Program Overview

Program Overview

The Diplôme d'Université (DU) in Health Sciences is a university diploma program that aims to provide teachers and student supervisors with the knowledge and skills necessary to promote students' personal success and well-being, beyond academic achievement.

Program Description

The program is designed to help students develop transdisciplinary skills and personal empowerment. It is based on scientific knowledge from various fields, including pedagogy, psychology, education sciences, cognition, and medicine. The program's objective is to equip participants with the skills to propose interventions at the institutional and individual levels to promote student success and well-being.

Program Objectives

The program's pedagogical objectives are to enable participants to:

• Know the different determinants of student success and those involved in learning and skill acquisition
• Propose interventions to promote student success and well-being
• Conduct personalized support interviews and help students with their professional projects
• Foster the acquisition of effective self-regulated learning strategies
• Help students develop reflexivity
• Understand the principles of reinforcing communication
• Know the effects of stress on learning and well-being
• Propose a program to develop transversal skills and student empowerment
• Help develop peer support

Program Structure

The program lasts for one academic year, with a total of 126 hours of instruction. The program includes:

• 86 hours of face-to-face and videoconference instruction, including attendance at the defense of memoirs
• 30 hours of preparatory work for the memoir, under the direction of a program teacher or intervenor
• 10 hours of preparatory work on clinical situations, based on documents and bibliography

Admission Criteria

To be admitted to the program, candidates must meet the following requirements:

• Respond to the prerequisites
• Submit a application dossier to the pedagogical manager
• Obtain written authorization to enroll from the pedagogical manager

Tuition Fees

The tuition fees for the program are:

• 783 for initial training
• 1530 for continuing education, individual or employer-funded

Target Audience

The program is intended for:

• Pedagogical managers and teachers
• Managers of student support and accompaniment devices
• Managers of student affairs services
• Intervenors from student life services
• Student representatives and tutors
• Other professionals

Evaluation Methods

The program's evaluation methods include:

• Mandatory attendance, with a maximum of two justified absences
• Validation of the diploma through the defense of a memoir, with a possible request for correction after the defense

Program Management

The program is managed by:

• Dr. Donata Marra, pedagogical manager
• Pr. Martine Wallon, university manager

Responsible University Component

The program is offered by the Faculté de Médecine et de Maďeutique Lyon Sud - Charles Mérieux.