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The purpose of this module is to enable students to explore key concepts relating to health and sustainable development. This module will afford students the opportunity to develop a deep understanding of the multiple determinants of health in a rapidly changing world as we adapt to the impacts of climate change. By interacting with a variety of wide-ranging specialist topics, students will have the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of global health challenges and solutions as we look to enable sustainable development of population health across the planet.
Specialist topics covered will include: digital technology for health, health literacy, gender and health, occupational health, nutrition and physical activity for health and wellness, tackling unconscious bias in healthcare practice and post pandemic perspectives. The module content aligns with the following Sustainable Development Goals: No poverty, zero hunger, good health and well-being, quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, decent work and economic growth, reduced inequality, climate action, and partnerships for the goals.
At the end of this module students will:
1. Have a deeper understanding of sociological, cultural, economic, geographical and political determinants of health and health care;
2. Have an understanding of major global health challenges and how we may develop sustainable solutions to adapt to these challenges;
3. Be able to develop solutions for health care challenges in different health contexts, cultures and systems; and
4. Have an understanding how climate change will affect population health in both developed and developing nations.
• Advances in digital technology for health
• Health literacy
• Nutrition for health
• Exercise for health and wellness
• Pain
• Tackling unconscious bias in healthcare practice
• Context: The missing link in translating evidence to decision
• Post pandemic perspectives on managing global health
• Gender and health
• Occupational health and how climate change will change how we work and stay healthy doing it
• Reflection for professional development
• Climate change impacts to global health – changing nutrition and changing disease vectors
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 30 |
| Specified Learning Activities | 45 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 45 |
| Total | 120 |
Not applicable to this module.
| Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio: Students will complete a learning portfolio documenting their learning in line with the module learning objectives. Self-reflection on the learning processes undertaken will also be included. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 100 |
| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
|---|---|
| Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Professor Catherine Blake | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Dr Sarah Browne | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Assoc Professor Mary Codd | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Dr Alison Connolly | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Professor Clare Corish | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Assoc Professor Caitriona Cunningham | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Assoc Professor Tara Cusack | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Assoc Professor Brona Fullen | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Assoc Professor Cliona O'Sullivan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Assoc Professor Carla Perrotta | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Dr Joel Rookwood | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Mr Diarmuid Stokes | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |