Undergraduate ECTS elective · 2026–27

WHEEL: Women’s Health Equity across the European Life-course

WHEEL is a blended intensive elective on the predictable inequalities in women’s health across the life-course. It combines European Union health policy with current clinical practice, AI-enabled risk assessment and precision prevention, taught through four themes: delays in presentation; menopause and post-menopausal cardiometabolic disease (with genitourinary and sexual wellbeing in the spring delivery); osteoporosis and migraine; and delayed cancer diagnosis and perimenopausal neurodivergence.

We will teach this elective in Georgia in November 2026 and, on proposed dates, in March–April 2027. Each delivery has four thematic units taught by live webinar, followed by one on-campus week.

4 ECTSConfirmed · Autumn 2026

WHEEL

WHEEL: Women’s Health Equity across the European Life-course

✓Live webinars: Tue 20 Oct – Sat 14 Nov 2026 — Tuesdays and Saturdays
✓On campus in Georgia: Mon 16 – Fri 20 Nov 2026
✓Workload: 120 hours (4 × 30 h)
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4 ECTSProposed · Spring 2027

WHEEL

WHEEL: Women’s Health Equity across the European Life-course

✓Live webinars: Tue 23 Mar – Sat 17 Apr 2027 — Tuesdays and Saturdays
✓On campus in Georgia: Mon 19 – Fri 23 Apr 2027
✓Workload: 120 hours (4 × 30 h)
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Learning outcomes

✓Explain how European Union law and policy on health, gender equality, data and artificial intelligence shape the recognition, diagnosis and management of women’s health conditions.
✓Identify the causes of delayed presentation and delayed diagnosis across the life-course, and propose equity-focused remedies.
✓Apply current guideline-directed assessment and management in a primary care and life-course context.
✓Appraise AI-enabled tools (digital phenotyping, wearables, multifactorial risk scoring) against European regulatory and data-governance requirements.
✓Construct and defend an original, policy-informed case analysis, declaring any use of AI tools.
4 ECTSConfirmed · Autumn 2026

WHEEL · 4 ECTS · November 2026

We will teach this delivery in Georgia in November 2026. Live webinars Tue 20 Oct – Sat 14 Nov 2026 (Tuesdays 10:00–12:30 and Saturdays 10:00–13:30, Georgia time); on campus Mon 16 – Fri 20 Nov 2026. Workload 120 hours: 50 h taught, 4 h examinations, 66 h independent study; 20 h of the taught programme is European Union policy teaching. Up to 30 students.

UnitDate · Georgia time · UK timeSession
Unit 1Tue 20 Oct 2026
10:00–12:30 Georgia
07:00–09:30 BST		Delays in presentation
Lecture: European approaches to equity, access and timeliness of care; Gender Equality Strategy 2026–2030; European Pillar of Social Rights; health data for equity.
Unit 1Sat 24 Oct 2026
10:00–13:30 Georgia
07:00–10:30 BST		Delays in presentation
Seminar: why women present and are diagnosed late; symptom recognition across the life-course. Formative self-assessment quiz (10 questions with worked answers; not graded).
Unit 2Tue 27 Oct 2026
10:00–12:30 Georgia
06:00–08:30 GMT		Menopause and post-menopausal cardiometabolic disease
Lecture: the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan and women; the AI Act and sex bias in risk scoring.
Unit 2Sat 31 Oct 2026
10:00–13:30 Georgia
06:00–09:30 GMT		Menopause and post-menopausal cardiometabolic disease
Seminar: menopause assessment and management; post-menopausal cardiovascular and kidney-metabolic risk. Formative self-assessment quiz (10 questions with worked answers; not graded).
Unit 3Tue 3 Nov 2026
10:00–12:30 Georgia
06:00–08:30 GMT		Osteoporosis and migraine
Lecture: access to treatment and health data for long-term conditions; Health Technology Assessment Regulation; Cross-border Healthcare Directive; European Health Data Space.
Unit 3Sat 7 Nov 2026
10:00–13:30 Georgia
06:00–09:30 GMT		Osteoporosis and migraine
Seminar: fracture-risk assessment and osteoporosis management; migraine diagnosis and prevention. Formative self-assessment quiz (10 questions with worked answers; not graded).
Unit 4Tue 10 Nov 2026
10:00–12:30 Georgia
06:00–08:30 GMT		Delayed cancer diagnosis and perimenopausal neurodivergence
Lecture: Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and the Council Recommendation on cancer screening; Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021–2030.
Unit 4Sat 14 Nov 2026
10:00–13:30 Georgia
06:00–09:30 GMT		Delayed cancer diagnosis and perimenopausal neurodivergence
Seminar: red-flag recognition and referral; unmasking of ADHD, autism and anxiety in perimenopause. Formative self-assessment quiz (10 questions with worked answers; not graded).
ExamSun 15 Nov 2026
22:00 Georgia
18:00 GMT		Mid-term examination
Online: 40 single-best-answer questions, 60 minutes. 60 points.
CampusMon 16 Nov 2026
Local campus hours
UK = Georgia − 4 h		Unit 1 day
Policy lecture (1.5 h) and case-based group work (4.5 h): delays in presentation.
CampusTue 17 Nov 2026
Local campus hours
UK = Georgia − 4 h		Unit 2 day
Policy lecture (1.5 h) and case-based group work (4.5 h): menopause and post-menopausal cardiometabolic disease.
DeadlineWed 18 Nov 2026
12:00 Georgia		Written capstone project
2,000 words; 5–10 references in Vancouver style; up to 4 tables and 4 figures. Submitted on the learning platform.
CampusWed 18 Nov 2026
Local campus hours
UK = Georgia − 4 h		Unit 3 day
Policy lecture (1.5 h) and case-based group work (4.5 h): osteoporosis and migraine. Written capstone project due by 12:00.
CampusThu 19 Nov 2026
Local campus hours
UK = Georgia − 4 h		Unit 4 day
Policy lecture (1.5 h) and case-based group work (4.5 h): delayed cancer diagnosis and perimenopausal neurodivergence.
CampusFri 20 Nov 2026
Local campus hours
UK = Georgia − 4 h		Capstone & oral presentation
Capstone policy lecture (2 h) in the morning; oral presentation of the capstone project in the afternoon (3 h, two parallel panels).
4 ECTSProposed · Spring 2027

WHEEL · 4 ECTS · March–April 2027

Proposed dates for March–April 2027. Live webinars Tue 23 Mar – Sat 17 Apr 2027 (Tuesdays 16:00–18:00 and Saturdays 16:00–17:30, Georgia time); on campus Mon 19 – Fri 23 Apr 2027. Workload 120 hours: 30 h taught, 4 h examinations, 86 h independent study; 20 h of the taught programme is European Union policy teaching. Up to 30 students.

UnitDate · Georgia time · UK timeSession
Unit 1Tue 23 Mar 2027
16:00–18:00 Georgia
12:00–14:00 GMT		Delays in presentation
Lecture (2 h): European approaches to equity, access and timeliness of care, through the Gender Equality Strategy 2026–2030, principle 16 of the European Pillar of Social Rights, and health data for equity.
Unit 1Sat 27 Mar 2027
16:00–17:30 Georgia
12:00–13:30 GMT		Delays in presentation
Practical class (1.5 h, with 30-min policy-to-practice segment): worked cases on why women present and are diagnosed late, and on symptom recognition across the life-course. Formative self-assessment quiz (10 questions with worked answers; not graded); clinical e-case 1.
Unit 2Tue 30 Mar 2027
16:00–18:00 Georgia
13:00–15:00 BST		Menopause and post-menopausal cardiometabolic disease
Lecture (2 h): the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan and women; the AI Act and sex bias in risk scoring.
Unit 2Sat 3 Apr 2027
16:00–17:30 Georgia
13:00–14:30 BST		Menopause and post-menopausal cardiometabolic disease
Practical class: menopause assessment and management, including genitourinary and sexual wellbeing; post-menopausal cardiovascular and kidney-metabolic risk, with NICE TA1152 as a comparator. Formative self-assessment quiz (10 questions with worked answers; not graded); clinical e-case 2.
Unit 3Tue 6 Apr 2027
16:00–18:00 Georgia
13:00–15:00 BST		Osteoporosis and migraine
Lecture (2 h): European standards, access to treatment and health data for long-term conditions — the Health Technology Assessment Regulation, the Cross-border Healthcare Directive and the European Health Data Space.
Unit 3Sat 10 Apr 2027
16:00–17:30 Georgia
13:00–14:30 BST		Osteoporosis and migraine
Practical class: fracture-risk assessment and osteoporosis management; migraine diagnosis and prevention. Formative self-assessment quiz (10 questions with worked answers; not graded); clinical e-case 3.
Unit 4Tue 13 Apr 2027
16:00–18:00 Georgia
13:00–15:00 BST		Delayed cancer diagnosis and perimenopausal neurodivergence
Lecture (2 h): Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and the Council Recommendation on cancer screening; the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021–2030.
Unit 4Sat 17 Apr 2027
16:00–17:30 Georgia
13:00–14:30 BST		Delayed cancer diagnosis and perimenopausal neurodivergence
Practical class: red-flag recognition and referral for suspected cancer; unmasking of ADHD, autism and anxiety in perimenopause. Formative self-assessment quiz (10 questions with worked answers; not graded); clinical e-case 4.
ExamSun 18 Apr 2027
21:00 Georgia
18:00 BST		Mid-term examination
Online: 40 single-best-answer questions, 60 minutes. 60 points.
CampusMon 19 Apr 2027
Local campus hours
UK = Georgia − 3 h		Unit 1 day
Morning (3.5 h): policy lecture (2 h) and practical class (1.5 h) with a further worked case — delays in presentation. Afternoon kept for the capstone project.
CampusTue 20 Apr 2027
Local campus hours
UK = Georgia − 3 h		Unit 2 day
Morning (3.5 h): policy lecture and practical class — menopause, genitourinary and sexual wellbeing, and post-menopausal cardiometabolic disease.
DeadlineWed 21 Apr 2027
12:00 Georgia		Written capstone project
2,000 words; 5–10 references in Vancouver style; up to 4 tables and 4 figures. Submitted on the learning platform.
CampusWed 21 Apr 2027
Local campus hours
UK = Georgia − 3 h		Unit 3 day
Morning (3.5 h): policy lecture and practical class — osteoporosis and migraine. Written capstone project due by 12:00.
CampusThu 22 Apr 2027
Local campus hours
UK = Georgia − 3 h		Unit 4 day
Morning (3.5 h): policy lecture and practical class — delayed cancer diagnosis and perimenopausal neurodivergence.
CampusFri 23 Apr 2027
Local campus hours
UK = Georgia − 3 h		Capstone & oral presentation
Capstone policy lecture (2 h) in the morning; oral presentation of the capstone project in the afternoon (3 h, two parallel panels).
Course structure

Four units, one integration week

1

Delays in presentation

Unit 1 · online week. Tuesday lecture on European policy; Saturday case-based session with a 30-minute policy-to-practice segment, followed by a self-assessment quiz with worked answers (not graded). The online mid-term examination follows on the Sunday of the fourth week.

2

Menopause and post-menopausal cardiometabolic disease

Unit 2 · online week. Tuesday lecture on European policy; Saturday case-based session with a 30-minute policy-to-practice segment, followed by a self-assessment quiz with worked answers (not graded). The online mid-term examination follows on the Sunday of the fourth week.

3

Osteoporosis and migraine

Unit 3 · online week. Tuesday lecture on European policy; Saturday case-based session with a 30-minute policy-to-practice segment, followed by a self-assessment quiz with worked answers (not graded). The online mid-term examination follows on the Sunday of the fourth week.

4

Delayed cancer diagnosis and perimenopausal neurodivergence

Unit 4 · online week. Tuesday lecture on European policy; Saturday case-based session with a 30-minute policy-to-practice segment, followed by a self-assessment quiz with worked answers (not graded). The online mid-term examination follows on the Sunday of the fourth week.

5

Integration and the capstone project

On-campus week · Georgia. One theme per day in the order of Units 1–4; the written capstone project due on the Wednesday; the capstone policy lecture and the oral presentation on the final afternoon.

Teaching methods: interactive lectures (live online and on campus), case-based seminars or working groups, flipped-classroom preparation, case-based clinical reasoning in small groups, and guided independent study. Clinical training is case-based, without patient contact.
Assessment

Methods of assessment — the same structure in every delivery

Two summative assessments in every elective, credit value and term: a 60-point mid-term examination at the end of the four webinar weeks, and the 40-point capstone project, submitted in writing and presented orally in the on-campus week. Weekly self-assessment quizzes support learning and are not graded.

ComponentWhat it involvesWeighting
Mid-term examination (summative)Single-best-answer multiple-choice questions covering Weeks 1–4, sat online, on the secure learning platform (or the university’s Canvas or Moodle, to be confirmed) on the Sunday after the fourth week of webinars, at 18:00 UK time. At least 11 points are needed to sit the final assessment.60 points
Capstone project (summative)An individual, policy-informed analysis of a clinical case, allocated from an anonymised case bank or, where available, an anonymised case from the student’s own clinical experience, benchmarked against a stated European objective (2,000 words; 5–10 references in Vancouver style; up to 4 tables and 4 figures). The written project is submitted on the learning platform by 12:00 on the Wednesday of the on-campus week (25 points) and presented to a faculty panel on the final afternoon — a 5-minute presentation followed by questions (15 points).40 points
Formative self-assessment (not graded)At the end of each webinar week: 10 multiple-choice questions (WHEEL) or 15 (Cardiometabolic), with worked answers, for practice. Separate from the mid-term examination and the capstone project.—
To pass: at least 51 of 100 points overall; at least 11 of 60 in the mid-term examination to sit the final assessment; and the host university’s minimum for the capstone project (20 or 24 of 40 points). AI tools may be used, but every use must be declared in writing; the oral presentation tests the student’s own reasoning.
Grading scale (European credit framework)
GradePoints
A · Excellent91–100
B · Very good81–90
C · Good71–80
D · Satisfactory61–70
E · Sufficient51–60
FX · Not passed41–50 (one additional final assessment permitted)
F · Fail0–40
Reading list

Key references

Every session is anchored to named, dated and externally verifiable sources. Links open in a new tab.

European policy and law
  1. European Commission. Gender Equality Strategy 2026–2030. Adopted 5 March 2026.
  2. Interinstitutional Proclamation on the European Pillar of Social Rights (2017/C 428/09), principle 16.
  3. European Commission. Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. COM(2021) 44 final.
  4. Council Recommendation of 9 December 2022 on strengthening prevention through early detection: cancer screening (2022/C 473/01).
  5. European Commission. Union of Equality: Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021–2030. COM(2021) 101 final.
  6. Directive 2011/24/EU on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare.
  7. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — Artificial Intelligence Act.
  8. Regulation (EU) 2025/327 — European Health Data Space.
  9. Regulation (EU) 2021/2282 — health technology assessment.
Clinical guidelines and consensus
  1. Hickey M, et al. An empowerment model for managing menopause. Lancet 2024;403:947–957.
  2. Lambrinoudaki I, et al. Menopause, wellbeing and health: a care pathway from the European Menopause and Andropause Society. Maturitas 2022;163:1–14.
  3. NICE guideline NG23: Menopause — identification and management (updated November 2024).
  4. Maas AHEM, et al. Cardiovascular health after menopause transition, pregnancy disorders, and other gynaecologic conditions. Eur Heart J 2021;42:967–984.
  5. Vogel B, et al. The Lancet women and cardiovascular disease Commission. Lancet 2021;397:2385–2438.
  6. Kanis JA, et al. European guidance for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Osteoporos Int 2019;30:3–44.
  7. Kanis JA, et al. Algorithm for the management of patients at low, high and very high risk of osteoporotic fractures. Osteoporos Int 2020;31:1–12.
  8. Eigenbrodt AK, et al. Diagnosis and management of migraine in ten steps. Nat Rev Neurol 2021;17:501–514.
  9. Steiner TJ, et al. Aids to management of headache disorders in primary care (2nd edition). J Headache Pain 2019;20:57.
  10. Kooij JJS, et al. Updated European Consensus Statement on diagnosis and treatment of adult ADHD. Eur Psychiatry 2019;56:14–34.
  11. NICE technology appraisal guidance TA1152 (comparator for post-menopausal cardiometabolic risk). May 2026.

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