postgraduate study in Public Health

Structure and Syllabus

The Postgraduate Certificate consists of the four compulsory core modules
(PHM101, PHM102, PHM103, PHM104) plus 2 further PHM1 modules.
The Postgraduate Diploma consists of the four compulsory core modules, 2 further PHM1 modules, plus 4 elective modules (at least 2 must be taken from selection group PH2, the remainder chosen from the selection groups listed below).
The MSc consists of the four compulsory core modules, 1 stream-specific PHM1 module, 1 further PHM1 module, 1 stream-specific PHM2 module, plus EITHER 7 elective modules OR 4 elective modules and a project report (at least 3 of the elective modules must be taken from
selection group PHM2, the remainder chosen from the list below).

Key to streams
There are four streams to the MSc:
· E&H - Environment & Health
· HP - Health Promotion
· HSM - Health Services Management
· Gen - General stream

To gain an MSc with a particular stream, you must complete the relevant compulsory modules for that stream. These are marked C in the table below. Modules marked R are recommended for that stream. Where no compulsory or recommended mark is made, module choice is optional.

Four compulsory core modules:	E&H	HP	HSM	Gen
Basic epidemiology [PHM101]	C	C	C	C
Basic statistics for public health and policy [PHM102]	C	C	C	C
Introduction to health economics [PHM103]	C	C	C	C
Principles of social research [PHM104]	C	C	C	C
Additional PHM1 core modules:
Issues in public health [PHM105]	R			C
Environment, health and sustainable development [PHM106]	C
Health promotion theory [PHM107]		C
Health services [PHM108]			C
Health policy, process and power [PHM109]		R	R	R
PHM2 elective modules:
Analytical models for decision making [PHM201]			R
Communicable disease control [PHM202]	R	R		R
Economic analysis for management and policy [PHM203]			R
Economic evaluation [PHM204]				R
Environmental epidemiology [PHM205]	R
Environmental health policy [953P206]	C	R		R
Health care evaluation [PHM207]		R	R	R
Financial management [PHM208]			R
Globalisation and health [PHM209]	R	R		R
Managing health services [PHM210]			R
Medical anthropology in public health [PHM211]	R	R
Organisational management [PHM212]			C	R
Principles and practice of health promotion [PHM213]	R	C		R
History and health [PHM215]	R	R		R
Project report [PHM305]

Selection groups
Elective module from group EPM2
Statistical methods in epidemiology [EPM202]
Elective modules from group IDM2
Bacterial infections [IDM201]
Nutrition and infection [IDM202]
Parasitology [IDM203]
Hospital infection [IDM205]
Water and sanitation [IDM210]
Immunology of infection and vaccines [IDM213]
Elective module from group IDM3
Epidemiology and control of infectious diseases in developing countries [IDM301]
Elective modules from group IDM5
AIDS [IDM501]
Tuberculosis [IDM502]
Malaria [IDM503]

Notes:

All PHM1 modules successfully completed will be assigned 10 credits each; all PHM2 modules will be assigned 15 credits each; the project report will be assigned 45 credits.
At the discretion of the Examiners, students who have been examined in and have passed three PHM1 modules may be permitted to proceed to elective module studies.
For Postgraduate Diploma/MSc students, credit for up to two modules studied at LSHTM (blended learning) may be allowed in place of one or two of the above elective modules, subject to module restrictions. An additional fee will be payable.
Note that restrictions and prerequisites may apply to some of the modules.