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Health Literacy, Health Behavior and Health Promotion in Rehabilitation
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:15.03.2024 10:37:58
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_282 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Pedagogy; General Pedagogy | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Zane Liepiņa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic professional knowledge, basics of psychology and pedagogy. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Improve students' skills to assess health literacy and health behavior for different groups of people (patients, their caregivers, medical personnel, medical support personnel), and prepare educational materials for improving health literacy. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Health literacy, health behavior and improving health literacy | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Creation of educational materials to improve health literacy | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Easy and simple language in healthcare | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Health promotion in rehabilitation | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Active participation in practical classes and seminars; situation analysis in groups. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in classes and seminars (20%); independent presentation of group work (20%); written analysis of completed group work and its presentation (20%); submitted written independent work (project) (40%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After completing the course, the student will gain an understanding of the basic principles of health literacy, health behavior and health promotion in rehabilitation. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of learning the study course, the student will be able to evaluate health literacy, health behavior and educational materials for different target groups. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | As a result of learning the study course, the student will be able to analyze and substantiate the role of health literacy, health behavior and promotion and prevention in the professional activity of a medical practitioner and will be able to apply the acquired skills in practice, creating health promotion and prevention educational materials and programs within the scope of their professional activity. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Vieglā valoda. Rokasgrāmata. Latvijas Universitāte, 2022 | ||||||||
| 2 | Veselības psiholoģija. K. Mārtinsones un V. Sudrabas redakcijā. Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2016. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Vadlīnijas pašvaldībām veselības veicināšanā. Slimību profilakses un kontroles centrs, 2023 | ||||||||
| 2 | Dreeben-Irimia O. Patient Education in Rehabilitation. Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2010. ISBN 1449617751, 9781449617752 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Slimību profilakses un kontroles centrs | ||||||||
