Core competencies in public health (57 ECTS)

Core Modules

Semester 1

• Biostatistics (5 ECTS)
• General introduction to public health (4 ECTS)
• Organisational and economic models of health systems (5 ECTS)
  • Healthcare systems – A comparative OECD countries
  • The parastatal insurance approach – the Belgian health insurance system within the health and social security system
  • International health: strengths and prospects
  • Economic analysis of healthcare systems: Organisation and financing
• A critical approach to evidence-based public health (5 ECTS)
• Law, legislation and regulation in the healthcare sector (5 ECTS)
  • Introduction to basic concepts of public law
  • Medical and biomedical law
  • Simulation parliamentary sessions
• Societal and ethical issues in healthcare (3 ECTS)
• Population health (3 ECTS)

Semester 2

• Epidemiology (4 ECTS)
• Analysis of public health action (4 ECTS)
• Strategic management of healthcare organisations (4 ECTS)
• One-Health and integrative approaches to healthcare (3 ECTS)
• Integration module (EHESP Rennes France) (3 ECTS)

All the year

• Research methodology (7 ECTS)

Elective modules (8 ECTS) : promoting health and its determinants, anthropology of food, sustainability and transition, health education and communication, health technology assessment and medical-economic assessment, qualitative research methods, sustainability and health transition, behavior changes and social influence, global Changes and Health, interculturality and health, from research to action in public health nutrition, public health project management, digital Transition in Healthcare, health in socio-ecosystems.

All the year

Soft skills workshops: general skills