HEALTH MANAGEMENT

Dear Learner,

Mabuhay!

Welcome to the course on "Health Management"!

In the "Orientation and Introduction to Medical Education" Program that you had just taken recently, remember the following learning outline:

In this course on "Health Management", we will develop the frameworks or foundations until we reach a mastery level or, put it in another way, until we acquire the competencies expected of a physician. Thus, the general learning strategy will be as illustrated below:

WHY STUDY HEALTH MANAGEMENT?

Try to recall the purposes of being or training to be a physician. Can you still remember them? We took that up in the "Orientation and Introduction to Medical Education" program, especially in the "Physician-To-Be" unit.

Just for a review, a physician will go to a community to practice his profession, one, to earn a living and second, to serve the health needs and to solve the health problems of all the human beings in the community.

With such a statement on the purposes of being a physician, studying health management, therefore, is understandably a must for all physicians-to-be.

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

The general objectives of the course on "Health Management" are to learn the concept of health and disease and primary health care; to make you realize the importance of role modeling of physicians in health promotion; and to learn how to formulate management plans for health of individuals, families, and communities and health for all movement.

Please take a look at the concept map or framework of the course below.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES (Terminal Objectives)

At the end of the course, the student must be able to:

1. Given individuals, families, and communities with or without health problems, determine

1.1 which ones are healthy and which ones are not (or have disease).

1.2 the general causes of health problems.

1.3 the factors that promote health and disease.

1.4 what diagnostic tools are usually used.

1.5 what treatment modalities are usually used.

1.6 the usual outcomes after treatment.

2. Given hypothetical and actual individuals, families, and communities, formulate a management plan, demonstrating skills in the application of the general steps in health management.

3. Manage health of self and own family by diagnosing the health status, then formulating a plan of treatment, if indicated, and health improvement and maintenance.

4. Discuss the concept of “Health for All”.

5. Discuss the concept of “Primary Health Care”.

6. Discuss the strategies of Health for All Movement of the World Health Organization.

7. Utilize the Health Agenda of the Philippines in the promotion of Health for All Filipinos Movement.

8. Initiate and formulate a program of health for all or more Filipinos in the Region in 5, 10 or 15 years.

9. Demonstrate positive attitude in being a role model for health promotion.

10. Demonstrate skills in the following (how to study) learning methods or activities and professional skills:

10.1 self-directed learning

10.2 independent study

10.3 seminar workshop

10.4 debate

10.5 medical presentation

10.6 making proper digital slides

10.7 small group discussion

10.8 cooperative learning

10.9 problem-solving

10.10 time management

10.11 giving and receiving feedback

10.12 self-improvement

10.13 communication

Note: Enabling Objectives are contained in each unit.

CONTENTS

Unit 1: Concept of Health and Disease

Unit 2: Health Management Plans

Individual health management

Family health management

Community health management

Primary Health Care

Unit 3. Physicians as Role Models in Health Promotion

Unit 4. Health for All Movement

Primary Health Care

World Health Organization Health for All Strategies

Health Agenda of the Philippines

Health for All Filipinos in the Region by Year 5 / 10 / 15 (HFA/REGION/5-10-15)

As governed by the specific learning objectives.

As deemed necessary by the student as a result of self-directed learning and independent study.

NOTES:

1. Each unit will be treated as a project with subprojects.

2. All units will interface with each other, meaning the content and learning activities of one unit will be encountered, repeated, used, and continued in another unit.

LEARNING STRATEGIES/APPROACHES/ACTIVITIES/RESOURCES

ACTIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES

INDEPENDENT STUDY

SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING

Community-oriented-based learning

Competency-based learning

Problem-based learning

Case studies

Practicums

Projects

Group discussions

Debates

Hand-outs

Lecturettes

Others as may be deemed necessary by faculty and students

EVALUATION

There will be written examinations for certification purposes.

Methods of evaluation will be done using checklists upon

1. Analysis of the final drafts of the project reports

2. Observation on how students performed during the debates, presentations, workshops and small group discussions

The specified learning objectives will serve as the blueprint for evaluation.

Grading system:

*Numerical equivalent can be used.

Please use the attached "Summative Evaluation by Objectives" form as the steering wheel or checklist in learning this course on "Health Management".

On Project Reports -

Reports must be computer-generated. Digital slide presentation may be used during the small group session.

Online submission of digital reports is strongly being promoted and encouraged. However, faculty may at times require submission of hard copies of computer-generated reports.

Reports will be evaluated by both peers and faculty.

Final drafts must show improvements of the initial drafts.

Satisfactory and excellent reports will be compiled in a folder labeled "Reference Materials".

Unsatisfactory reports will be compiled in a folder labeled "Critique Materials."

You are expected to accomplish and submit the following reports at the end of the course:

1. Management plans on hypothetical cases:

1.1 Individuals

1.2 Families

1.3 Community

2. Management plans on actual cases:

2.1 Individuals

2.2 Family

2.3 Community with HFA/COMMUNITY/5-10-15 YEARS

3. Management plans on health of:

3.1 Self

3.2 Own family

4. Issues on concept of health and disease (Individual and group outputs)

5. Physicians as Role Models in Health Promotion (Individual and group outputs)

6. Individual Health Promotion Program (Individual and group outputs)

7. Family Health Promotion Program (Individual and group outputs)

8. Health For All Filipinos in the REGION by the Year 5 / 10 / 15 YEARS Program (HFA/REGION/5-10-15 YEARS) (Class output)

Your faculty may ask you to submit other reports. Follow their instructions.

Requirements in Health Management Course in a Capsule

SCHEDULE

Year Level I, 1st semester

Schedule:

NOTE: The above table just gives an overall or general picture of the schedule of the course and each unit. Since there will be interfacing between and among units and to allow ample time for completion of projects in each unit, there will be adjustments in the day-to-day schedule. Please look at the table below for a more specific and definite day-to-day schedule during the two-week course.

Specific Schedule:

*SGD – Small group discussion

HEALTH MANAGEMENT

SUMMATIVE EVALUATION BY OBJECTIVES

Instructions: Please assess whether student has achieved each objective by checking YES, SOMEWHAT, or NO and then encircle the overall grade on the other lower table.

Best wishes in your learning activities!

PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Dr. Reynaldo O. Joson

FACULTY COORDINATOR:

FACULTY FACILITATOR:

Connecting Instructions:

Pls. browse through the instructional designs of Units 1 to 4 before you start working on Unit 1.

Unit 1 Instructional Design: Concept of Health and Disease

Unit 2 Instructional Design: Health Management Plans

Unit 3 Instructional Design: Physicians as Role Models in Health Promotion

Unit 4 Instructional Design: Health for All Movement

Please click here to go to Instructional or Project Design of Unit 1: Concept of Health and Disease.

TIPS to get back on track when you get lost:

Either go back to “course proper introduction” or to “contents” or better still, go to “schedule”.

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