All Courses
On this page you can find all the courses and tracks offered by the Utrecht Summer School. Check the course pages for more detailed information.
3 course(s) found
21st Century Skills for Healthcare Professionals
"This course has without a doubt changed my perspective and understanding of healthcare, and all of us agreed that we felt more equipped to face the healthcare challenges that we may face in the 21st century" (student, 2022). This multi-professional course is intended for students in nursing, physiotherapy, medicine, allied health care workers, and many others fields, who want to develop new skills and work in an international context. The…
1
Gerontechnology
The world is rapidly ageing but the technological innovations are also rapid penetrating the world. Older adults are facing several major challenges regarding how to age-in-place, deal with dementia or other chronic disorders or how to retrofit their homes our adjust their environment aligned with the functional and/or cognitive decline. These aspects will be addressed in the Gerontechnology course. Furthermore, the latest developments trends…
1
Healthy Aging
This course will inform you, from different perspectives, about the factors that keep older people healthy and enable them to continue to participate in society. We will focus on a better understanding of the aging process, the prevention of functional decline and preservation of autonomy. Different excursions will let you experience getting older. Prior to the course, you will be given an assignment to conduct a life review with an elderly…
1