15019 - Global Primary Health Care Transformation Lab Modulübersicht

Module Number: 15019
Module Title:Global Primary Health Care Transformation Lab
  Transformationslabor Globale Primärversorgung
Department: Faculty 5 - Business, Law and Social Sciences
Responsible Staff Member:
  • Prof. Dr. phil. Jaeger-Erben, Melanie
Language of Teaching / Examination:English
Duration:1 semester
Frequency of Offer: Every winter semester
Credits: 6
Learning Outcome:

By the end of the modul, students are able to analyse real-world health challenges with global relevance from the perspective of Primary Health Care and Community Care.

They are able to apply selected analytical and design-oriented approaches from epidemiology, health systems analysis, complex systems thinking, transformation studies and intervention design in order to analyse such challenges in a methodologically robust, systems-oriented and context-sensitive way.

They are able to integrate and critically interpret analytical findings in order to develop and assess a justified transformation-oriented intervention proposal with regard to its context, relevance, feasibility and limitations.

Contents:

The module addresses transformation-related challenges inGlobal Primary Health Care and Community Care in an interdisciplinary lab format. Students work in small groups on a selected real-world health challenge with global relevance. Such challenges are expected to refer to existing health problems, actors and contexts in international settings or in regional transformation settings such as the Lausitz health region (Modellregion Gesundheit Lausitz). Students are also encouraged to bring their own challenges.

The module engages with complex health challenges by integrating qualitative, quantitative-explorative, systems-oriented and design-oriented perspectives. Particular emphasis is placed on the development of context-sensitive intervention proposals that may address socio-organisational innovation at community level and/or techno-digital approaches.

Lab sessions combine short framing inputs with guided analytical and design tasks, group-work, iterative feedback and shared reflection. They are structured as recurring cycles of framing, critical thinking, application, and revision, through which students progressively develop their challenge-based project paper and final group presentation. This process is complemented by an individual reflective portfolio documenting learning and observations.

Recommended Prerequisites:

Knowledge of the contents of modules

  • 13922 Introduction to Transformation Studies
  • 13923 Transformation Theories
  • 13924 Transformation: Design and Methodologies
Mandatory Prerequisites:

None

Forms of Teaching and Proportion:
  • Exercise / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Seminar / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Self organised studies / 120 Hours
Teaching Materials and Literature:
  • Kawachi, I., Lang, I., & Ricciardi, W. (eds.) (2020). Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • World Health Organization. Operational framework for primary health care: transforming vision into action. Geneva, 2020.
  • World Health Organization. Closing the gap in a generation. Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Geneva, 2008.
  • Starfield B, Shi L, Macinko J. Contribution of primary care to health systems and health. Milbank Q. 2005;83(3):457-502. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2005.00409.x.
  • Allen LN, et al. Models of global primary care post-2030. Lancet Prim Care. 2025 Sep;1(3):None. doi: 10.1016/j.lanprc.2025.100027.
  • Skivington K, et al.  A new framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions: update of Medical Research Council guidance. BMJ. 2021 Sep 30;374:n2061. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n2061.
  • Peffers, K., et al. A Design Science Research Methodology for Information Systems Research. Journal of Management Information Systems. 20027. 24(3), 45–77. https://doi.org/10.2753/MIS0742-1222240302
Module Examination:Continuous Assessment (MCA)
Assessment Mode for Module Examination:
  • Group project paper, 10 pages (50 %)
  • Final group presentation, max. 30 min (25 %)
  • Individual reflective portfolio, 5 x 1 page (25 %)
Evaluation of Module Examination:Performance Verification – graded
Limited Number of Participants:30
Part of the Study Programme:
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Digitale Gesellschaft / PO 2022
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Digitale Gesellschaft / PO 2026
  • Master (research-oriented) / Transformation Studies / PO 2024
Remarks:

Depending on the selected challenge, site visits may be organised where feasible.

Module Components:
  • Seminar: Concepts and Methods in Primary Health Care Transformation
  • Exercise: Challenge Lab
Components to be offered in the Current Semester:
  • no assignment