Campus
Birmingham (Edgbaston)
Course overview
This ten day course will equip you with the skills to analyse and critique the health improvement and promotion policy, strategies and practice, enabling you to demonstrate your own comprehension using the appropriate resources.
The aim of this short course is to introduce students to core concepts and principles which underpin health improvement and health promotion as it is practised in England today.
Public Health is a population-based activity devoted to promoting and protecting health and well-being, preventing ill-health and prolonging life through the organised efforts of society. It consists of three main areas of activity: health improvement (health promotion), health service quality and health protection.
This module will establish the common principles which underpin health promotion practice, and then focus on teaching key concepts and approaches to health improvement activities.
Course delivery
The module will consist of lectures, expert seminars, and small group teaching supported by different forms of enquiry-based learning.
On completion, you should be able to:
- Discuss critically the health improvement and promotion policy, theories and research which underpin delivery of present-day health improvement activities.
- Consider and evaluate health improvement and promotion priorities, strategies and methods used with individuals, groups, partnerships and communities.
- Analyse critically issues of power, ethics and politics within health improvement and health promotion policy and practice.
- Demonstrate the ability to manage your own learning, and to make critical use of relevant resources.
Course dates
3-7 February and 17-21 March
Assessment
One structured written proposal (max 2000 words) critically and succinctly describing the development, implementation and evaluation of a specified activity to improve health within a defined population.
Credits
20 credits
Teaching staff
Academics involved in the delivery of this module
Jayne Parry
Professor of Policy and Public Health
Staff profile page for Jayne Parry, Professor of Policy and Public Health in the Department of Applied Health Sciences
Miranda Pallan
Professor of Child and Adolescent Public Health
Department of Health Sciences
Staff profile Dr Miranda Pallan, Professor of Child and Adolescent Public Health and MBChB Senior Tutor at the Department of Applied Health Sciences
Marie Murphy
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Sciences
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Entry requirements
Degree level entry requirement.
For further information, please contact the programme team at mph@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Fees and scholarships
- £1,170
Home microcredential fee
Application process
You can choose to study this course as either a microcredential or a non-credit CPD short course.
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 Â鶹¾«Ñ¡
- 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 short course are limited so please enquire before if spaces are available.