ECTS
60 credits
Duration
1 year
Training structure
Faculty of Medicine
Presentation
This Master 2 in Gerontology aims to train all professionals working in the geriatrics and gerontology sectors. This level 1 diploma is intended for people who hold or wish to hold a managerial position in a social, medico-social or health establishment or in private consulting and 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 in the Languedoc-Roussillon region to support the elderly. This training is multidisciplinary, it associates the gerontological actors of the region and the actors of the university education.
This master is co-accredited with Sorbonne University, which offers the following 4 teaching units
Standardized gerontological assessment
Training of trainers/tutors in gerontology
Nutrition of the elderly and hygiene
Telehealth
OPERATIONS
- Management of a medical-social establishment,
- 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 the field of gerontology,
- Animation of territorialized gerontological systems (CLIC, health network...).
The Master's program alternates course sessions (one week per month from September to June) and internship periods (3 to 6 months), which allows the theoretical teachings to be immediately anchored in professional practice.
Objectives
- Acquire knowledge of the gerontological and geriatric field,
- Acquire knowledge of aging and the target population,
- To be able to carry out a territorial diagnosis of the needs of the elderly population,
- Be able to conduct a training action in gerontology,
- Acquire expertise and engineering skills in gerontology
- Be able to manage and direct medical and social establishments.
Know-how and skills
International dimension
Organization
Knowledge control
Special arrangements
See preventive medicine website:
Joint Service of Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion
Institute of Biology - 2nd floor right
4 Boulevard Henri IV
CS 19044
34967 Montpellier cedex 2
Tel : 04 34 43 30 70
Fax : 04 34 43 30 85
Email (scmpps @ umontpellier.fr)
And then
Further studies
Continuing your studies abroad
Bridges and reorientation
Professional integration
OPERATIONS
- Management of a medical-social establishment,
- 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 the field of gerontology,
- Animation of territorialized gerontological systems (CLIC, health network...).
The Master's program alternates course sessions (one week per month from September to June) and internship periods (3 to 6 months), which allows the theoretical teachings to be immediately anchored in professional practice.