3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4012409ENW for working students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Om een inschrijving te kunnen nemen voor 'Assessment in de Gerontologie en Geriatrie' moet men geslaagd zijn voor 'Geriatrie en klinische gerontologie'OF ingeschreven zijn in de MSG
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
Department
Gerontology
Educational team
Patricia De Vriendt (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
12 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Teaching modalities:

- lectures with possibility of debate and discussion of documentation;

- demonstration of different scales



The course discusses the definition of 'health', as broadly defined by the WHO, which gives a prominent role not only to the concept of 'disease' but also to the social, psychic and physical functioning. The importance of "multidisciplinary assessment" is emphasised. The most important validated and internationally used scales are discussed in order to perform these evaluations: social situation, general health, behaviour, cognition, daily activities, physical condition (i.e. mobility, decubitus prevention, nutrition situation, etc.), problems of care, general situation. Scales relevant for practice in Belgium andneighbouring countries are highlighted.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Assessment in de gerontologie en geriatrie, De bestudeerde materie wordt onder vorm van tabellen en figuren ter beschikking gesteld.
Digital course material (Recommended) : Verwijzingen naar klinische handboeken, zoals "Leerboek Geriatrie" (Ed. J. Schouten et al.; Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema)
Practical course material (Recommended) : Geselecteerde referenties uit de internationale literatuur
Additional info

The studied material is provided in the form of tables and figures via CANVAS.



Complementary study material:

- selected references from international literature

- references to clinical handbooks

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Being able to:

- discuss the practical application of the various evaluation scales;

- use the most common scales (e.g. Mini Mental State evaluation);

- critically judge a scale;

- interpret the outcome of a scale-based evaluation.

-be able to search for a measuring instrument in a scientific manner

- develop a quality improvement action concerning measurment/assessment

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • oefeningen en papers with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: De evaluatie gebeurt voor 100% via oefeningen en papers

Additional info regarding evaluation

Evaluation consists of papers for 100%. 4 assignments are required. Papers should be submitted digital (Point Carré) and hard copy the first week of the examinaiton period (weak 18 and 50).

Students only succeed when succesful in at least 2 assignments of the 3 first (each of them accounting for 20% or the total) and when succesful in the last assignment (accounting for 40%).

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Management, Care and Policy in Gerontology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)