drewes / W. Kleijntjens
12 March
WG 18.00 – 19.15 Present your challenge by students, dr.mr. Y.M. Drewes / W. Kleijntjens
IL 19.30 – 21.00 Integrated care, innovation organization by dr. N.A. Guldemond
19 March
WG 18.00 – 19.15 Making a video (1) by J. O’Sullivan
WG 19.30 – 21.00 Design a logic model by dr. S. van Dijk
26 March
WG 18.00 – 21.00 Design an innovation by M. Klitsie, Active Cues Tovertafel
9 April
IL 18.00 – 19.15 Introduction Dutch Health care system and innovations by prof.dr. M. Bussemaker
19.30 – 21.00 Patient centeredness by dr. A.J. Poot
16 April
WG 18.00 – 19.15 Making a video(2): feedback session by J. O’Sullivan
WG 19.30 – 21.00 Cocreation with Ouderenberaad by dr.mr. Y.M. Drewes / M. Olthof
23 April
WG 18.00 – 21.00 Video Pitch by students for older people and staff
*IL=interactive lecture,
WG-working group
Location:
Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), room J1-116, route-554.
Reading list:
Will be available on Blackboard.
Course load and teaching method:
This course is worth 5 EC, which means the total course load equals 140 hours.
Lectures and workinggroups: 27 hours (9x3 hours); (attendance is mandatory)
Reading the literature to prepare lectures: 27 hours (9x3 hours);
Written report (based on format): 46 hours;
Making a video: 40 hours.
Assessment method:
The assessment methods will look as follows:
20% active participation during the seminars and other activities;
50% written report (1500 words);
30% video pitch.
Students must pass all assessments to complete the course.
Blackboard:
Blackboard will be used in this course. Students can register for the Blackboard site two weeks prior to the start of the course.
Registration process:
Enrolling in this course is possible from Monday the 4th of November up to and including Thursday the 14th of November until 23:59 hrs through the Honours Academy. The registration link will be posted on the student website of the Honours Academy.
Please note: students are not required to register through uSis for the Bachelor Honours Classes. Your registration will be done centrally after successful completion of the Bachelor Honours Class.
Contact:
Dr. Y.M. Drewes: y.m.drewes@lumc.nl.