Person in charge : Alain Deccache

Secretary : Nicole Joris-Dessy

Health Education unit - RESO

Avenue E. Mounier, 50, Centre faculté +1, 1200 Bruxelles

Tel. 027645070 - Fax : 027645074 - Email : joris@reso.ucl.ac.be

This second cycle of university studies (" licence"), addresses health, medico-social work and educational professionals who wish to acquire or perfect the necessary university skills for the conception, planning, coordination, management and/or evaluation of health education or patient education interventions.

Recognised since 1984 as a programme of ongoing training (for adults), this "licence" programme entitles the student to paid education-holidays.

At the end of the programme, the university graduate will have acquired university skills in these domains, integrating the practices and capacities for questioning, based on interdisciplinarity, scientific rigour and research skills.

The PhD programme in Public Health (ESP 3), orientation : Health Promotion - health education, is designed to develop skills in scientific research in the domain.

1. One year preparatory training for the " licence" programme

• for holders of a Belgian diploma sanctioning higher non-university studies in accordance with the access list decreed by the Ministry of Education of the French-speaking Community of Belgium (information is available at the secretary's office of the RESO-Health-Education Unit) and which does not justify specific professional or personal requirementst, or, a foreign diploma recognised as being equivalent.

2. "Licence" programme in two years

Subject to the admission jury's decision, and with complementary studies to be defined on a course by course basis in accordance with previous studies undertaken (c.f. course list for the preparatory year for the "licence"). This programme is open to :

• all persons proving to have the necessary professional and personal skills and who, further to the evaluation procedure, are judged to have the necessary competence and aptitudes to be able to successfully follow these studies, subject to admission acceptance on behalf of the admission jury
• holders of an academic diploma sanctioning basic first cycle university studies
• holders of a certificate attesting the success of the first 2 years in Medecine ("candidature")
• holders of a Belgian diploma sanctioning non-university further education studies in accordance with the access list decreed by the Ministry of Education of the French-speaking Community in Belgium (information available at the secretary's office of the RESO-Health Education Unit)
• holders of a foreign diploma or certificate recognised as being equivalent to one of the Belgian diplomas entitling access.

3. "Licence" programme in one year

The holders of at least one diploma from the second cycle of university studies ("licence"), in Health Sciences or in Psychology, Pedagogy, Sociology, Social Communication or the title of Doctor in Medecine, are entitled to obtain the "licence" diploma by following a lighter programme in one year (single "licence"). If necessary, success in previous studies will be taken into consideration.

4. Teacher-training ("Agrégation")

To prepare for teaching in technical and secondary schools, the teacher-training programme ("agrégation") is accessible to students with a "licence" degree in Public Health Sciences, orientation : Health Promotion-Health-education, or to students enrolled on the programme leading to this degree, or holders of a university degree judged as being equivalent.

For higher non-university study diploma holders (cfr CAPAES).

5. PhD programme

The PhD programme in Public Health, orientation : Health Promotion - Health-education, is accessible to second cycle university degree holders ("licence"), subject to certain specific conditions (information available at the secretary' office of the RESO).

The admission procedure includes personalised analysis of the application request of each student (at the RESO) with a view to optimalising the candidates' orientation. The complete admission procedure leads to a contract of personalised training.

Programme organisation

The "licence" programme comprises 24 courses, practical assignments and seminars, each of 30 hours, spread over two years of studies, as well as the writing and defence of an end of course thesis. The thesis is supervised by a support Committee.

The one year programme comprises 11 courses selected from the "licence" programme as well as some courses or specific seminars chosen in accordance with the experience, previous education and needs of the candidate. The production of an end of course thesis is also required, here.

The training programme is organised in the form of a timetable adapted to facilitate the accessibility of active professional adults.

The programme is designed for groups of 30 students, maximum so as to be able to ensure an optimal balance of conditions between objectives, methodology (participative pedagogy) and pedagogical resources.

Pedagogical methods

Focus is placed on active methods , group work (workshops, seminars, the presentation of individual pieces of work) and self-study ; the integration of theory and pratice is carried out by means of reference to the professional experiences of the participants, the development of a personal project and support activities on the field (visits, organised observation periods...).

I interdisciplinarity is ensured thanks to the different subjects contributing to the programme, through the disciplinary diversity of the course instructors, the initial training and the students' work experience.

A resource centre (RESOdoc) is there to help the students in their documentary research work and to ensure that they have access to the necessary documentation and pedagogical tools.

This seminar comprises 3 parts (1101, 1102, 1103).

[partim : 60 oursh]

60 hours minimum.

The "licence" programme in Public Health Sciences, orientation : Promotion of Health Education, entitles access :

• to the teacher-training programme ("agrégation") for technical and secondary schools for Health Education ("AESS") and "CAPAES",
• to the "DEA" in Public Health,
• to the PhD in Public health, orientation : Health Promotion ,
• to the specialised study diploma in Public Health.