UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID UNIVERSITY MASTERS COURSE MASTER UNIVERSITARIO WOMEN AND HEALTH

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1 Presentation As a result of the World Health Organisation Conferences on women, considering women as the main agents of health and as a large collective group who must receive priority attention, one of the priorities established is that of incorporating and/or correcting possible gender biases in scientific works dealing with health. Nowadays there is a lack of Training Programs on the topic of Health and Women beyond subjects normally optional, isolated ones in different Grades of the areas of health and social sciences, what is more, there is an increasingly urgent need to train professionals in this field of knowledge in an integrated,coherent manner, as has repeatedly been pointed out in all the national and international documents cited below. In fact, it must be mentioned that health professionals time and time again refer to the need for training programs specifically centred on the study of Women s Health (see, as an example,the documents from the 1 st Women s Workshop, Health and Gender: Building a Women Health Observatory,held 5-6 October, 2004; or as well, the Forum of Violence against Women held October, 2004, both in the Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo (Ministry of Health and Consumption). That means, there is a clear will to inform, research and spread the idea of the need for equality according to gender in health policies. The Spanish Observatory for Women s Health of the Ministry of Health and Consumption has subsidised the training of university teachers which has been taking place since October, 2005, via the Training of Trainers Program in Gender Health Perspectives. In similar fashion, professional associations have been making clear the need for including the study of women s health in the work and research carried out. As an example, we can see the manifesto published by the APA; American Psychological Association (July 28, 2004) which recommended the carrying out of a larger number of research projects on differences between sexes, gender identity and expression of these differences. Already in the International Committee for Women Task Force of Division 52, International Psychology, an important task has been carried out by creating the 1

2 report Cultural and Gender Awareness in International Psychology, which identifies the critical areas in psychological research from a transcultural standpoint. For all the above-mentioned reasons it is clear that there is a need for having training programs on women s health, which like this University Masters course on Women and Health, have two basic characteristics: a) Training which includes an eminently interdisciplinary approach, since different, complex perspectives are involved which are developed by different specialities of Psychology, Medicine, Sociology and other disciplines. b) Training which does not deal with women-related topics from atomist, medico-biolologistic and partial viewpoints, and which do not look as a whole at the rich, complex gender differences in different contexts. Aims The general training aim of the University Masters course(women and Health, is that of endowing professionals with necessary scientific knowledge to be able to understand, analyse and explain the gender perspective in the professional area in transversal form to any task in the professional environment. To achieve this aim, the Postgraduate of the University Masters course Women and Health has to be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding: a) in differences between sexes in ailing and dying and the consequences of this in health practice. b) On quality of life and degree of personal satisfaction, stress and psychological problems suffered by women, at different stages of their life and in different contexts. c) In the application of different techniques of prevention, operations and treatment to improve the state of health of women in our society. 2

3 Therefore, the problem of women and their health is the backbone of the Masters course, a problem which gives voice to different subjects which reflect and study in areas of clinics, health, work, social, etc, by means of the courses comprising this University Masters course.. Competences At the end of their studies the postgraduate student in The University Masters course Women and Health, has acquired general, specific and transversal competences which will be enumerated below and which correspond to the general aims of the Masters degree. General competences Knowing and understanding the gender/sex concepts and how they apply in professional work. Knowing and understanding the research carried out on differences between sexes and genders. Knowing and understanding the specific needs in the environment of health and work in women and men. Knowing the programs of education for health that feature women. Knowing and understanding differential risk factors and the biopsychological determining processes of gender. Knowing and being able to use tools for diagnosis and treatment of physical and psychological illnesses which occur most frequently in women. Knowing and being able to use instruments for evaluating and developing competences on problems of women in the sociolabour area. Knowing the working conditions which impinge on the area of health at work, unemployment and role overload in women. 3

4 Knowing and being able to handle the basic concepts of the research methodology from a gender viewpoint. Knowing the national and European policies on health to reduce gender and class inequalities Specific competences Being able to posit research work from a gender viewpoint. Being able to analyse a health or work context from a gender standpoint. Being able to use strategies and techniques for operating on women. Being able to apply basic data analysis techniques in research with a gender standpoint. Being able to make a critical analysis of effective public health policies for reducing gender and class inequalities. Being able to design, develop and implement an operational program for the prevention of involvement to prevent illnesses and promote health (including at work), related with women. Being able to identify differences, problems and needs in the area of health and work for women. Knowing how to supervise???? and make professional reports with women. Being able to identify cases of gender bias in the phases of research. Transversal competences: Learning to apply to new or scarcely known environments, within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts the concepts, theories or models related to your area of study. Preparing and defending properly founded arguments. 4

5 Solving problems and making decisions from a gender viewpoint. Applying knowledge in a professional manner to one s own work. Ability to put together and interpret relevant data within a gender perspective in order to make judgements which would include reflection on social or scientific matters. Promoting debate on equalities and how to eliminate them. Communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions with a gender perspective to a specialised and non-specialised public. Preparing properly and with a certain amount of originality written compositions or motivated arguments, making plans, work projects or scientific articles or formulating reasonable hypotheses. Making judgments on the basis of criteria, external norms or personal reflections. Publicly presenting ideas, procedures, or research reports transmitting emotions, or assessing people and organisations. Structure The curriculum for the University Masters course Women and Health is structured in three modules: a module called Health from the gender perspective, a module of Outside Practices and another End of Masters course Work. The University Masters course lasts for one academic year divided into two semesters. All the subject matter is to be found in 6 credits of a semester. With regard to the optional credits (18 credits), the student will have to choose two of the 6-credit subjects from the four offered as optional to achieve the 60 ETCS credits of the Masters course.he/she chooses between two subjects for each semester, so that he/she takes two subjects of the four for which he/she has registered. 5

6 Each module consists of a series of subject matter and subjects as described below: Modul es I - Health from a gender perspecti ve Subjects Introduction to the Health from a gender perspective Introduction to the gender perspective in health and work Cred Subjects its 12 Health from a gender perspective: conceptual and methodologi cal bases Credi ts Seme ster Biopsychosocial biopsychosocial factors and women s health Women s Health 18 Biopsychosoc ial factors and women s illness Emotional upsets in women II- External Practices III - Work End of Masters course Gender approaches in work and health relationships Optional subject 18 Managing 6 2 diversity Psychology 6 2 of work Optional 6 2 subject 6 Prácticum Work End of Masters course 6 2 6

7 For whom the course is designed The University Masters course Women and Health is open to different types of graduates, such as those in Psychology, Medicine, Sociology, Education Sciences, as well as future graduates, nowadays Diplomas in Social Work, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and other Health Sciences. Students with these qualifications must cover the following requirements: a) Excellent marks in the first cycle b) Knowledge of English, at least at reading level: knowledge of other languages will be positively valued. c) Motivation and professional orientation to carry out the studies for the Masters course. Job opportunities in the labour market At this very moment there exist public and private bodies created specifically for the purpose of dealing with women as a group. At national level and by way of an example we can quote the Instituto de la Mujer, of the Ministerio de Igualdad (Ministry for Equality), and all the other Institutos de la Mujer in Spanish Autonomous Communities. All these Institutes have an area specifically devoted to women s health. Moreover, the Spanish Ministry of Health and Consumption has a Women s Health Observatory, which takes qualified people on its team, and often acts to incorporate professionals from other public bodies which are particularly orientated to women s health. Similarly, there are many private bodies, associations, foundations, etc, aiming to promote women s health, on a general level or in relation to some specific demand (cancer, AIDS, 7

8 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, etc.), both at the national and international level. Students obtaining the University Masters Degree in Women and Health can gain access to the different posts available in the above mentioned bodies, either particularly oriented to women s health, or to health in general, introducing the gender viewpoint. Director Profº Drº María del Pilar Sánchez-López Lecturers María del Pilar Sánchez López (Professor) Juan Vicente Beneit Montesinos (Professor and Director of the University School of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podology) Juan Ignacio Aragonés Tapia (Professor) Florencio Jiménez Burillo (Professor) María Victoria Gordillo Álvarez-Valdés (Profesor). Juan Fernández Sánchez (Professor) Julio Fernández Garrido (Titular Lecturer and Director of the School of Labour Relations) Violeta Cardnal Hernáez (Titular Lecturer and Chancellor s Delegate for Health and Social Welfare in the UCM) Inés Carrasco Galán (Titular Lecturer) Isabel Gentil García (Titular Lecturer) Silvia Sánchez-Herrero Arbide (Titular Lecturer) Esperanza Rayón Valpuerta (Titular Lecturer) Nieves Rojo Mora (Titular Lecturer) Marta Evelia Aparacio García (Contracted Doctor) Juan Francisco Díaz Morales (Contracted Doctor) Eva Díaz Ramiro (Contracted Doctor) José Antonio López Moreno (Contracted Doctor) Virginia Dresch (Associate Lecturer) Gloria Castaño Collado (Associate Lecturer) Raquel Gómez Heras (Assistant Lecturer) TEACHING STAFF FROM SPANISH, EUROPEAN AND OTHER COUNTRIES José Sánchez Cánovas (Professor, University of Valencia) Teresa Fagulha (Professor, University of Lisbon) 8

9 Eugenia Gil García (Associate Lecturer, University of Jaén) María José Carrasco Galán (Lecturer, Pontifical University of Comillas) Rosa Limiñana Gras (Associate Lecturer, University of Murcia) Isabel Espinar Fellman (Lecturer, Pontifical University of Comillas) María José Cao Torrija (Titular Lecturer,University of Valladolid) María José Castro Alija (Titular Lecturer,Universityof Valladolid) Magdalena Santotomas Pérez (Titular Lecturer (University of Valladolid) INVITED TEACHING STAFF FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS Rosa Patró Hernández (Councillor on Social Welfare, Generalitat Valencia) Esperanza Manso Martínez (Centro de Salud El Espinar, Segovia Silvia Monterrubio Hernando (Casa de la Mujer de Fuenlabrada). Team of professionals ASISPA (Asociación Servicio Integral Sectorial Para Ancianos) (Integral Service Association Sector for the Aged) Team of professionals UDEA (Universidad para la Educación de Adultos) (University for Adult Education Susana Donate Martínez (Asociación Parkinson Madrid) Sara Martínez de Pedro (Fundación Basílica de Colmenar Viejo) María Sainz (Presidenta de la Asociación Educación para la Salud, Hospital Clínico Madrid) Information Secretariat for the Masters course Women and Health Address: Facultad de Psicología UCM. Campus de Somosaguas, C.P Madrid- Spain Telephone Fax: Web page 9