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MPH in health policy and management

MPH in health policy and management

Objectives of the program

The general objective of the graduate program is to produce a community-based task oriented high caliber professionals in health systems management.

Specific objectives

·   To train health systems management specialists who will provide critical leadership, management and ensure ethical governance to achieve sustainable improvement in health systems.

·   To develop health systems management specialist capable of planning, organizing, leading and controlling of health programs, health projects , health service organizations and health systems.

·   To build up health systems management specialists who can produce and analyze health policy and program.

·   To produce health systems management specialists at every level of the health system who can initiate and manage the monitoring and evaluation of health programs and projects.

·   To develop health systems management specialists who undertake applied research in health system.

·   To develop health systems management specialists capable of using new technologies to achieve goals of the health systems.

·   To train health systems management specialists who can play a role of health development leadership in Ethiopia, Africa and elsewhere in the globe.

 

Course break down

YEAR I SEMESTER I

SN

Course Name

Cr Hr

YI SI (17 CR.hr)

 

 

1

Data management and statistical software

3

2

Biostatistics I

2

3

Epidemiology I

2

4

Principles of Health Education

2

5

Introduction to health systems management

2

6

Introduction to Global health

2

7

Health facilities management

2

8

Health project management

2

YI SII (19 CR.hr)

 

 

9

Biostatistics II

4

10

Health systems research methods

3

11

Advanced health systems management

3

12

Health Economics

4

13

Health policy making and analysis

3

14

Health system internship

2

Y II SI (7 Cr Hr)

 

 

15

Health ethics and public health laws

1

16

DTTP

4

17

Thesis work 1

2

Y II S II

 

 

18

Thesis Work II

4

Total

 

47