Core competencies in public health (57 ECTS)

• General introduction to public health
• Introduction to health economics
• Organisation of health systems
• Introduction to the analysis of organisations
• Introduction to epidemiology
• Introduction to epigenetics
• Biostatistics
• Information resources: evidence-based approaches
• Societal aspects of health
• Introduction to simulation
• Health care regulation and legislation
• Principles of communication in public health
• Transdisciplinary approach to public health problems
• Research and evidence
• Ethics, management of risks and quality
• Project development and management of change

Elective modules (to be chosen in coherence with 2nd year specialisation): One Health Concept and integrative appraoches to health; Health pedagogy; Integration and reflexivity in health promotion; Advanced methods in qualitative approach; Strategies to address social inequalities in health and health literacy; Design and analysis of multimedia messages; Assessment and prevention methods in health psychology; Behavioural change and social influence.

N.B.: Minor changes may occur in the detailed programme from one intake to another.