Overview on various aspects of health and disease (health models, classification of diseases, prevention and rehabilitation, therapy, epidemiology); introduction to technical aspects (diagnostics, measurement technique); fundamentals of scientific working (ethics, literature search, study design, data collection, data analysis and data presentation).
Objective
Students should know the terms, models and classification systems used in health and disease; in addition, they should understand the methods of scientific working.
Content
- Health: biomedical model and classification of diseases, salutogenesis and ICF, prevention and rehabilitation, therapy, epidemiology. - Technology: diagnostics, measurement technology, automatic control engineering. - Science: ethics, literature search, study design, tests, data analysis, data presentation
Performance assessment
Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again)
Performance assessment as a two-semester course together with 376-0004-00L Introduction to Health Sciences and Technology II
(next semester)
For programme regulations
(Examination block)
Bachelor's Degree Programme in Health Sciences and Technology 2013; Version 23.05.2017 (First Year Examinations) Bachelor's Programme in Health Sciences and Technology 2011; Version 01.08.2016 (First Year Examinations) Bachelor's Programme in Health Sciences and Technology 2013; Version 27.05.2015 (First Year Examinations)
ECTS credits
6 credits
Performance assessment as a semester course
(other programmes)
The performance assessment is offered every session. Repetition possible without re-enrolling for the course unit.
Mode of examination
oral 30 minutes
If the course unit is part of an examination block, the credits are allocated for the successful completion of the whole block. This information can be updated until the beginning of the semester; information on the examination timetable is binding.