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List of Courses
* All credit hours are based on the current term, this may vary for previous terms.
| BSTA110 - Biostatistics & Epidemiology 1 |
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| BSTA118 - Biostatistics & Epidemiology 2 |
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| BSTA309 - Advanced Epidemiology |
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| CMPH601 - Fundamentals of Public Health |
(3 credit hours) |
AIM: This module is designed to give an answer to the question ?what is public health?? and to introduce the main concepts, principles, and practices of public health, illustrated by selected major topics in both high income countries and emerging economies.
OBJECTIVES
By the end of this module students should be able to:
(i) demonstrate an understanding of the sources and uses of key demographic data in describing health including census data and life tables;
(ii) demonstrate an understanding of the major public health issues of local and global importance
(iii) communicate to others the major threats to health and their distribution within populations;
(iv) Explain the nature, strengths and weaknesses of the main types of public health interventions.
(v) explore the problems of dealing with uncertainty in making public health policies;
(vi) interpret and evaluate work that applies the key public health approaches
(vii) discuss how environmental issues are addressed in current public health practice
(viii) evaluate global environmental changes in terms of health impacts and causes
(ix) understand the genetic determinants of health
(x) understand the role that society plays in health
(xi) demonstrate an understanding of global trends in food supply and dietary patterns and their impact on health and nutrition of populations.
(xii) Describe the principles of screening and current applications
(xiii) explore ethics issues and their importance to epidemiology and public health;
(xiv) explain the philosophy underpinning public health action, how it has evolved and how to apply it to health policies;
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| CMPH602 - Biostatistics 1 |
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AIM: To introduce the basic statistical methods used in public health research. As part of this introduction, students will learn to make practical use of SPSS.
OBJECTIVES
By the end of this module students should be able to:
(i) describe the role of statistical methods in public health research;
(ii) present results effectively by making appropriate displays, summaries, and tables of data;
(iii) appreciate the problem of sampling variation, and the role of statistical methods in quantifying this;
(iv) select an appropriate statistical method for the analysis of simple data sets;
(v) correctly interpret the results of statistical analyses reported in the health literature;
(vi) perform simple statistical analyses using SPSS
(vii) interpret their findings from statistical analyses and present these findings in a clear, concise, and logical manner.
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| CMPH603 - Epidemiological Methods |
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AIM: To provide an introduction to the basic concepts and methods of epidemiology.
OBJECTIVES
By the end of the module students should be able to:
(i) understand and apply measures of disease incidence (risk, rate and odds) and prevalence, and measures of effect (e.g. relative and absolute risk);
(ii) assess strengths and limitations of different sources of epidemiological data on health status and health service utilization in both industrialized and developing countries;
(iii) demonstrate understanding of the basic principles underlying different study designs, including cross-sectional, cohort, case-control and intervention studies;
(iv) assess strengths and limitations of different study designs including qualitative studies;
(v) identify problems caused by random errors, bias and confounding in interpreting epidemiological data;
(vi) distinguish between statistical association and causality;
(vii) assess advantages and disadvantages of different preventive strategies, including the use of measures of public health impact to anticipate their potential benefits;
(viii) appreciate the practical benefits and limitations of different forms of epidemiological evidence in formulating and influencing public health policy decisions; and
(ix) understand the concepts of sensitivity, specificity and predictive values.
(x) learn how to read and critique a journal paper, pose a research question, write a research protocol, design a questionnaire, use electronic databases and write a scientific paper.
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| CMPH604 - Health Care Eva.&Needs Ass. |
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HEALTH CARE EVALUATION AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT :
AIM: To provide students with an overview and critical appreciation of the assessment of health needs and the evaluation of health care.
OBJECTIVES
By the end of this module students should:
(i) Appreciate how health service provision and use are assessed
(ii) Describe how quality in health care is defined and measured
(iii) Understand what methods are available for assessment of health needs
(iv) Critically appraise examples of health needs assessment
(v) Understand the place of audit and governance in health care
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| CMPH605 - Public Health Management |
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PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT :
AIM: To provide students with a range of ways of thinking about health services and health systems. Drawing on epidemiology, history, medicine, economics and sociology, the module will help students understand how services function, the reasons services have developed in the way they have, the basis of some universal, persistent problems, and possible solutions to such difficulties.
OBJECTIVES
(i) describe some of the basic functions of health services and outline the reasons why services have developed in the way they have;
(ii) explain how the disciplines of epidemiology, history, medicine, sociology and economics each contribute unique insights to understanding how a health service functions;
(iii) describe and give examples of the inputs, processes and outcomes of health services;
(iv) critically examine responses to challenges to health services in different countries;
(v) analyse key, persistent and widespread problems in providing health services and suggest approaches to resolving these problems.
(vi) review different theoretical approaches and concepts used in policy analysis;
(vii) analyse the political system within which policies are made and the contextual factors that lead to policy change;
(viii) identify the different arenas involved in health policy, the actors within these arenas, and the key features of processes of policy identification, formulation, and implementation;
(ix) plan how to use in research and/or decision-making the policy analysis framework introduced during the module
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| CMPH606 - Health Promotion&Dis. Prevent. |
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Health Promotion and Disease Prevention:
AIM: To provide students with an overview and a critical appreciation of the nature and purpose of health promotion.
OBJECTIVES
By the end of this module students should understand:
(i) the historical development of health promotion around the world
(ii) various approaches to the definition of health;
(iii) proposed mechanisms to promote health via various social interventions;
(iv) the way in which theories and principles from history, psychology, sociology, ethics, epidemiology, biology, and communication and marketing theory have been used to inform health promotion.
CONSTITUENCY: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention will be compulsory for all students on the MPH programme and the Family Medicine Residency. It may be relevant to some PhD students as part of their course work.
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| CMPH607 - Health Protection |
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Health Protection:
AIM: To provide a multidisciplinary framework for understanding the principles of interventions against infectious diseases, environmental hazards and emergency preparedness.
OBJECTIVES
By the end of this module students should be able to:
(i) appreciate the tools and intervention that are available for communicable disease control including laboratory diagnosis
(ii) describe the main infectious diseases of public health importance in the different regions of the world;
(iii) outline the measures for prevention and control of these diseases
(iv) know how to approach the management of an infectious disease incident
(v) know how to approach the management of a chemical or radiological incident
CONSTITUENCY: This module is a compulsory core module for all MPH students.
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| CMPH608 - Biostatistics (PharmD) |
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Aim: To introduce the basic statistical methods used in scientific pharamaceutical practice and research. As part of this introduction, students will be introduced to the statistical package SPSS.
Objectives:
By the end of this module students should be able to:
(i) describe the role of statistical methods in biomedical reseach.
(ii) present results effectively by making appropriate displays, summaries, and tables of data;
(iii) appreciate the problem of sampling variation, and the role of statistical methods in quantifying this;
(iv) select an appropriate statistical method for the analysis of simple data sets;
(v) correctly interpret the results of statistical analyses reported in the health literature;
(vi) perform simple statistical analyses using SPSS
(vii) interpret their findings from statistical analyses and present these findings in a clear, concise, and logical manner.
Audience: DPharm students and other masters level students.
Teaching methods
Lectures will introduce topics and students will learn by working through exercises in practical sessions and by discussion in the practical sessions. Use will be made of SPSS during practical sessions in the computer laboratory.
Learning Time: Total contact learning time is 35 hours including assessment and examination.
Assessment: Students will undertake a written examination comprising MCQs and SAQs.
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| CMPH609 - Introduction to MPH |
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| CMPH611 - Advanced Biostatistics |
(3 credit hours) |
AIM: This module will build on the Biostatistics ! module and will introduce students to advanced statistical methods used in public health research. Students will use SPSS and other software packages. .
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By the end of this module students should be able to:
(i) describe the role of advanced statistical methods such as multivariate methods and survival analysis in public health research;
(ii) correctly interpret the results of statistical analyses reported in the health literature;
(iii) perform advanced statistical analyses using SPSS
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| CMPH612 - Qualitative Research Methods |
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| CMPH613 - Occupational Health |
(2 credit hours) |
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To provide students with an thorough overview of the scope and content and modern occupational health practice. This module will cover the curriculum and provide the necessary academic training for students to sit the accreditation examination of most boards, colleges and faculties of occupational medicine.
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By the end of this module students should be able to :
(i) describe the content and scope of occupational health and the organisation of modern occupational health services
(ii) explain the concepts of hazard and risk
(iii) explain the effects of work on health and of health on work
(iv) describe how evidence base for the effects of occupation on health has been assembled
(v) describe the legal and ethical aspects of occupational health
(vi) explain how chemical exposure at work can affect health
(vii) describe the management of a range of clinical conditions that are linked to occupation including mental health problems, skin diseases, respiratory conditions etc
(viii) explain how to assess occupational health problems including workplace measurements and testing of individual workers.
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This module is intended for MPH students for whom it is one of the options.
It will also be of relevance to occupational health physicians and nurses, occupational hygienists and safety practitioners, as well as human resource and personnel managers with responsibility for corporate health and safety. It is also suitable for family doctors undertaking occupational health sessions, appointed factory doctors, and doctors in other branches of medicine who would like to learn more about occupational medicine.
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| CMPH614 - Assignments 1 |
(2 credit hours) |
Written assignments:
During the course students will complete three substantial written assignments.
These will provide an opportunity to pursue a specific area of public health in depth and to demonstrate the knowledge and skills acquired during the taught part of the course.
The final assignment will require the student to demonstrate that he/she can integrate the various strands of learning acquired during the course to provide a substantial and worthwhile contribution to public health understanding.
Examples of assignments are as follows:
1. A systematic review of literature and research related to a specific topic. This may be a critical review and summary for the purpose of making recommendations for development of a program, change in policy, establishment of standards or program evaluation.
2. A program plan which addresses a significant health problem in a community (community may be defined by geography, ethnicity, worksite, medical practice or insurance plan).
3. A research design or protocol. This would be completed up to data collection phase, including construction of data collection instruments, plans to pilot test the instrument, and methods of analysis of data.
4. A research paper involving data analysis to address a specific problem. These data may be routine data or ad hoc data acquired by the student in the course of their work or I the course of their work or may be obtained 's participation in a faculty investigator's research project, using pre-existing data sources, or by primary data collection.
5. A program evaluation involving primary data collection and analysis.
6. A policy analysis in which a current or pending health policy is analysed from different perspectives.
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| CMPH615 - Clinical Epidemiology |
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AIM: To provide an introduction to the main issues in clinical epidemiology including the design, analysis and interpretation of clinical trials.
OBJECTIVES: By the end of this module students should be able to:
(i) describe the principles of systematic reviews
(ii) describe different ways of measuring outcomes
(iii) explain the principles of clinical trials in investigating and ensuring efficacy and safety of treatments;
(iv) understand survival analysis and other ways of describing prognosis
(v) explore key decisions surrounding design, delivery and assessment of clinical trials; and
(vi) explain the principles of trial conduct, reporting and meta-analyses.
CONSTITUENCY: This module is intended for MPH and PhD students. All other students with an interest in clinical epidemiology are welcome.
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| CMPH616 - Assignments 2 |
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Written assignments:
During the course students will complete three substantial written assignments.
These will provide an opportunity to pursue a specific area of public health in depth and to demonstrate the knowledge and skills acquired during the taught part of the course.
The final assignment will require the student to demonstrate that he/she can integrate the various strands of learning acquired during the course to provide a substantial and worthwhile contribution to public health understanding.
Examples of assignments are as follows:
1. A systematic review of literature and research related to a specific topic. This may be a critical review and summary for the purpose of making recommendations for development of a program, change in policy, establishment of standards or program evaluation.
2. A program plan which addresses a significant health problem in a community (community may be defined by geography, ethnicity, worksite, medical practice or insurance plan).
3. A research design or protocol. This would be completed up to data collection phase, including construction of data collection instruments, plans to pilot test the instrument, and methods of analysis of data.
4. A research paper involving data analysis to address a specific problem. These data may be routine data or ad hoc data acquired by the student in the course of their work or I the course of their work or may be obtained 's participation in a faculty investigator's research project, using pre-existing data sources, or by primary data collection.
5. A program evaluation involving primary data collection and analysis.
6. A policy analysis in which a current or pending health policy is analysed from different perspectives.
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| CMPH617 - Environmental Public Health |
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AIM: This module will focus on the ways in which the environment can affect health. Students will be introduced to study designs in environmental health including ways in which exposure and outcomes are measured. The following topics will also be covered: environmental monitoring, surveillance systems for environmentally determined disease, investigation of disease clusters, GIS, main environmental hazards (chemicals, radiation) and media (soil, food, water, air). Students will also consider sustainability, climate change and environmental legislation and regulation. The focus will be on both high income countries and emerging economies.
OBJECTIVES
By the end of this module students should be able to:
(i) Demonstrate an understanding of the sources and uses of data for environmental public health.
(ii) Describe the main methodologies for investigating the effect of the environment on health
(iii) Understand exposure paths and exposure measurement
(iv) Describe the ways in which physical and chemical agents in the environment affect living organisms
(v) Describe how the effects of these agents can be measured
(vi) Describe how environmental incidents are recognised, investigated and managed
(vii) Describe the main environmental hazards and exposure routes
(viii) Know about cluster investigation , GIS, air pollution, soil contamination
(ix) Know about sustainability issues and climate change
(x) Describe how environmental hazards are monitored and controlled including legislation and regulation
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| CMPH618 - Current issues in PublicHealth |
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AIM: To allow students to build on their appreciation of current public health priorities and controversies by participating in a series of cutting edge graduate seminars
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By the end of this module students should be able to:
(i) Describe the key global, regional and local public health problems and issues.
(ii) Research a given public health problem using a variety of data sources and to critically present the evidence and lead a debate amongst his/her peers.
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| CMPH622 - Chronic Disease Epidemiology |
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| CMPH623 - Assignment 3 |
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| CMPH626 - ClinicalEpidemiology&ChronicDi |
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Graduate, lecture, English language.
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| CMPH629 - Skills for Public Health Pract |
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| CMPH701 - Research&Proposal Writing Proc |
(5 credit hours) |
Research and Proposal Writing Process for Doctoral Students.
This course covers:
The strucrure and content of the dissertation proposal.
The dissertation proposal writing process
Peer review and manuscript development
Proposal development skills
Skills for oral presentation and defense of research in both academic and professional settings.
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| PHCM560 - Public Health &Community MD |
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| PHCM640 - Public Health & Community MD |
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