ECTS
60 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Medicine
Presentation
The Master's program, created in 2011 at the Montpellier Faculty of Medicine (UM1) by Prof. Pierre Dujols and Prof. Laurent Visier, is in line with recent developments in the management of chronic diseases.
Health professionals are called upon to participate in the development of research skills in the fields of perceptions of illness, the social organization set up around it, the structuring of networks and health education. This research must draw on knowledge from both the life sciences and the human and social sciences, in order to understand "hybrid objects". The most important changes are now taking place at the interface between knowledge from the life sciences and the humanities. The strict division between human and life sciences is no longer operative. Researchers working in the field of chronic illness must be able to address health issues in both their biological and social dimensions.
New skills are needed to conduct high-quality research into long-term illnesses, chronicity, longer life and disability.
Objectives
To qualify research professionals who combine bio-medical or nursing knowledge with innovative human and social science perspectives in the consideration of chronic pathologies.
The humanities and society specialization trains health researchers in the following humanities and social sciences: sociology, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, communication sciences, education sciences, political sciences.
It opens up the possibility of a doctorate in these disciplines. Students who have completed a Master's degree in this specialization must be able to carry out research in one of the above disciplines.
Know-how and skills
Skills acquired :
- Mastery of the inter- and trans-disciplinary approach to healthcare
- Ability to formulate relevant questions in the humanities and social sciences
- Ability to produce critical analysis and bibliographic synthesis
- Mastery of quantitative and qualitative research methodology in the humanities and social sciences
- Adapting methods and techniques to a research object
- Ability to develop research hypotheses
- Mastering the rules of scientific article production
Program
1st half-year :
1. Patient pathway (12h/4ECTS)
2. English (20h/4ECTS)
3. Culture and health (20h/4ECTS)
4. Research seminar (16h/5ECTS)
5. Critical reading of documents (20h/4ECTS)
6. SHS and health (24h/5ECTS)
7. Health, inequality, territories (20h/4ECTS)
2nd semester :
1. Patient pathway (12h/3ECTS)
2. English (16h/3ECTS)
3. Healthcare policies and players (24h/5ECTS)
4. Research seminar (20h/3ECTS)
5. Critical reading of documents (20h/4ECTS)
6. Philosophy of care (16h/3ECTS)
7. Research dissertation (10ECTS)
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Admission
Target audience
Students in initial or continuing training :
- Students and professionals in medical disciplines: medicine, midwifery, pharmacy, dentistry.
- Students from SHS disciplines aiming to integrate into research in the world of healthcare.
- Healthcare professionals and managers.
And then
Further studies
The Master 2 opens the door to doctoral theses in various social science disciplines (political science, sociology, anthropology, educational science, etc.).
Professional integration
OUTLETS
Higher education (universities, schools, training centers) and research in public and private institutions, positions of responsibility in regional, national and international public health organizations (central administrations, decentralized levels, local authorities, agencies, associations, etc.), in public and private health establishments (hospitals, clinics, etc.) and in social protection organizations (insurance funds, mutual insurance companies).
Thesis recommended.