Education - Support of carers

Course Information
TitleΕκπαίδευση-Στήριξη περιθαλπόντων / Education - Support of carers
CodeΤΙΜΝΒ008
Interdepartmental ProgrammeIPPS Neuroscience and Neurodegeneration
Collaborating SchoolsMedicine
Chemistry
Physical Education and Sports Sciences (Thessaloniki)
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CoordinatorMagdalini Kosta-Tsolaki
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600020073

Programme of Study: IPPS Neuroscience and Neurodegeneration

Registered students: 25
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
CoreElective Courses215
Class Information
Academic Year2025 – 2026
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours26
Total Hours26
Class ID
600291090
EPIChallenges
  • Sustainable Transformation
  • European Values
  • Global Health
  • Future Intelligence
Type Of Offer
  • Disciplinary Course
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
  • Distance learning
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
After attending the course students will be able to: ● appreciate the technological needs of health care ● design protocols for implementing new systems in health care and assess/evaluate the magnitude of their success/impact ● record user requirements of health care systems and collaborate with other professional groups in the design of health services ● apply modern methodologies and use modern systems/technological solutions in the practice of ECEC ● recognize the epidemiological - population perspective of health problems in the community, to know the possibilities of disease prevention and health promotion, through their contact with the full range of corresponding services and programs and the use of technology ● apply new technologies in health care in the community, having understood the range of scientific and functional characteristics that include health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and social reintegration ● better explain the relationship between biological, psychological and social factors, as well as the expectations of patients in matters of diagnosis and management of their problems regardless of age, ethnicity and gender.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Difficult behaviors in dementia and their management, living with a chronic neurodegenerative disease, the effects on the patient and his family, psychological interventions for caregivers, preparation for death.
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Video lectures
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
  • Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures26✓
Written assigments12✓
Exams1✓
Total39
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Ειδική κατά περίπτωση επιστημονική βιβλιογραφία
Additional bibliography for study
Special bibliography on a case-by-case basis
Last Update
03-06-2025