Health

DOPING: UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING

  • Target level of study

    BAC +1

  • ECTS

    0 credits

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Pharmacy

  • Language(s) of instruction

    French

Presentation

Teaching areas : Health

Type of diploma: DU

Implementation date: 2001-2002.

 

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Objectives

  • Acquire in-depth, multidisciplinary knowledge in the field of doping, drug misuse and dietary supplements in sport.
  • Acquire project methodology skills
  • Discover and integrate doping prevention tools and methods

WHAT IS A UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA FOR?

  • A recognized diploma on doping
  • Become a prevention session leader within a regional or federal network
  • Setting up prevention projects or policies in clubs...
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Know-how and skills

Skills acquired at the end of the course:

Be able to :

  • Know the national and international legislation governing the prevention and fight against doping.
  •  Identify the people, structures and places that can help prevent and combat doping.
  • Know the exact status of a product under current anti-doping legislation.
  • Know the science behind doping.
  • Know the scientific models related to doping.
  • Learn about prevention-related models.
  • Identify appropriate teaching tools and techniques.
  • Know the ethical and methodological principles of prevention, risk reduction and project development.
  • Question its representations, attitudes and behaviours towards :

           Doping and drug use

           The sports movement and the quest for performance

           Legislation and the relationship with the law

            Health, prevention and risk reduction

            Ethics and the relationship to morality

  • Consider other representations, attitudes and behaviors.
  • Participate in focus groups.
  • Understand the complexity of the doping issue.
  • A critical approach to the notion of doping.
  • Understand the complexity of the doping issue.
  • Understand scientific models.
  • Understand prevention-related models.
  • Evaluate existing pedagogical tools.
  • Organize and run an awareness-raising session.
  • Choose and use appropriate teaching tools and techniques.
  • Develop active listening skills and facilitate expression.
  • Put requests into context.
  • Suggest an appropriate and efficient referral to a person, structure or resource center.
  • Participate in the design and implementation of prevention projects.

 

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Organization

Knowledge control

  • A thesis defense
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Program

  • 4 modules organized in 3-day sessions:
    • Lectures: 60.5 hours
    • TD : 21 Hours
    • definition, regulations and epidemiology of doping.
    • pharmacology, detection and screening.
    • psychology, sociology and ethics.
    • prevention, care.

MODULES

MODULE 1 - Definition, regulations and epidemiology of doping

History

Setting up anti-doping controls


MODULE 2 - Pharmacology, detection and screening

Medical aspects

Nutritional rebalancing

Food supplements

Doping in the equine environment


MODULE 3 - Psychology, sociology and ethics

Socio-psychological risk factors

Logics of performance and logics of doping

Medical ethics


MODULE 4 - Prevention and care

From health education to doping prevention


Prevention tools and intervention methodology


Approach to abuse

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Admission

Access conditions

Applications :

send your CV and covering letter to pharma-du@umontpellier.fr (pharma.du @ umontpellie.fr)

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Target audience

  • Doctors of medicine, pharmacists, veterinarians,
  • 3rd cycle students in these fields,
  • nurses, physiotherapists, odontologists, Non-medical professions involved in physical and sports activities, risk behaviors, health education, drug use, psychology, sociology, law, life and health sciences.
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And then

Studying abroad