Medicine and Health

Postgraduate Programme

Advancing knowledge and training for future of healthcare in an ever-changing environment.

An important feature of the health transition in Asia is the emergence of a double burden of infectious and increasing non-communicable diseases. The current health care delivery service with over reliance on physician-led diagnosis and management of diseases is appropriate for acute infectious and nutritional diseases. However, it may not be adequate for the emerging health challenges of the continent: the double burden of infectious and increasing non-communicable diseases. Preparing non-physician, health leaders is one of the responses to the current situation as greater investments in prevention and human resource development to manage such interventions are required.

The Jodhpur School of Public Health (JSPH) recognizes the high cost of health disparities and inequities – and their impact on the health status of individuals, communities and nations. JSPH on a larger scale will contribute to the reorganization of primary health-care services, to the integrated prevention and management of diseases, through research and training. Such contributions also include enhancing the human resources capacity to allow more tasks to be done by alternative cadres of health workers.

Programme Overview

The MPH degree programme has been offered in the Faculty of Medicine and Health since 2008 as a multidisciplinary public health degree. . Our MPH programme offers students an integrative, interdisciplinary strategy to address population and health care needs through instruction, research and service.

The MPH Degree is a demanding, interdisciplinary programme emphasizing active, student-directed learning, problem solving and the acquisition of skills essential to the practice of public health environment.

JSPH faculty

National and international experts in a variety of public health disciplines are prepared to help students apply their newfound knowledge and skills to “real world” problems, especially through capstone projects and collaborative partnerships.

Core Competencies

• Our curriculum is organized around five core disciplines: Bio Medical aspects of health, epidemiology, social and behavioural aspects of health, health policy and management, and health research. Within this core disciplines, the following are the thrust areas of the programme.For both Indian and International student, the curriculum is designed to cultivate competencies in the core areas of:

• 1. Biostatistics and Quantitative Methods
• 2. Epidemiology
• 3. Health Systems Strengthening
• 4. Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 5. Healthcare Policy
• 6. Bioethics
• 7. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Degree Requirements

The program is taught as a series of courses spread over four semesters over a two-year period. Candidates will need to complete 22 courses each curse of 3 credits, a total of 66 credits, a Master’s thesis and a comprehensive oral exam. Special emphasis is placed on practical training, with the requirement of a significant practicum experience in population-based health. The thesis and assignments provides the opportunity for students to synthesize, integrate and apply their new skills and competencies to public health problems. Courses are taught in a blended platform of in-class contact hours of 2 Weeks, complemented by distance learning.

Courses Offered

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