Institute for International Health and Development - IIHD

Increasingly, professionals in the health care field in low and middle income countries need to have a firm understanding of emerging issues.

Each year IIHD offers a series of short courses. Participants of the professional development courses will receive a certificate of attendance from the Institute.

However, participants wishing to gain an award may register for a post graduate certificate. The modules are then taken for credit on a part-time basis each year. A PG Cert requires 60 credits and a post graduate diploma requires 120 credits. If you do a dissertation in addition to the short courses, you will gain 180 credits.

If you register for an award, you can have up to 4 years for a PG Cert, 5 years for a PG Dip and 7 years for a MSc to complete in part-time mode.

Classes are held at the new Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh campus which students will find charming and relaxing (www.qmu.ac.uk). Edinburgh is the lively capital of Scotland with a rich cultural life and close access to the beautiful Scottish countryside, the highlands of Scotland and the lovely Scottish Borders.

Short courses and module descriptions in Semester 1:

• Health Economics
• Health Related Research
• Health Systems Development
• International Health & Social Policy
• International Public Health
• Social Development Policy and Practice

Short courses and module descriptions in Semester 2:

• Project Design & Management
• Sexual & Reproductive Health
• Gender, Health & Development
• Psychosocial Intervention with War-Affected Populations, Displaced Persons & Refugees
• Policy & Practice in Complex Emergencies
• HIV & Development
• Social Justice
• Research Design and Planning
• Participatory Appraisal and Evaluation

Short courses and module descriptions - Distance Learning

• Research Design and Planning by Distance Learning (new pilot module)
• Psychosocial Interventions by Distance Learning

Short courses and module descriptions in HRH (2 weeks only)

• Workforce Planning
• Leading Change
• Managing and Developing the Workforce
• Strategic Human Resources Management

Note: All assignments for above modules are required to be submitted 3 weeks after final lecture. Also note that although some of these courses have similar dates, you can take more than one course as lectures are either in morning or afternoon - no lectures run at the same time.

Courses will run subject to availability - contact us for details.