Health Education Promotion Course: Promotion and Health Education Course

Throughout history, both the concept of disease and the treatments used have evolved from an etiology and therapy based on magic, spells and the intervention of the gods, to an etiology and rational therapy such as the one today. Pharmaceutical staff must be aware of all the news that arise in this field to be able to provide their patients/users with the most professional possible care. This course will provide students with the necessary knowledge to collaborate in the promotion, health protection, disease prevention and health education, under the supervision of the optional.

- Analyze the psychological circumstances that can cause behavioral dysfunctions in people. - Identify the psychological conditions of people belonging to risk groups or with special characteristics. - Explain the methods and material means used in health education activities, promoted by the competent institutions, describing their applications based on the type of program. - Differentiate situations, factors and disease -producing agents, to apply the corresponding prevention mechanisms. - Explain the basic health care methods in different emergency situations.

It develops its activity in the public and private sphere of the health sector, at all levels of the national and regional health system in pharmaceutical establishments and services, both in the public and private sector. This professional acts mainly in pharmacy offices, hospital pharmacy services and parapharmacy establishments, and in drug distribution and pharmaceutical industry stores. Its professional activity is subject to regulation by the state health administration.

This course will provide the student with the necessary knowledge to collaborate in the promotion, health protection, disease prevention and health education, under the supervision of the option The non -formal training, via which will choose to obtain the corresponding certificate of professionalism, through the respective calls that are publishing the different autonomous communities, as well as the Ministry of Labor itself (Royal Decree 659/2023, of July 18, which develops the management of the professional training system and establishes a permanent procedure for the accreditation of professional competences acquired by work experience or non -formal training).

This course is aimed for all those students who want to guide their future work towards health promotion and education activities within pharmacy establishments and services, or those who want to update their professional knowledge.

This training is not included in the scope of official regulated training (Infant Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Official Professional Training FP, Baccalaureate, University Degree, Official University Master and PhD). It is therefore a complementary and/or specialization training, aimed at acquiring certain skills, skills or aptitudes of a professional nature, being able to be barely as merit in workbags and/or opposition competitions, always within the complementary training section and/or continuous training being always essential to review the specific requirements of the public labor stock of the public labor stock market.