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May 13, 2004
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: MSc in Public Health (General)
University: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Department: Department of Public Health and Policy
Location: London, United Kingdom
This stream: provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to improve the health of populations, communities and particular groups within them. The focus is mainly on the more industrialised countries. The emphasis is on the use, development and critical evaluation of conceptual models, evidence and methods of analysis, and on practical, effective interventions. Graduates from this stream work in health care, health policy and public health organisations at local, national and international level in service and academic public health roles.
By the end of this stream students should be able to demonstrate ability to apply knowledge of the core disciplines of public health, consisting of statistics; epidemiology; health economics; and social research, to real world health problems. In addition, they should be able to (i) critically assess key public health functions; (ii) demonstrate knowledge and skills in a range of topics related to public health; (iii) formulate, implement and evaluate appropriate policy responses to public health problems, and (iv) show competence in critically evaluating and communicating research evidence.
For more details on the program, please visit:
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/masters/
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk
