Competency Profiles as Basis for Course Design of the MA in Transformational Urban
Course: TUL650 TUL650 Primary Health Care

Competency Skill Knowledge Value Character
334
Evaluate how group processes can be Critically evaluate issues in

developed for the benefit of slum slum primary health care, and

dwellers, reducing infant mortality, the describe the relationship

general health of primary income between health care

earners, and the proper physical professionals and primary

development of children and young health care practitioners in a

slum context.
423
Establish training for primary health care Establish training for primary

workers in 8-12 streets in their slum, health care workers in 8-12

based on bible study groups. streets in their slum based on

bible study groups.
307
Has a`strategy for caring for 10% of a Has a strategy for caring for Critically evaluates an Understands and Compassion

congregation who have AIDS 10% of your congregation who understanding of the sociology of develops a model of

have AIDS an HIV- AIDS sufferers pastoral care

development for HIV-

AIDS sufferers.

Understands the special

needs of palliative care
315
Has knowledge of processes and Has knowledge of processes and

structures of a primary health care structures of a primary health care

program in the slums that meshes with program in the slums that meshes

with evangelism
426
evaluate a range of problem solving evaluate a range of problem

approaches and recommend a strategy solving approaches and

for the implementation of a solution to a recommend a strategy for the

critical issue in primary health care in implementation of a solution to a

three case studies taken from urban poor critical issue in primary health care

slum contexts. in three case studies taken from

urban poor slum contexts.
424
Critically evaluate issues in slum Critically evaluate issues in slum

primary health care, and describe the primary health care, and describe

relationship between health care the relationship between health

professionals and primary health care care professionals and primary

practitioners in a slum context. health care practitioners in a slum
356
Able to empathise with and counsel those Skilled in empathetic counselling Understands models of Values the worth of each Empathy

with AIDS and the families of AIDS counselling in grief and dying individual
425
Evaluate how group processes can be Evaluate how group processes

developed for the benefit of slum can be developed for the

dwellers, reducing infant mortality, the benefit of slum dwellers,

general health of primary income reducing infant mortality, the

earners, and the proper physical general health of primary

development of children and young income earners, and the proper

physical development of

children and young persons in
122
Knows preventative medicine Knows preventative medicine
123
Knows basic hygiene and water purifying Knows basic hygiene and water

techniques purifying techniques

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