Public Health - iheed PGCert/PGDip/MPH

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B90U (MPH)

MPH

22 months part-time (MSc)

January, May and September dates are available

Warwick Medical School

Online

The pandemic has highlighted the essential role that Public Health plays in local, national and international healthcare. There is no shortage of demand for such professionals, with the WHO estimating a global deficit of more than 500,000 public health workers. This new Masters is very relevant. It has a contemporary curriculum designed in response to current global health needs. It covers all traditional areas of policy, communicable disease control, epidemiology, statistics, social determinants of health, the impact of political policy and health infrastructure.

Many countries are experiencing rapidly changing socio-economic landscapes, increasing urbanisation, and shifting disease patterns, underscoring the urgent need to develop a healthcare workforce possessing a comprehensive understanding of public health principles and the capacity to effectively implement them in professional practice. This programme aims to educate public health professionals who are capable of navigating the dynamic landscape of global health issues and to implement effective, evidence-based strategies and to promote health and well-being in diverse populations.

The University of Warwick / iheed Master of Public Health is a comprehensive programme, carefully designed to cover a wide range of topics relevant to public health practice, including epidemiology, population-health, health promotion, health protection, health services management, and research methods. The unique partnership between the University of Warwick and iheed brings together Warwick’s academic excellence and iheed’s unrivalled expertise in online healthcare education. This ensures that graduates are well-prepared to tackle various public health issues in a range of settings, from local communities to international organisations.

The programme cover contemporary areas such as climate change, gender and race discrimination, healthy cities, and global mental health. Our curriculum, closely aligned with the Faculty of Public Health’s Diplomate examination, provides a highly engaging, richly informative, and convenient educational opportunity for busy professionals and is accessible through a dedicated state-of-the-art online learning environment.

Through successful completion of the programme, learners will be able to:

1. Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge and critical understanding of methods of practice of public health, including disease prevention, health protection, communicable disease control and screening.
2. Demonstrate how epidemiological and statistical principles can be applied to health promotion.
3. Demonstrate a critical understanding of sociological determinants of health and illness.
4. Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of health improvement approaches.
5. Critically examine whether a public health intervention is working.
6. Formulate possible solutions to global health issues relating to health protection, health promotion, health improvement and health services.
7. Demonstrate an understanding of key economic concepts and justify the use of these concepts to support health policy and health promotion.
8. Demonstrate self-direction and originality in the critical evaluation and synthesis of the research evidence in an area of public health, and consider possible developments and improvements for implementation.
9. Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of different research methodologies and how these might be applied to research in public health and health promotion, and report the findings in the format of a journal article and an academic poster.

We adopt a student-centric approach, ensuring that the needs and priorities of our students are at the heart of everything we do.

Acknowledging the busy schedules of healthcare professionals, this part-time, wholly online course offers a state-of-the-art flexible online learning environment, allowing students to balance their studies with their personal and professional commitments. This includes a carefully considered blend of live and asynchronous learning components, enabling students to learn at their own pace and access course materials at any time, on any device.

We pride ourselves on offering personalised support to students throughout their learning journey. Many of our learners are returning to education after a significant gap so the course includes a comprehensive induction, guidance on academic writing and study and regular feedback. This helps students to overcome barriers to learning and fosters a sense of belonging and engagement within their group.

Throughout the course, students will engage in:

• Weekly online synchronous tutorials
• Stimulating weekly activities
• Tutor-moderated discussion forums
• Interactive case studies
• Practical application of the principles of public health as relevant to their professional practice.

The course recruits 3 cohorts per year, with approximately 40 students in each cohort.

Students are allocated to groups of approximately 25 based on their preference for tutorial times.

Contact Hours

Each of the core modules are assessed through a variety of methods. This includes evidence-based essays, individual presentations and reports on topics related to key elements of the curriculum.

For the Masters and the research module, assessment will comprise a research protocol, oral presentation, poster presentation and a journal article.

Reading Lists

If you would like to view reading lists for current or previous cohorts of students, most departments have reading lists available through Warwick Library on the Talis Aspire platform.

You can search for reading lists by module title, code or convenor. Please see the modules tab of this page or the module catalogue.

Please note that some reading lists may have restricted access or be unavailable at certain times of year due to not yet being published. If you cannot access the reading list for a particular module, please check again later or contact the module’s host department.

Your timetable

A personalised timetable will be provided to all students as part of the induction to the programme.

• Hold a 2:2 honours degree from a recognised institution

• Band A

There are no additional entry requirements for this course.

Core Modules – Postgraduate Certificate

Core Modules – Postgraduate Diploma

Core Modules - Masters 

• Health Screening
• Design, Analysis and Interpretation Epidemiology Research
• International Health Policy
• Introduction to Health Economics (for non-economists)
• Qualitative Research Methods in Health
• Introduction to Leadership and Management in Health Service Organisations
• Understanding Research and Critical Appraisal in Healthcare
• Global Health
• Pathways to the Public Health Workplace
• Public Mental Health and Wellbeing

Read more about the core and optional modules on the Medical School's website.

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Tuition fees for this course are arranged directly with iheed. Sponsorships, scholarships and flexible payment options are available. Please speak with one of the iheed education advisors for more information.

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