Institute for International Health and Development at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

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SHORT COURSES & DISTANCE LEARNING

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 (Semester 1), (Semester 2) and distance learning (Semester 3) .

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.

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh - Campus

For our distance learning courses, easy access to broadband internet and a computer is required.

Short courses and module descriptors - Semester 1: (September - December 2013)

Module Name	Module Co-ordinator	Code
Emerging Challenges in the Global Health Workforce 28 October - 15 November 2013 Link to HRH Professional Short Courses page	Karina Kielmann	NM268
Global Health & Social Policy 23 September - 17 October 2013	Suzanne Fustukian	NM265
Health Systems 16 September - 17 October 2013	Karina Kielmann	NM217
International Public Health 29 October - 28 November 2013	Oonagh O’Brien / Duane Blaauw	NM218
Researching Global Health & Development 28 October - 27 November 2013	Carola Eyber	NM264
Social Development Policy and Practice 28 October - 28 November 2013	Suzanne Fustukian	NM172

Please note: Health Economics (not offered in 2013)

Short courses and module descriptors - Semester 2: (January - April 2014)

Module Name	Module Co-ordinator	Code
Gender, Health & Development 14 January - 13 February 2014	Oonagh O’Brien	NM112
Global Health Workforce Planning 27 January - 07 February 2014 Link to HRH Professional Short Courses page	Jean Robson	NM266
HIV & Development dates to be confirmed	Oonagh O’Brien	NM100
Managing and Developing the Health Workforce 24 March - 04 April 2014 Link to HRH Professional Short Courses page	Jean Robson	NM267
Policy & Practice in Complex Emergencies(under revision) 24 February - 27 March 2014	Suzanne Fustukian	NM111
Project Design & Management 13 January - 12 February 2014	Carola Eyber	NM104
Research Design & Proposal Writing 14 January - 19 March 2014 (also see DL option below)	Bregje de Kok	NM272
Sexual & Reproductive Health 25 February - 28 March 2014	Bregje de Kok	NM198
Social Justice 13 January - 21 March 2014	Eurig Scandrett	NM153
Independent Study	Oonagh O’Brien	NM106

Please note: Psychosocial Interventions for Displaced Populations (not offered in 2014)

Distance Learning - Semester 3: (April - August 2014)

Module Name

Module Co-ordinator

Code

Psychosocial Interventions for Displaced Populations by Distance Learning

May - June 2014 dates to be confirmed (6 weeks)

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Carola Eyber

NM270

Research Design & Proposal Writing by Distance Learning

April - June 2014 dates to be confirmed (7 weeks)

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Bregje de Kok

NM273

Others - Semester 3: (April to August)

Module Name	Module Co-ordinator	Code
Dissertation	Carola Eyber	NM176
Summer Short Course in Health Economics (2013)	Barbara McPake	n/a

Modules arranged alphabetically by semester 1/2/3

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.

How to Apply

Programme Routes

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

last modified 17/05/13

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