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Health and social gerontology

Meet the growing need for training in the field of gerontology for non-physician healthcare professionals working with the elderly.

  • Type of training
    Diploma course
  • Diplôme
    DESU
  • Target audience
    Paramedical
    Other audiences
  • Discipline
    Geriatrics
  • Duration
    2 years
  • Teachers in charge
    Prof. Sylvie BONIN-GUILLAUME
  • School
    Medicine

  • Présentation de la formation

    Pedagogical objectives

    • Social gerontology/care
    • pathwaysNormal and pathological agingMajor
    • geriatric
    • syndromesCare
    • plans
    • and quality
    • approachesOncogeriatrics/palliative
    • care/ethicsNeurodegenerative diseasesPsychiatry
    • of the elderlyParticipation
    • in scientific days

    Prerequisites

    • Work or have worked with the elderly

    Further information

    PROGRAM: DESU in health and social gerontology

  • Autorisation pédagogique

    Eligibility

    • Hold a BAC+2 diploma and/or have a professional activity in the gerontology sector (e.g. nurse, psychologist, speech therapist, occupational therapist, psychomotricist, social worker, director of a medico-social establishment, physiotherapist).
    • Exceptional cases will be considered after analysis of the application and cover letter

      • .

    Educational information and admission authorizations

    Teacher in charge
    Professeur Sylvie BONIN-GUILLAUME
    Email :

    sylvie.bonin@ap-hm.frContact
    Mme Véronique CHARMASSON
    Tél : 04 91 74 46 12
    Email : diplomes.geriatrie@ap-hm.fr

  • Inscription administrative

    Administrative registration information:

    Email: umfcs-desu@univ-amu.fr
    Fatma FATHI
    Tél : 04 91 32 45 91
    Marine HANAOUI
    Tél : 04 91 32 46 48
    Annie DESCHAMPS
    Tél : 04 91 32 43 25
    Audrey GROSSI
    Tél : 04 91 32 45 80Unité

    mixte de formation continue en santé (UMFCS)
    Bureau des DU
    Faculté des sciences médicales et paramédicales

    Aix-Marseille

    Université
    27 bd Jean Moulin
    13385 Marseille cedex 05

  • Informations pratiques

    Training mode

    Presential

    Rates

    • Initial training: 684 euros per
    • yearContinuing
    • training
    • : 919 euros per year