Fac. Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Care for Health
Full course description
In this period, you learn to take care of the healthy development of the individual, with an eye for his/her (social) environment. Examples from different phases of life up to about the age of 50 (up to and including menopause in women) are discussed.You learn about risk factors and different perspectives to look at risks and responsibilities regarding healthy behaviour. Furthermore, you learn how to value digital information about risks.
Course objectives
Performance objectives:
Students will have to accomplish the following performance objectives in the context of reproductive and child health.
- The students take care of their own learning trajectory in a healthy manner, that fits their developmental stage (usually a young adult), and actively ask feedback to receive information to learn.
- In the context of child health and reproductive health, students determine the health and development of individuals systematically and collaboratively, taking into account the individuals’ specific (family) context, promoting and hindering factors.
- The students align the care for health care recipients with chain partners such as midwifes, maternity assistants, gynecologists, the preventive health care system for children and other stakeholders.
- The students promote individuals’ health by giving preventive advice that aligns with their preferences, goals, values, abilities and interests.
- The students reflect critically on the role of doctors (and other chain partners and stakeholders) and on the use of guidelines and evidence in achieving good health and related preventive healthcare practice.
Recommended reading
MED1004
Period 5
22 Apr 2025
4 Jul 2025
ECTS credits:
0.0Instruction language:
EnglishCoordinator:
- N.M.S. van den Akker
Teaching methods:
Assignment(s), Paper(s), Patient contact, PBL, Presentation(s), Skills, Training(s), Work in subgroupsAssessment methods:
PortfolioKeywords:
See performance objectives