Organization of Counseling

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1009609BNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - 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

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

Department

Klinische- en Levenslooppsychologie

Educational team

Laura Gypen
Veerle Soyez (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

32 contact hours Lecture
36.5 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
144 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

In this course, students are introduced to the organisational structures of service provision and healthcare in Flanders (in particular service provision aimed at mental health and wellbeing). A number of important trends and developments in the professional healthcare context are highlighted and used as a framework to critically reflect on the (current) organization of service provision and care.

Following themes will be discussed

- Contexualisation and framing

History, actors, legislative frameworks and financing mechanisms; international frameworks
- Organisation (structures) in health care in Flanders

Child and youth services
Service provision for adults
- Tendencies and themes

From categorical and integral care to care gradation
From supply-driven to demand-driven
Transitions in healthcare
Voluntary and/or forced?

In addition to the lectures, students get to know the organization of servic provision more in-depth, through self-study. Starting from case studies, a group assignment is worked out and a workpiece (in group) is prepared

Course material

Course text (Required) : Syllabus, Canvas
Digital course material (Required) : Powerpoint presentations during lectures, Soyez, V., Canvas

Additional info

Compulsory study material includes a syllabus + powerpoint presentations of the lectures

These are made available to the students via the digital learning platform

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

1. Students know how professional services provision / health care in Flanders is organized (actors and structures)
2. Students can take a critical position on a number of current themes related to health care and service provision in Flanders
3. Students are able to apply knowledge of the organisation of health care provision at case level

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 75% of the final mark.
Practical Exam determines 25% of the final mark.

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

Written exam - theory with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 75% of the final mark.

Note: The exam is in writing. This is a closed book exam with theoretical and practical questions about the offered subject matter in the form of multiple choice questions and/or open questions.

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

Practical exam - task with a relative weight of 2 which comprises 25% of the final mark.

Note: Students create a group work; based on case descriptions, they explore the relief landscape in more depth

Additional info regarding evaluation

The evaluation will include a paper and a written exam.

Paper: Students create a group work; based on case descriptions, they explore the relief landscape in more depth

Exam: The exam is in writing. This is a closed book exam with theoretical and practical questions about the offered subject matter in the form of multiple choice questions and/or open questions.

Students are expected to participate in both parts of the evaluation. Students can not pass for the evaluation if they score less than 10/20 for both parts of the evaluation.

When the student fails on the total evaluation score, but passed for one of the parts, it is allowed to transfer the marks of this particular part from the first examination period to the second.

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