Master of Public Health (MPH)

Programme Educational Objectives (PEOs)

The Master of Public Health (MPH) program aims to prepare the graduates with the following objectives:

PEO1. Graduates shall be able to provide solutions to pressing public health issues and allied areas by adopting public health approach, prevention and health promotion initiates, public health management strategies and use of tools and techniques of public health.

PEO2. Graduates shall be able to perceive the limitation and impact of population health solutions in social, cultural, legal, environmental, economical and multidisciplinary contexts.

PEO3. Graduates shall demonstrate professional and ethical responsibilities and thrive to reinforce their knowledge being a part of higher educational programmes.

Programme Outcomes (POs)

Public health graduates will be able to: 

PO1. Education: Provide public health education that equips students for a public health career.

PO2. Research: Undertake evidence based research and application of knowledge into practice in public health.

PO3. Service: Facilitate preventive, promotive, rehabilitative and palliative services to the people.

PO4. Leadership: Apply principles of leadership, management and governance for fostering collaboration, problem solving and decision making.

PO5: The Public Health Professional and Society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional public health practice.

PO6: Environment and Sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional public health solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.

PO7. Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the public health practice.

PO8. Individual and Team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.

PO9. Communication: Communicate effectively on complex public health activities with the public health community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.

PO10. Project Management and Finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the public health and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage public health programs/projects and in multidisciplinary environments.

PO11. Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and lifelong learning in the broadest context of technological change in public health.

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs)

PSO1. Design population based policy and programs to prevent disease and promote health.

PSO2. Apply multiple dimensions of the policy-making process and its implementation for population health.

PSO3. Apply appropriate epidemiological methods in public health practice.

PSO4. Demonstrate knowledge and skills for advocacy with appropriate authorities for healthy public policies and services.

Course Outcomes (COs)

SEMESTER-I
PE5101 – Principles and Practices of Public Health:
At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
1. Define Public health & its scope
2. Recognize core functions, essential services and core competencies in public health
3. Describe the Indian healthcare delivery system,
4. Utilize the principles and practices of public health in different resource constraint
scenario
5. Describe the contemporary public health issues and challenges

PE5103 – Introduction to Health System and Policy in Developing Countries:

By the end of this module, the students will able to:
1. Define and describe different health systems across the globe
2. Explain different levels of healthcare delivery system and related issues in India
3. Enlist the global commitments such as MDGs, SDGs, Universal health coverage, and
its achievements
4. Describe the process of policy formulation and health and related policy analysis
5. Explain the process of health policy making, advocacy with stakeholders and contextual
factors affecting policy decisions.

PE5105: Health management: Management principles and practices:

By the end of this module, student will able to:
1. Enlist key management principles and practices
2. Describe planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of health programmes
3. Explain risks in public health project and programme management
4. Apply tools & techniques for effective public health program management
5. Demonstrate public health managerial and leadership skills
6. Conduct operational research to improve public health programme management

PE5107: Basic Epidemiology including communicable and non-communicable diseases:

By the end of this module, students will able to:
1. Appreciate the application epidemiology in public health practice
2. Describe basic concepts of epidemiology
3. Apply tools and techniques to measure and compare disease burden in community
4. Design and conduct epidemiological studies
5. Enlist the disease surveillance activities