Duration: 2 years
Course description:
The Master in Public Health (MPH) program of the Zamboanga Medical School Foundation, Ateneo Graduate School is an accredited program approved by the Commission on Higher Education in the Philippines.
In contrast to other MPH programs offered in other Universities of the Philippines, the MPH as offered by the ZMSF, is an applied MPH designed to prepare graduate students to help solve the burgeoning health problems in Region 9, Mindanao and beyond.
The ZMSF MPH program nests the traditional MPH topics within critical social, political, economic, and cultural perspectives. It focuses not on disease and it's biological bases but on health and it's social, economic and political determinants. Students are exposed to critical analyses of the process involved in the social production of health. The MPH program combines modular course work and a thesis to produce graduates who understand the dependency of community health status on social, economic, cultural and political process and who are equipped to work with communities towards enhancing their health development status.
Some of the modular courses offered, likewise concentrate in the training of health professionals with leadership skills in public health, development and promotion of health, and prevention of diseases. The content prepares graduates for positions in diverse public health and non-profit setting including government, voluntary health organization (VHO) and community based primary health care.
COMPETENCES FOR THE MPH GRADUATES STUDENTS
By the end of the MPH modular courses, the graduate must be able to
1. Evaluate the Health status of the community or a health project/program
2. Implement a health program/strategies to address health issues
3. To read and critic research and literature on public health
4. To get involved in government policy making or advocacy regarding health issues
5. Make interventions in the community relating to health through social marketing
6. Do disease surveillance and report
7. Control Disease outbreaks
8. Make project proposals for funding assistance
9. Administer a health system, project or organization.
CAREER PATHWAYS FOR MPH GRADUATES, The future possible career placement of MPH graduate may include the following:
Community Organizer- Mobilizer
Health Project Programmer - Implementor- Evaluator- Coordinator
Community Health Researcher
Public Health Administrator
Academe - Faculty
Family Practice with community base practice
Admission requirements:
Admission is based on evaluation of the applicant's educational and work experience, past performance, and potential to provide leadership in public health practice. Admission requirements include the following:
1. MD graduate of an accredited medical institution
2. Evidence of quantitative or evaluative skills and ability. This may be provided in the form of evidence from graduate level course work, publication or technical reports.
3. A recommendation from previous medical school dean.
Tuition Fees:
P 9,700-14,000 per semester
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