Population Health: Fundamentals of Population Health Management

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Population Health: Fundamentals of Population Health Management

Instructors: Roos van der Vaart

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

49 reviews

3 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

You will understand the value transformation in healthcare
You will get to know the distinctive essentials of Population Health Management
You will understand the contribution of health behaviour to individual health outcomes
You will understand that the complex nature of healthcare impacts implementation and evaluation of Population Health Management enterprises.

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There are 5 modules in this course

What are the principles of Population Health Management as a pro-active management approach to improve health and to tackle health disparities? In this course we will discuss the basic principles of Population Health Management that will help you as (future) health care professional or policymaker to analyse current healthcare challenges and to design possible solutions using the Population Health Management Approach.

During this course you discuss the rationale for the current value transformation in healthcare and Population Health Management as a logic reaction. You will be confronted with the leading frameworks of Population Health Management. You determine the necessary building blocks, including the evaluation and implementation issues. This Course is part of the to-be-developed Leiden University master program Population Health Management. If you wish to find out more about this program see the last reading of this Course!

Welcome to Fundamentals of Population Health Management! In this module you will get to know what the scope is of this course and you will learn how to be successful at online studying.

What's included

2 videos3 readings1 discussion prompt1 plugin

2 videos Total 4 minutes

Welcome to Fundamentals of Population Health Management 2 minutes
How to succeed in your online class? 2 minutes

3 readings Total 30 minutes

Meet the instructors & the team 10 minutes
About this Course 10 minutes
PHM Glossary 10 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 20 minutes

Introduce yourself 20 minutes

1 plugin Total 2 minutes

Discover The World at Leiden University [video] 2 minutes

Why Population Health Management? For each change there needs to be some kind of urgency. In this module you will come across the current challenges of modern healthcare. You will start to see how different perspectives on healthcare influence the change in direction.

What's included

7 videos1 reading3 assignments2 discussion prompts

7 videos Total 59 minutes

Introduction 2 minutes
Developments in healthcare 9 minutes
Reasons for a change in healthcare 7 minutes
Tragedy of the commons 10 minutes
Perspectives on healthcare 8 minutes
An expert on perspectives - Prof Job Kievit 21 minutes
To conclude 1 minute

1 reading Total 10 minutes

Factsheet: Perspectives on healthcare 10 minutes

3 assignments Total 90 minutes

Recognise the perspective 30 minutes
Reflect on learning goals 30 minutes
Test your knowledge 30 minutes

2 discussion prompts Total 85 minutes

Tragedy of the commons 45 minutes
Your perspective 40 minutes

What is Population Health Management? In this module you will learn what Population Health Management is and which different Population Health Management Frameworks are out there. Lastly, you could explain the difference between Population Health Management and public health and epidemiology.

What's included

11 videos2 readings3 assignments

11 videos Total 51 minutes

Introduction 1 minute
Defining Population Health Management 8 minutes
New Video 18 minutes
PHM Framework: How to perform Population Health Management 2 minutes
PHM Framework 1: Conceptional PHM Framework 5 minutes
PHM Framework 2: The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment 2 minutes
PHM Framework 3: Triple Aim Infrastructure 3 minutes
PHM Framework 4: The Rainbow Model of Integrated Care 3 minutes
PHM Frameworks: Conclusion 1 minute
Difference between Population Health Management and other fields 8 minutes
To conclude 1 minute

2 readings Total 61 minutes

New Reading 1 minute
A Practical Guide to PHM 60 minutes

3 assignments Total 225 minutes

A Practical Guide to PHM 15 minutes
Reflect on learning goals 180 minutes
Test your knowledge 30 minutes

What is health in Population Health Management? In this module we take a closer look at health. You will see the shift in the definitions of health over time. You will get insights in the factors influencing your health and others' and you will be challenged to promote health in risk groups.

What's included

5 videos3 readings2 assignments4 discussion prompts

5 videos Total 22 minutes

Introduction 2 minutes
What is health? 8 minutes
What are determinants of health? 8 minutes
Health behaviour in risk groups 4 minutes
To conclude 1 minute

3 readings Total 135 minutes

Towards a new definition of health 60 minutes
A new perspective on health 45 minutes
An operational classification of disease prevention 30 minutes

2 assignments Total 360 minutes

Reflect on learning goals 180 minutes
Test your knowledge 180 minutes

4 discussion prompts Total 135 minutes

What does health mean to you? 30 minutes
How to operationalise your definition of health? 30 minutes
Determinants of health 15 minutes
Health behaviour in risk populations 60 minutes

In this module you will understand that the complex nature of healthcare impacts implementation and evaluation of Population Health Management enterprises. First, you will learn the difference about simple, complex and complicated problems. Second, you will discover that that Population Health Management operates in a complex system. Third, you will get to know the consequences for implementation, and lastly, the consequences for evaluation. Ready to start dreaming about your own Population Health Management intervention?

What's included

6 videos1 reading3 assignments4 discussion prompts

6 videos Total 25 minutes

Introduction 1 minute
Complex vs Complicated 4 minutes
What kind of problem is Population Health Management? 6 minutes
The art of implementing Population Health Management 6 minutes
Outcomes and progress of Population Health Management 6 minutes
To conclude Fundamentals of Population Health Management 2 minutes

1 reading Total 10 minutes

For those inspired: the master Population Health Management 10 minutes

3 assignments Total 310 minutes

Reflect on learning goals 10 minutes
Test your knowledge 180 minutes
Final Assessment 120 minutes

4 discussion prompts Total 90 minutes

Complex vs Complicated - Organising a surprise party 10 minutes
Designing a Population Health Management evaluation system 60 minutes
PHM Glossary 10 minutes
A Population Health Management moviestar 10 minutes

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Roos van der Vaart

Universiteit Leiden

2 Courses 13,156 learners

Marc Bruijnzeels

Universiteit Leiden

1 Course 8,027 learners

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Reviewed on Apr 12, 2020

A very interesting and comprehensive introduction to the concept of population health management. The Test is thorough and requires careful study, it is a good verification of the learning.

Reviewed on May 5, 2021

Excellent course, challenging thinking and assessments do test knowledge!

Reviewed on Dec 14, 2019

I gained an extraordinary modules here, thank you!

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