Program Name

Health Promotion, Health Education

Program Leader

Associate professor Irine Zarnadze

Qualification to be awarded

 Master of Health Promotion

Program volume in credits

120 ECTS credits

Language of Instruction

Georgian

Aim of the program, which is focused on developing student competences and defining the sphere of employment

The issues of the way of life of population and health behavior are given significant attention in the modern world. Different from other countries, out country still has no new approach in the area of managing the process of healthcare education and healthcare support as well as the one in legislative experience, social security and social protection.

The aim of the program is to train qualified specialists in healthcare support who will be able to solve the problems of health behavior of the population and develop strategies with the view of strengthening health as well as make a significant contribution in the area of making the country’s population healthier.

Pre-requisites of the program

Academic degree of minimum a bachelor proving high medical education or the graduate diploma holder equivalent to the MA who overcame the minimum barrier of the united MA exam and successfully passed internal university exams in one’s specific field and the foreign language.

Learning Outcome

In the learning process the MA candidate should acquire professional skills and after going through the studies should be aware of professional code of ethics/etiquette; the healthcare system; health philosophy and psychology;   integrate   social  and   cultural

qualities; develop the strategy of interference; develop  psychological   and   social   theory;  integrate behavioral, moral, emotional, physical differences; aspects of individual personal development; working with the group; carry out research.

Methods of achieving learning outcomes

·        Lectures

·        Seminars and discussions

·        Case study

·        Business game

·        Group work

·        Using printed media (main and supplementary course books, using library services)

·        Preparing key points/presentation

·        Testing

·        Exam

System of Assessing Student’s Knowledge

Assessment of the work carried out by the student/MA student envisages:

a)   Mid-term evaluation (all compulsory components to be fulfilled by the student, which is envisaged in accordance with the syllabus of the course/module)

b)   Final exam score.

Maximum score of the course/module is 100 out of which 40 points are given to the final exam. Main assessment methods used are: tests, oral or combined summative exam.

There are five types of positive and two types of negative assessments.

 Positive assessments are:

a)   A (Excellent) - 91-100 % of maximum assessment;

(B) Very good – 81-90 % of maximum assessment;

c)   (C) Good – 71-80 % of maximum assessment;

d)   (D) Satisfactory – 61-70 % of maximum assessment.

e)   (E) Sufficient - 51-60 % of maximum assessment

 Negative Assessments are:

 a)   (FX) Failed to pass – 41-50 % of maximum assessment, which implies that the students needs to work more to pass and gets the right to take an additional exam after independent work

 b)   (F) failed – 40 % of maximum assessment and less which means that the work carried out by the student is not enough and a/he has to study the subject again

 The correlation between various components of assessment is defined by the syllabus of the separate course of the MA program. The share of the exam in the final assessment (mid-term and the final exams) does not exceed 40 %.

The MA student has the right to pass the additional exam in the same semester. The period between final and respective additional exams should not be less than 5 days.

Based on the criteria envisaged by the educational program, practical work, MA and/or other types of work are assessed by the 100-point system.

Members of the committee of defending MA theses assess the MA work by the score of 0-100. The score is calculated by the members of the qualifying board of defending MA theses on the basis of the grade point average of the sum of the scores granted.

In case of assessing the MA thesis at the score of 51 and more, the work is considered defended based on the following distribution of assessment scores:

91-100 – Best piece of work;

81-90 – Very good piece of work; 71-80 – Good piece of work;

61-70 – Average piece of work;

51-60 – Satisfactory piece of work;

0-50 – Non-satisfactory piece of work;

In case of the failure to appear at the defense of the MA thesis due to a reasonable cause (illness, etc.) the work can be submitted within the period of 1 month or at the following defense with the consent of the board of the respective department.

In case of receiving the score of less than 51 at the public defense, it is possible to re-submit the thesis and defend it at the coming defense on the basis of the board of the respective faculty.

The MA thesis may be submitted for defense not more than two times, by retaining the teaching component.

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Disciplines

Credits

Contact hours

Indepe ndent work

hours

Distribution of credits according to semester

I

II

III

IV

Basic subjects (Mandatory)

1

Basics of Health Promotion

20

140

460

20

2

Communication in health care

3

30

60

3

3

Nutrition and health care

3

30

60

3

4

Research Methods

15

100

350

15

5

Strategic planning in health promotion and health

education

3

30

60

3

6

Programming in health promotion and health education

2

30

30

2

7

Health Promotion in Health Care

3

30

60

3

8

Behavioral Medicine

3

30

60

3

9

Health Promotion Management

2

30

30

2

10

Healthcare policy and behavioral changes

3

30

60

3

11

Theory and practice of health promotion and

health education

3

30

60

3

12.

Medical and psychological aspects of health promotion and health education

2

20

40

2

13

Ethics of Health Promotion and Health Education

3

25

65

3

14

Ethics and Biotechnology, Ethics and Practice

3

25

65

3

15

English language

5

100

50

4

1

16

Practice

10

100

200

5

5

17

Coursework

10

15

285

1

5

4

18

Master's Thesis

26

30

750

26

19

Elective

1

15

15

1

Total

120

840

2760

30

30

30

30