Population Health: Fundamentals of Population Health Management
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Population Health: Fundamentals of Population Health Management
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What you'll learn
You will understand the value transformation in healthcare
You will get to know the distinctive essentials of Population Health Management
You will understand the contribution of health behaviour to individual health outcomes
You will understand that the complex nature of healthcare impacts implementation and evaluation of Population Health Management enterprises.
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There are 5 modules in this course
What are the principles of Population Health Management as a pro-active management approach to improve health and to tackle health disparities? In this course we will discuss the basic principles of Population Health Management that will help you as (future) health care professional or policymaker to analyse current healthcare challenges and to design possible solutions using the Population Health Management Approach.
During this course you discuss the rationale for the current value transformation in healthcare and Population Health Management as a logic reaction. You will be confronted with the leading frameworks of Population Health Management. You determine the necessary building blocks, including the evaluation and implementation issues. This Course is part of the to-be-developed Leiden University master program Population Health Management. If you wish to find out more about this program see the last reading of this Course!
Welcome to Fundamentals of Population Health Management! In this module you will get to know what the scope is of this course and you will learn how to be successful at online studying.
What's included
2 videos3 readings1 discussion prompt1 plugin
2 videos•Total 4 minutes
- Welcome to Fundamentals of Population Health Management•2 minutes
- How to succeed in your online class?•2 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
- Meet the instructors & the team•10 minutes
- About this Course•10 minutes
- PHM Glossary•10 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 20 minutes
- Introduce yourself•20 minutes
1 plugin•Total 2 minutes
- Discover The World at Leiden University [video]•2 minutes
Why Population Health Management? For each change there needs to be some kind of urgency. In this module you will come across the current challenges of modern healthcare. You will start to see how different perspectives on healthcare influence the change in direction.
What's included
7 videos1 reading3 assignments2 discussion prompts
7 videos•Total 59 minutes
- Introduction•2 minutes
- Developments in healthcare•9 minutes
- Reasons for a change in healthcare•7 minutes
- Tragedy of the commons•10 minutes
- Perspectives on healthcare•8 minutes
- An expert on perspectives - Prof Job Kievit•21 minutes
- To conclude•1 minute
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
- Factsheet: Perspectives on healthcare•10 minutes
3 assignments•Total 90 minutes
- Recognise the perspective•30 minutes
- Reflect on learning goals•30 minutes
- Test your knowledge•30 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 85 minutes
- Tragedy of the commons•45 minutes
- Your perspective•40 minutes
What is Population Health Management? In this module you will learn what Population Health Management is and which different Population Health Management Frameworks are out there. Lastly, you could explain the difference between Population Health Management and public health and epidemiology.
What's included
11 videos2 readings3 assignments
11 videos•Total 51 minutes
- Introduction•1 minute
- Defining Population Health Management•8 minutes
- New Video•18 minutes
- PHM Framework: How to perform Population Health Management•2 minutes
- PHM Framework 1: Conceptional PHM Framework•5 minutes
- PHM Framework 2: The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment•2 minutes
- PHM Framework 3: Triple Aim Infrastructure•3 minutes
- PHM Framework 4: The Rainbow Model of Integrated Care•3 minutes
- PHM Frameworks: Conclusion•1 minute
- Difference between Population Health Management and other fields•8 minutes
- To conclude•1 minute
2 readings•Total 61 minutes
- New Reading•1 minute
- A Practical Guide to PHM•60 minutes
3 assignments•Total 225 minutes
- A Practical Guide to PHM•15 minutes
- Reflect on learning goals•180 minutes
- Test your knowledge•30 minutes
What is health in Population Health Management? In this module we take a closer look at health. You will see the shift in the definitions of health over time. You will get insights in the factors influencing your health and others' and you will be challenged to promote health in risk groups.
What's included
5 videos3 readings2 assignments4 discussion prompts
5 videos•Total 22 minutes
- Introduction•2 minutes
- What is health?•8 minutes
- What are determinants of health?•8 minutes
- Health behaviour in risk groups•4 minutes
- To conclude•1 minute
3 readings•Total 135 minutes
- Towards a new definition of health•60 minutes
- A new perspective on health•45 minutes
- An operational classification of disease prevention•30 minutes
2 assignments•Total 360 minutes
- Reflect on learning goals•180 minutes
- Test your knowledge•180 minutes
4 discussion prompts•Total 135 minutes
- What does health mean to you?•30 minutes
- How to operationalise your definition of health?•30 minutes
- Determinants of health•15 minutes
- Health behaviour in risk populations•60 minutes
In this module you will understand that the complex nature of healthcare impacts implementation and evaluation of Population Health Management enterprises. First, you will learn the difference about simple, complex and complicated problems. Second, you will discover that that Population Health Management operates in a complex system. Third, you will get to know the consequences for implementation, and lastly, the consequences for evaluation. Ready to start dreaming about your own Population Health Management intervention?
What's included
6 videos1 reading3 assignments4 discussion prompts
6 videos•Total 25 minutes
- Introduction•1 minute
- Complex vs Complicated•4 minutes
- What kind of problem is Population Health Management?•6 minutes
- The art of implementing Population Health Management•6 minutes
- Outcomes and progress of Population Health Management•6 minutes
- To conclude Fundamentals of Population Health Management•2 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
- For those inspired: the master Population Health Management•10 minutes
3 assignments•Total 310 minutes
- Final Assessment•120 minutes
- Reflect on learning goals•10 minutes
- Test your knowledge•180 minutes
4 discussion prompts•Total 90 minutes
- Complex vs Complicated - Organising a surprise party•10 minutes
- Designing a Population Health Management evaluation system•60 minutes
- PHM Glossary•10 minutes
- A Population Health Management moviestar•10 minutes
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Reviewed on Apr 12, 2020
A very interesting and comprehensive introduction to the concept of population health management. The Test is thorough and requires careful study, it is a good verification of the learning.
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Excellent course, challenging thinking and assessments do test knowledge!
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