Understand the interventions available to improve individual health and wellbeing.
This short course aims to provide you with the principles and approaches for working to improve individual’s lifestyles, health and wellbeing.
Influencing Individual Health and Wellbeing
Short Course - 15 credits at SCQF level 11 | ECTS points 7.5
Short Course & Professional Development
We will provide you with the skills and knowledge to be able to critically examine the facilitating and inhibiting factors impacting on health behaviours. You will learn to appraise the models and theories of behaviour change. You will develop the skills required to evaluate a range of interventions and approaches designed to influence individual capacity for health.
The course will be delivered online in a structured manner. The content of the module will include:
- Behaviour change theories and models
- Contextual, environmental, psychological and political factors influencing health and wellbeing
- Social marketing, digital media and interventions
- Communication skills
RGU Upskilling
Undertaking a RGU online short course can help you to develop or change your career or support your business to grow.
We're proud to offer a range of online short courses tailored to meet the evolving needs of businesses and individuals both locally, nationally and in the global community. Additionally, if you are domiciled in Scotland, you may be eligible for a fee-waiver place, which means you could study for free. Identified and created in collaboration with industry, these credit-bearing online courses are designed to enhance employability for individuals and organisations looking to upskill their workforce.
Find out more about the range of courses on offer and the benefits of studying online with RGU:
Learning Methods
This course will be delivered online using the University’s virtual learning environment, CampusMoodle.
There will be a short online induction and introduction session followed by a structured timetable of topic content. Each topic will include directed study (reading, listening to podcasts and accessing other resources), online workshops, discussion fora and activities which you can study with a degree of flexibility Some activities (online workshops) will be delivered at a set time. You will be expected to interact in the online environment with your class mates and tutors.
The module team will be there to support you through the module and clarify the expectations of the module assessment.
Staff delivering on this course
This module will be facilitated by a team from the School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health drawing upon extensive practice-based experience, as well as delivery of online short courses.
Assessment
Typically students are assessed via written assignment, including essay.
Independent Study
This course is completed through online independent study. It is expected that you will spend a minimum of 150 hours study over the 10 weeks of the module, including the preparation and submission of your written assessment. Your tutor will be there to support you through the module.
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Applicants who normally hold an undergraduate degree or honours degree and/or relevant work experience is desirable but not essential.
Academic Year 2025/2026
Fee-waiver places
If you are domiciled in Scotland, you may be eligible for a fee-waiver place, meaning you can study for free.
To meet the requirements to be allocated a funded place, applicants must meet the criteria to be assessed as "Home" for the purposes of fees. Find out more about the Fee Status and the Scottish Government regulations that we use to make our assessment:
Eligibility is assessed on application and further evidence may be required.
All other applicants
Applicants who are not eligible for a fee-waiver place will be required to meet the module cost to study:
- Course fee - £520 for entire module
Additional Costs
Some other costs are not included in the course fees:
Disclaimer
For new intakes, course fees are reviewed and published annually for each mode of delivery. Tuition fees are fixed for the duration of a course at the rate confirmed in the offer letter. For further information:
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