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This course will explore the challenges faced in women’s health and health care in a global setting. Students will gain knowledge of how gender differences, inequality, women’s family roles, community and society support, and approaches to healthcare systems all play a role in women’s health. It will also present how women’s health intersects with broader social and economic factors.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Teaching delivery and learning methods for this course will involve a combination of videos and directed reading with accompanying self-tests and quizzes, video interviews with accompanying guides, a computer-based practical session, and self-study of recommended reading material, discussion boards and assignments. You will be expected to engage with the learning material each week. We would strongly encourage you to complete all the suggested exercises, as these are designed to deliver and reinforce the course material. Some units involve a greater time commitment than others, but on average, you can expect to spend around 10 to 15 hours per week working through the materials and contributing to the discussions. This time commitment includes preparation time for assessments.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Short online video presentation (worth 50% of the course grade) submitted to MyAberdeen and written feedback provided. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Analyse | Determine how key health challenges faced by woman across the life course are affected by a global setting |
| Procedural | Apply | Compare & contrast barriers for women seeking healthcare support between different social cultural environments |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Construct a potential health improvement strategy to address a key challenge for women's health in a global setting |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
1,500-word report (worth 50% of the course grade). Rubric and written feedback are provided. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Identify and assess the impact of global gender differences and inequality on women's health |
| Procedural | Analyse | Determine how key health challenges faced by woman across the life course are affected by a global setting |
| Assessment Type | Formative | Weighting | ||
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Short online video presentation submitted to MyAberdeen, with written feedback provided." and remove the word count currently listed in Column L, as this assessment is an oral presentation. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 40 | Feedback Weeks | 41 | |
| Feedback |
Written feedback. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Apply | Compare & contrast barriers for women seeking healthcare support between different social cultural environments |
| Procedural | Analyse | Determine how key health challenges faced by woman across the life course are affected by a global setting |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Identify and assess the impact of global gender differences and inequality on women's health |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Construct a potential health improvement strategy to address a key challenge for women's health in a global setting |
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