Health Social Work-Brief Information
Qualification: Qualified Health Social Worker
Field of training: medical and health sciences
Length of training: 4 semesters
Credits: 120
Type of training: full time and part time
Objectives
The aim of the degree program is to train professionals who with the knowledge and methods gained about the fields of health and social sciences are able to tackle both health and social related problems by performing professional, social and intersectoral cooperation. Graduates will become part of preventive activities, as well as activities targeting acute problems, and after-care.
Competences
- in comprehensive professional knowledge by integrating the characteristics of social work and health care,
- to reveal and analyse the individual and societal connection between health and social related problems,
- to work out and implement developmental programs as well as independent supportive processes,
- to tackle complex health and social related problems,
- to work out and implement social diagnosis and therapy,
- to reveal individual and wider resources to make cooperation possible,
- to work out and apply social activities as part of rehabilitation,
- to perform team-work.
Program of the course
Basic subjects: Health Policy, Health Science Studies in Health Social Work, Health and Social Law, Sociology of Health, Health Psychology and Mental Hygiene, Clients and Methods of Social Work
Professional subjects: Health Systems and Management Studies, Applied Research Methodology, Quality Assurance in Social and Health Systems, Health Social Work Practice, Social Surroundings and Epidemiology, Fields and Methods of Health Social Work, Rehabilitation, Health Science Studies in Health Social Work, Deviance and Behaviour Disorders
Specialized subjects: Disability and Society, Gerontology and Clinical Geriatrics, Equality and Social Integration, Social work with psychiatric patients, Social Work with Patients suffering chronic diseases, Social Work with Mentally Ill Patients and Addicts, Social Work with Elderly People, Community Care and Team Work, European Economic and Social Policy
Career possibilities
Graduates with Health social work Master’s degree will find jobs in institutions and services which provide comprehensive health and social care using inter-professional and widened competencies for the sake of clients and patients. These include elderly homes, hospice care, institutions for addicts, disabled people or psychiatric patients. They can also continue their studies in Doctoral School.
Curriculum, Moduls and Subjects Descriptions; Bulletin (downloadable PDF-files):
social_work_in_health_care_msc_2017-18.pdf (392032)
Exchange programme
Erasmus+
Erasmus+ is a new program of EU including education, training, youth organizations and institutions, and Sport and unifies several running Life Long Learning programs.
It will support transnational partnerships among Education, Training, and Youth institutions and organisations to foster cooperation and bridge the worlds of Education and work in order to tackle the skills gaps we are facing in Europe. It will also support national efforts to modernise Education, Training, and Youth systems. Within the framework of Erasmus+ exchange students can spend 3-12 months abroad or in our institution (a whole semester or internship), while staff members can spend 1-6 months abroad as a study trip.
CEEPUS
A Central European Exchange Programme implemented by higher education institutions in Central and South East Europe (one-semester courses, summer schools and excursions intended both for students and teachers).
The University of Debrecen Faculty of Health has an Erasmus+ contract with 20 institutes of higher education from 14 countries, moreover it takes part in a CEEPUS cooperation. The Faculty of Health welcomes students who take part in internship, and we are planning to provide courses in English for our exchange students.
Erasmus co-coordinator of the Faculty of Health
Katalin Máthé
e-mail: mathe.katalin@foh.unideb.hu
Institute of Social Studies
Dr. Katalin Szoboszlai
e-mail: szoboszlai.katalin@foh.unideb.hu
Further information
University of Debrecen
International Office
H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., Villa no.1
Phone/Fax: +36 52 512-900/23258
Internet: mobi.unideb.hu/
Institutional ERASMUS code: HU DEBRECE01
International Relations
The Faculty has several intensive relations in the United States and in Europe (20 institutes of higher education from 14 countries). Its mean, that the students of our master program have every semester internationally well-known guest-professors in special topics.
