Unit 1 Design

CONCEPT OF HEALTH AND DISEASE

Dear Learner,

Mabuhay!

Welcome to "Concept of Health and Disease"!

Why this unit on “Concept of Health and Disease”?

All physicians before they start managing health problems of other people and their own self should have a clear concept of health and disease.

With a clear concept of health and disease, they will be effective, efficient, and humane physicians or managers of health problems.

Thus, this unit, its importance, and at the early stage of medical education.

TERMINAL OBJECTIVES

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

1. Discuss the concept of health and disease in health management.

2. Apply the concept of health and disease in the health management of individuals, families, and communities.

3. Apply the concept of health and disease in formulating a health promotion program for own self and own family.

4. Apply the concept of health and disease in a physician's modeling role in health promotion.

ENABLING OBJECTIVES (seen in projects below – pls. browse through them)

Debates on Issues in Health and Disease

Health Management Plans for Individuals, Families, and Communities (Hypothetical and Actual)

Health Management Plans for Own Self and Own Family

Advocacy Paper on Physicians as Role Models in Health Promotion

Advocacy Paper on Individual and Family Health Promotion

Concept Map or Framework

LEARNING STRATEGIES AND RESOURCES:

Hand-outs

Independent study

Small group discussions

Concept of health and disease

Hypothetical case health management

Actual case health management

Own self and own family health management

Projects

Debates on issues in health and disease

Paper writing and presentation on

Physicians as Role Models in Health Promotion

Individual Health Promotion Program

Family Health Promotion Program

Faculty gives students:

1. General description of the projects and their expected outputs

2. Hand-outs

Students then do:

1. Problem-based learning

2. Independent study

Students then accomplish the subprojects:

1. Demonstrating achievement of the learning objectives.

2. Coming out with the expected outputs of each project.

EVALUATION METHODS:

OBSERVATION using CHECKLISTS AND RATING SCALES on the

Debates

Presentations

Analysis of the submitted reports (papers) using CHECKLISTS

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

EVALUATION INDICATORS:

All the learning objectives are accomplished.

All the learning objectives are accomplished

· Effectively.

· Efficiently.

With active participation of all medical students.

See attached EVALUATION GUIDE on Concept of Health and Disease.

OTHER LEARNING ACTIVITIES:

Contest in the group paper presentations:

Physicians as Role Models in Health Promotion

Individual Health Promotion Program

Family Health Promotion Program

See description of mechanics of projects.

Proposed judges:

M.D.

Nurse

Non-M.D.

Schedule (Pls. focus on the RED fonts for the primary learning activities of this unit)

*SGD – Small group discussion

CONCEPT OF HEALTH AND DISEASE

Evaluation Guide

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.

2. For the moment, focus attention on Debate on Issues in Health and Disease.

3. Read the instructional design of Debates on Issues in Health and Disease before you proceed with a small group discussion to bring out your initial concept of health and disease. Remember, at this point in time, we are here in our schedule.

4. In the small group discussion, use the debate issues guide.

5. After you are through with the small group discussion to bring out your initial concept of health and disease, go for your independent study. You can read. You can ask. You can interview resource persons. You can utilize any form of learning activities that will suit your style to achieve effectively and efficiently the learning objectives of this unit and this course.

5.1 Remember our primary educational approach is that of PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING. If you need a review on Problem-based Learning in Medicine, click here.

5.2 Try looking at the Reference and Learning Resource Folder of this unit. It may contain important and useful learning materials.

5.3 Knowing the learning objectives for the entire course and the schedule, in your independent study, especially, if you are a fast and efficient learner, you can go ahead to the next as well as to other units.

6. After your independent study on Day 1, proceed to Unit 2: Health Management Plan. Start with Hypothetical Patient/Family Management.

7. During your free time and independent study, start preparing for

Debates on Concept of Health and Disease

Individual Health Promotion Program

Family Health Promotion Program

which are due on Day 5.

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”.

ROJ@17may8;17may12