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Diploma In Public Health (DPH)

Fees: GBP £7500.00 / GBP £3999.00 / GBP £3999.00 Mode: Blended Learning

Course Key Points

Course Code: PGDPH-97864
Subject Area: Public Health
Duration: 12 months / 24 months
Mode: Qualification
Credit: 240.00

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Why Study This Course

Diploma in Public Health is Diploma level Hospital and Healthcare Management course. Diploma in Public Health (DPH) is designed to develop public health skills at the postgraduate level. Candidates are required to hold a degree or to have appropriate professional qualifications and experience. This course utilizes a variety of teaching and learning techniques.The course provides a highly engaging, richly informative and convenient educational opportunity for busy healthcare professionals and will be accessible through a dedicated state-of-the-art online learning environment.

It covers all traditional areas of Policy, Communicable Disease Control, Epidemiology, Statistics, Social determinants of health, the Impact of political policy and health infrastructure. However, this programme offers so much more. It covers areas such as climate change, gender and race discrimination, healthy cities and global mental health and has a significant emphasis on health promotion.

Entry Requirement
This course is aimed at clinicians, but will be open to any applicant who meets the entry requirements. For admission to the programme applicants will need either a good medical degree or degree equivalent from a recognised academic institution or an appropriate professional qualification or experience acceptable to the course director and Research Council of Health, London. If your first language is not English, you must provide evidence of your English language proficiency. You must be IT literate to complete these highly interactive courses online and have access to a computer with a printer and a reliable internet connection. For further information please contact our Admission Team.
Tuition Fees
Fees : £3999.00
For 12 Months
Details : 12 months (120 Credits) - Full Time - Undertaking this Diploma programme is a serious commitment, requiring weekly contact hours in addition to numerous hours of independent learning and research in order to progress at the required level. When coursework or examination deadlines are approaching independent learning hours may need to increase significantly. FULL TIME (120 Credits ) BLENDED LEARNING FEES £3999.00
Fees : £7500.00
For 24 Months
Details : 24 months (240 Credits) Full-Time Undertaking this Diploma programme is a serious commitment, requiring weekly contact hours in addition to numerous hours of independent learning and research in order to progress at the required level. When coursework or examination deadlines are approaching independent learning hours may need to increase significantly. FULL TIME 240 Credits) BLENDED LEARNING FEES £7500.00
Fees : £2199.00

Details : Part Time - £2199.00 Per Year Part-time study options often mean that the number of modules taken is reduced per semester, with the full modules required to complete the programme spread over two academic years. Teaching is generally done during the day and part-time students should contact the course convener to get an idea of when these teaching hours are likely to take place. Timetables are likely to be finalised in September but you may be able to gain an expectation of what will be required. PART TIME BLENDED LEARNING £2199.00 Per Year
Course Structure
Applied aspects of Preventive Medicine, Biostatistics, Environment & Health, Nutrition & Health, Epidemiology, Microbiology, Protozoology, Entomology, Helminthology, Epidemiology of communicable diseases, Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases, Mental health, Geriatrics, Reproductive & Child Health (RCH), Social sciences, Medical Ethics, Demography & Population Control, Occupational Health, Health care delivery system, Health management & health planning, Health Economics, International Health & Telemedicine, Public health administration, Health Education & Communication,, Role of NGO in health care delivery system Public Health Chemistry,
Learning and Assessment
Assessment will be based on written assignments, posters and oral presentations, multiple choice questions (MCQ) and short-answer question (SAQ) examinations, and a full laboratory project write-up. Dissertation : 10,000 - 15,000 words.
Career and Placement
This programme is directly delivered through online learning portal, you will have access to video and audio recordings of all onsite lectures, as well as video tutorials for any lab based elements of the course. All written assignments will be submitted through the portal, while poster and oral presentations will be assessed via Skype. Exams can be sat onsite or you can arrange to sit these at a suitable venue more local to you. You are encouraged to interact with teaching staff and other students in online discussion forums, join group activities and be part of the RCH London's student community.