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PU5520: PUBLIC HEALTH SEMINAR SERIES (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:38


Course Overview

The aim of this course is to develop an understanding of public health and how research skills can be applied in practice. Students will develop a critical awareness of the 3 domains of public health: health protection, health promotion and health service improvement. Topics covered by the course include: Health Care Needs and Services; Health Protection and Environmental Health; Health Improvement; Health Screening; Health Psychology; Health Economics; Organisation and Management of Healthcare; Policy and Strategy

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session Second Sub Session Credit Points 0 credits (0 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Amudha Poobalan

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Either MSc Global Health and Management (Studied) or MSc Public Health Research (Studied)
  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

At the end of this course the students will be equipped to:

·         Interpret and present health information

·         Apply needs assessment theory to research

·         Apply epidemiology methods to health protection

·         Understand health promotion theory

·         Evaluate a screening programme

·         Understand how health psychology relates to maintain health, preventing and treating disease

·         Understand and apply the basic principles of economic appraisal

·         Apply management models and theories to the public health context

·         Draw out policy implications from research

 

This course will be delivered through a combination of teaching methods including lectures, interactive group sessions and self-directed small group research with a 2 hour session on Wednesday afternoon in the second semester.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

The Seminar series will not be assessed separately but will ne incorporated into the overall thesis.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.

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