Secretariat of the PPS "Adolescent Medicine and Adolescent Health Care"
The School of Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki offers the greek-language Postgraduate Studies Program entitled "Adolescent Medicine and Adolescent Health Care", a comprehensive educational program focused on adolescent health. The Postgraduate Program was established on February 2020. The duration of the studies is 3 academic semesters (90 ECTS in total). The admission of students and the start of the Postgraduate Program takes place every February (spring semester). The Postgraduate Program is based on the World Health Organization's guideline to prioritize and emphasize health promotion during adolescence, with the aim of limiting morbidity rates in young adulthood. The purpose of the Program is triple and consists of understanding and addressing the multifaceted physical, mental, cognitive and developmental problems of adolescents, promoting knowledge and research in the field of Adolescent Medicine and Adolescent Health Care and developing strategies for planning, organization, creation and operation of health service structures suitable for teenagers. The object of the Program is the interdisciplinary, post-graduate education, the promotion of knowledge and the development of research in the field of Adolescent Medicine and Adolescent Health Care. The postgraduate Program focuses on the understanding of the peculiarities of adolescence, the promotion of the holistic way of approaching adolescents, the framing, organizing, operating, evaluating and coordinating adolescent-friendly health services and finally the active participation of the trainees in scientific research on adolescents’ health issues.