Health Protection20 credits

On completion, you should be able to:

• Describe the distribution, extent and public health impact of key communicable and non-communicable hazards.
• Describe the basic concepts of communicable and non-communicable disease surveillance, epidemiology, prevention and control.
• Describe the organisational structures involved in health protection in the UK and surveillance systems for communicable diseases.
• Understand the key principles of immunisation and management of immunisation programmes.
• Critically apply the principles and steps involved in the investigation and management of health protection incidents.
• Critically apply the basic concepts of infection control for health protection.
• Critically apply the principles of risk assessment, emergency planning and emergency preparedness, and understand the networks involved in the emergency planning process.
• Understand the role of legislation and Public Health law in the context of health protection in the UK.
• Understand the key threats associated with travel and migrant health and critically apply basic principles in the prevention of travel associated diseases.
• Understand the key concepts of exposure pathways, basic toxicology and disease cluster investigation.
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the impact of the wider determinants of health on the distribution and course of communicable diseases and non-communicable hazards.

Course dates

3-7 and 10-14 March

Assessment

• Unseen examination - 50%
• Poster presentation - 50%

Credits

20 credits

Teaching Staff

Academics involved in the delivery of this module:

• Co-Module Lead (external): Dr Patrick Saunders
• Co-Module Lead (external): Dr Harsh Duggal

Degree level entry requirement.

For further information, please contact the programme team at mph@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Why choose a Postgraduate Microcredential short course?

• Microcredentials offer the perfect opportunity to boost your CV without the commitment of a full degree
• Usually taken from existing modules within a Masters, they can be used as standalone credentials with some also counting as academic credits at postgraduate level
• Add a postgraduate level qualification to your CV
• Develop the specialist skills you need for your career goals
• Alumni status with the University of Birmingham
• Learners will have the same access to our student support and campus facilities as our students on full degree programmes.

Please note the deadline for submitting an application:

• Applicants eligible for Home fees are to apply a minimum of 6 weeks before the module start date.
• Applicants eligible for Overseas fees are to apply a minimum of 3 months before the module start date.

Please note that once registered for the microcredential you cannot swap for the non-credit short course version.

Non-credit short course

The microcredential and the non-credit short course follow the same course structure, the difference between them both is with the non-credit short course you do not take the assessment at the end therefore you will not receive credits but will receive a certificate of completion, this certificate cannot be converted to credits.

Please note if you apply for the non-credit short course, you cannot swap to the microcredential version once registered.

Places on the non-credit shortcourse are limited so please enquire before if spaces are available.