Post Graduate Diploma

Objectives

To enhance the capacity of the public health managerial workforce through the conduct and delivery of a specially designed postgraduate diploma course in Public Health Management.

Eligibility

Applicants should have a graduate/postgraduate degree in medicine, AHCM, dental, nursing, pharmacy, health sciences, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, natural/life sciences, management, social sciences, social work, economics, statistics or any equivalent qualification. Candidates with work experience in health/ development sector will be given preference.

 

COURSE MODULES

First Semester

PGPH601; Human Resource Management                                                3Credits

PGPH602; Health Communication and Promotion                                  3Credits

PGPH603; Financial Management                                                               3Credits

PGPH604; Public Health Nutrition                                                              3Credits

PGPH605; Logistic Planning, Distribution/ Inventory Management    3Credits

PGPH606; Project Management                                                                   3Credits

PGPH607; Communicable Diseases                                                            3Credits

PGPH608; Research Methods and Operations Research                       3Credits

PGPH609; Environmental and Occupational Health                              3Credits

 

Second Semester

PGPH610; Health Systems and Health Sector Reforms                          3Credits

PGPH611; Health Management Information Systems                             3Credits

PGPH612; Quality, Equity and Access to Health Care                             3Credits

PGPH613; Organizational Behaviour                                                          3Credits

PGPH614; Urban Health Issues                                                                    3Credits

PGPH615; Non-Communicable Diseases                                                   3Credits

PGPH616; Health Policy and Health Care Planning                                 3Credits

PGPH617; Student Seminar                                                                          3Credits

PGPH618; Research Project                                                                          6Credits

 

PROGRAMME COMPETENCIES

• Program planning and management
• Project development and management, monitoring and evaluation
• Good understanding of national health programmes and guidelines
• Health Policy and Environment Analysis at District, State, and National Levels
• Practical knowledge of conducting primary quantitative and qualitative research

including tool development and data collection, data management etc.

• Data analysis using statistical packages and report writing
• Adequate managerial skills including Human Resource Management, Financial
• Management and Logistics and Drug distribution