Health Studies

Course summary

Health and Social Care provide students with the opportunity to learn about themselves and others, to understand their needs and behaviors, and to develop highly desirable skills and qualities. WHAT WILL I STUDY & LEARN? You will study four units: Human Lifespan Development; Working in Health and Social Care; Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs and Psychological Perspectives. Human lifespan development: students cover physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development across the human lifespan, and the factors affecting development and the effects of aging. Working in health and social care: students explore what it is like to work in the health and social care sector, including the roles and responsibilities of workers and organizations. Meeting individual care and support needs: students focus on the principles and practicalities that underpin meeting individuals’ care and support needs, which are the foundation of all the care disciplines. Psychological perspectives: students explore key theoretical perspectives that have been put forward on psychological and physical development and how they are applied in different health and social care settings.