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Intermediate Level

What is mainly important is that you have an interest for human behaviour, combined with an interest in the field of health care.

Approx. 26 hours to complete
English

What you will learn

  • You'll understand determinants of health behavior and via which mechanisms determinants can be influenced in order to reach behavior change.

  • You'll gain knowledge on factors that influence health behavior in the context of (chronic) illness.

  • You'll know what person-centred care involves and how to empower patients in the health care process.

  • You'll learn how the above theory and methods can be used to create health interventions and how to optimally dissiminate them in clinical practice.

Skills you will gain

  • understand illness coping
  • intervention development
  • patient centered communication
  • explain behaviour
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Intermediate Level

What is mainly important is that you have an interest for human behaviour, combined with an interest in the field of health care.

Approx. 26 hours to complete
English

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Universiteit Leiden

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1
Week 1
1 hour to complete

Welcome to Leiden University

1 hour to complete
2 videos (Total 4 min), 5 readings
4 hours to complete

Understanding health behaviour

4 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 38 min), 1 reading, 5 quizzes
Week2
Week 2
5 hours to complete

Understanding health behaviour in the context of illness

5 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 39 min), 1 reading, 4 quizzes
Week3
Week 3
7 hours to complete

Empowering patients

7 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 41 min), 3 readings, 5 quizzes
Week4
Week 4
10 hours to complete

From theory to intervention

10 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 28 min), 3 readings, 5 quizzes

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