Biomedical and health interventions
This minor builds on recent developments within the field of biomedical and health sciences and places them in a broader perspective (e.g. societal, managerial, political and economic). In our current time we face many challenges in health care due to new and emerging infectious diseases, changing disease patterns, demographic changes, rising costs of health care and globalisation.
At the same time, new scientific developments result in innovative products and services, such as novel pharmaceuticals, neurotechnologies and telemedicine. Ideally, the scientific developments would be able to address the current challenges successfully. However, reality sometimes proves otherwise. Technical innovations are not taken up by patient groups, vaccination programs are unable to reach proper vaccination levels, societal movements halt further scientific developments, etc.
What are the underlying causes for these undesirable outcomes and how could we in the future create a better match between the needs in health care and developments in biomedical and health sciences? This minor provides you with the first steps to answer these questions.
Goals
In this minor, you acquire insights in the biomedical aspects of the various health challenges and state-of-the-art interventions, and you learn to understand the policy, management, communication and ethical aspects of these interventions.
Target group
The minor is open to students in the bachelor programs Biomedical Sciences, Health & Life, Health Sciences, bachelor programs in the natural sciences and similar bachelor programs.
Master programme International public health
This minor prepares you for one of the master programs in biomedical sciences and health sciences and is an excellent introduction to the master specialization International Public Health (IPH) and the master program Management, Policy Analysis and entrepreneurship in health and life sciences (MPA). This minor provides you with a broad diversity of knowledge and skills relevant for different careers within research institutes, industry, government and societal organizations. This is of specific interest in case you choose to pursue a career after your bachelors.
Courses
The minor Biomedical and health interventions consists of 5 courses and will be given from September till January.
The course Future challenges in global health will serve as an introduction to the key issues within the field of biomedical and health interventions. In the remaining courses you will gain a deeper understanding of these key issues through the use of case studies.
- Future challenges in global health (September)
- Key strategies in disability and neuropathy (October)
- Clinical trials and health care (November)
- Tailoring medicine and telemedicine (December)
- Infectious diseases and vaccine development (January)
