Gerontology: management and coordination of services and structures - ECSS

  • ECTS

    120 credits

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Medicine

Presentation

The aim of the Master 2 in Gerontology is to train all professionals working in the geriatrics and gerontology sectors. This level 1 diploma is aimed at people holding or wishing to hold a managerial position in a social, medico-social or healthcare establishment, or in private consulting or training structures in the gerontology sector.

The professional Master 2 in Gerontology was created in 2004 by Professor Claude Jeandel, at the request of professionals in the sector who wanted to develop specific training courses in the Languedoc-Roussillon region to support the elderly. This multi-disciplinary training program brings together the region's gerontology professionals and university teaching staff.

 

OPERATIONS

  • Management of medical-social establishments,
  • Management of home and personal assistance services,
  • Manager of a medical-social establishment,
  • Coordinator of medico-social services or institutions,
  • Project manager in the medico-social sector within local authorities or private structures,
  • Training in gerontology,
  • Coordination of local gerontological systems (CLIC, health network, etc.).

The Master's program alternates classroom sessions (1 week per month from September to June) with internship periods (3 to 6 months), which immediately anchor theoretical teachings in professional practice.

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Objectives

  • Acquire knowledge of gerontology and geriatrics,
  • Acquire knowledge of aging and the target population,
  • Be able to carry out a territorial diagnosis of the needs of the elderly population,
  • Be able to run a training program in gerontology,
  • Acquire expertise and engineering skills in gerontology
  • Be able to manage and direct medical-social establishments.
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Organization

Knowledge control

UE taught: see SHS website

link :

http://shsmed.edu.umontpellier.fr/master/page-d-exemple-2/formation/le-stage/

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Special features

Contact preventive medicine :

https://www.umontpellier.fr/universite/directions/service-commun-de-medecine-preventive-et-de-promotion-de-la-sante

Contact

Service Commun de Médecine Préventive et de Promotion de la Santé (Joint Service for Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion)
Biology Institute - 2nd floor right
4 Boulevard Henri IV
CS 19044
34967 Montpellier cedex 2, France
Tel: 04 34 43 30 70
Fax: 04 34 43 30 85
E-mail (scmpps @ umontpellier.fr)

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Program

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Master 2

The aim of the Master 2 in Gerontology is to train all professionals working in the geriatrics and gerontology sectors. This level 1 diploma is aimed at people holding or wishing to hold a managerial position in a social, medico-social or healthcare establishment, or in private consulting or training structures in the gerontology sector.

The professional Master 2 in Gerontology was created in 2004 by Professor Claude Jeandel, at the request of professionals in the sector who wanted to develop specific training courses in the Languedoc-Roussillon region to support the elderly. This multi-disciplinary training program brings together the region's gerontology professionals and university teaching staff.

This master's degree is co-accredited with Sorbonne University, which offers the following 4 teaching units:

Standardized gerontological assessment

Training gerontology trainers/tutors

Nutrition and hygiene for the elderly

Telehealth

OPERATIONS

  • Management of medical-social establishments,
  • Management of home and personal assistance services,
  • Manager of a medical-social establishment,
  • Coordinator of medico-social services or institutions,
  • Project manager in the medico-social sector within local authorities or private structures,
  • Training in gerontology,
  • Coordination of local gerontological systems (CLIC, health network, etc.).

The Master's program alternates classroom sessions (1 week per month from September to June) with internship periods (3 to 6 months), which immediately anchor theoretical teachings in professional practice.

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Admission

Access conditions

ADMISSION

http://shsmed.edu.umontpellier.fr/master/page-d-exemple-2/integrer-le-master/

Students who are unable to travel to Montpellier to follow the courses can follow the Master of Gerontology in e-learning:

http://shsmed.edu.umontpellier.fr/nouveau-le-master-idefi-til-expertise-en-gerontologie/

 Applications :

https://candidature.umontpellier.fr

The university also offers DU and short courses in gerontology:

http://shsmed.edu.umontpellier.fr/formations-courtes/

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Target audience

Health professionals (doctors - nurses - health managers - pharmacists)

Paramedics

Professionals in the medical-social sector

Students in initial training for studies in health, psychology, education sciences, sociology, etc.

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Necessary prerequisites

Initial training :

  • Holders of a Master 1 degree in human and social sciences, law, science, economics, medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, or architecture.
  • Holders of a Bac+4 diploma or equivalent (occupational therapist, physiotherapist, osteopath, CAFDES...).

Continuing education :

When submitting your application, you must have a Master 1 degree or equivalent.

However, holders of diplomas for which it is not possible to grant automatic equivalence with a Master 1 may be admitted to Master 2, by decision of the jury, after obtaining a VAE or VAP in the following cases:

  • Doctors, pharmacists, healthcare managers,
  • CAFERUIS, DSTS holders,
  • Professionals: social workers, occupational therapists, private nurses, physiotherapists, facility managers, training managers, architects...
  • Professionals undergoing professional reorientation and motivating their project.
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And then

Further studies

Possibility of pursuing another Master's degree

 

Possibility of continuing to doctorate upon selection by the Doctoral School jury

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Professional integration

 Manager in a medical-social establishment

 Assistant manager in a medical-social establishment

 Local authority project manager

Consultant trainer

Director of Gerontology Training

Project manager, consulting

Local coordinator (health network, CLIC, etc.) 

 

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