Organization: Queen Margaret University College
Institute for International Health & Development (IIHD), Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
This course is for middle to senior-level health professionals working, or planning to work, in developing and transitional countries. It will equip you to work effectively at a senior level to promote the health and social well-being of populations in low, middle income and transitional countries through the development of effective and responsive health systems. Participants are typically drawn from health ministries and the NGO sector.
International health is a multidisciplinary field of study that takes a global perspective on the state of peoples health, enhances knowledge and implementation of effective intervention strategies through a systematic examination of health problems, their determinants, and their solutions around the world. It examines the drivers of global health policy and determinants of health in disadvantaged populations.
Teaching, learning and assessment:
Teaching is comprised of a combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials, case studies, simulation exercises and projects. Assessment is continuous and incorporates assignments, action plans, projects and examinations. For their dissertation projects, students often collaborate with organisations working in the fields of health and development either in the UK or internationally.
Teaching hours and attendance:
Each module which you study on-campus will require you to attend classes and carry out independent work. Your attendance requirements at QMU will depend on which module you are studying and whether you are studying full or part-time.
Entry Requirements:
Honours degree or diploma, preferably in a health-related area. Diplomates should have completed the final exam of a professional body. Applicants from other backgrounds (eg social science, social anthropology) are also welcomed, if they can demonstrate understanding/ experience of health issues.
International: Students whose first language is not English are required to take an IELTS test receiving an overall score of 6.0 and no individual component score below 5.5.
Modules:
15 credits: Global Health and Social Policy/Researching Global Health and Development/Health Systems/Research Design and Proposal Writing, one core module from: Social Development Policy and Practice/International Public Health
plus three elective modules from:
- Project Design and Management
- Gender, Health and Development
- Policy and Practice in Complex Emergencies
- Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Psychosocial Interventions for Displaced Populations by Distance Learning
- Global Health Workforce Planning
- Managing and Developing the Health Workforce
- Independent Study
- Emerging Challenges in the Global Health Workforce
- Social Justice
If studying for an MSc, you will also complete a dissertation (60 credits)
Careers:
As a graduate you will be well equipped to work as an international health practitioner or as a senior health manager or policy maker in a developing country or one in economic transition. Graduates have attained such positions as: health programme manager; project consultant; human resource manager; donor agency health advisor and a variety of advanced positions within home ministries and educational institutions.
Website: http://www.qmu.ac.uk/iihd/Postgraduate_study/MSc_International_Health.htm
How to register:
September and January start dates