Health & Safety
Using Learning Health Systems to foster Healthy Ageing by Means of Rehabilitation.
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Course Details

Language English
Duration 7 weeks
Effort 6 hrs/wk
Description



LHS-ARISE

Learning Health Systems – Ageing, Rehabilitation, Innovation, Systems, Engagement


LHS-ARISE is a foundational course designed to empower professionals and decision-makers with system-level knowledge and skills to support the application of learning health systems strategies...


Course Structure


This course is structured into seven modules (five mandatory and two electives)...


Mandatory Modules



  • Module 1: Health Policy and Systems Research for Rehabilitation

  • Module 2: Introduction to Learning Health Systems

  • Module 3: Functioning as the Foundation for Healthy Ageing

  • Module 4: Rehabilitation for Healthy Ageing: Concepts, Models and Person-Centred Approaches

  • Module 5: Policy Briefs and Stakeholders Dialogue for Evidence-Based Decision Making


Elective Modules



  • Module 6: The Economics of Ageing

  • Module 7: Implementation Science for Rehabilitation Professionals


Learning Outcomes



  • Use HPSR and LHS approaches to analyze and strengthen rehabilitation systems.

  • Apply the ICF and functioning-based assessment in rehabilitation services.

  • Engage older adults and caregivers in meaningful and participatory care processes.

  • Create effective policy briefs and conduct stakeholder dialogues.

  • Describe the economic impact of ageing.






Course instructors

Dima Touhami

Dr. Dima Touhami is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Project Coordinator at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the American University of Beirut and both a Master's and PhD in Health Sciences from the Univ…

Boris Polanco

Dr. Boris Polanco is a Postdoctoral Researcher, researching Rehabilitation and Healthy Ageing at the University of Lucerne and Swiss Paraplegic Research since November 2021. He holds a PhD in Health Sciences from the University of Lucerne,a Master's degre…

Swiss Paraplegic Research

One of the largest non-university research institutions in the area of functioning and rehabilitation research worldwide, Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPF) incorporates various disciplines including medicine, biology, nursing sciences, human movement scienc…

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University of Lucerne

Research and teaching at the University of Lucerne focus on topics related to humans and society. The University of Lucerne is the youngest university in Switzerland. Founded in 2000, it comprises the six faculties of Theology, Humanities and Social Scien…

3 instructors