Curriculum design & teaching methods

The MPH programme is an intensive 12-month programme.

• The School uses a multidisciplinary problem-based learning approach to attain its stated mission and goals with the primary areas being: Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Social and Behavioural Sciences (Medical Anthropology), Health Systems Management, Health Economics and Financing, and Environmental Health.
• The programme has three parts: (i) core courses on the fundamentals of public health offered during the 1st semester; (ii) courses on public health practice in the 2nd semester; and (iii) independent study/research.

The curriculum is designed to be innovative and intensely community oriented so as to provide unique opportunities in hands-on field experience in rural and urban settings. Active participatory learning methods in the classroom and in the field are used to foster self-learning skills. Evaluations of both students and faculty are continuous to assure flexible and responsive course adaptations.