The Induction Module aims to equip students with the tools, knowledge and skills they need to successfully complete their programme of studies.

This module introduces students to the concepts and key dimensions associated with the public health approach. Key values such as prevention, advocacy, multi-sectoral working and equity are explored and contextualized to local application. The module reviews historical as well as contemporary public health approaches, policies & strategies. Understanding the development of policy and strategies and the role of public health evidence and advocacy in this process is an important element of the programme. There is a particular focus on examining health inequalities and measures to reduce them. The aim is to identify local, national and international strategic responses to both improving health and reducing health inequalities.

This module encourages students to develop knowledge and competence in the area of health improvement. The module will focus on the use of health improvement approaches: health promotion, prevention and community development to influence health  and health seeking behaviours and  the wider socio-cultural environment of populations, communities and individuals, to improve their health and well-being and reduce inequalities. The focus of the module is to compare different approaches and consider what are the most applicable interventions in your setting.

Epidemiology, Health Intelligence and Health Protection are core public health disciplines that share some key approaches and methods. Epidemiological and health surveillance methods provide essential data which are used to determine suitable health protection strategies. This module will explore these 3 key areas and the relationships between them and provides students with:

1. An advanced introduction to epidemiology and population based public health intelligence.
2. An introduction to key health protection measures used to protect population health and roles and responsibilities of key organizations.

This module will examine the key processes of globalization (economic, cultural and political),  how they impact on the health and health risks of populations and global level responses to them. Key population-based health risks are identified and their strategic response at the global level evaluated. Issues to be explored include communicable and non-communicable disease, health transitions, risk and surveillance, and global health governance. In brief it aims to examine population-based health risk in the context of globalization and the strategic response to this at the global level.

This module encourages students to develop knowledge and competence in the area of health improvement. The module will focus on the use of health improvement approaches: health promotion, prevention and community development to influence health  and health seeking behaviours and  the wider socio-cultural environment of populations, communities and individuals, to improve their health and well-being and reduce inequalities. The focus of the module is to compare different approaches and consider what are the most applicable interventions in your setting.

This module encourages students to develop their skills as a potential producer of research, as well as their ability to systematically evaluate research outcomes from a variety of sources. In addition, students will engage in a variety of data analysis techniques. It will provide a critical knowledge base of the philosophical foundations of public health research, and enable the student to develop competencies in qualitative, quantitative and systematic/scoping review data collection methods and analysis. Finally, it will prepare the student to carry out their dissertation project.

The dissertation project module offers students an opportunity to explore in-depth an area of personal or professional interest that relates to their programme of study. In doing this, they will expand their research skills and apply what they have learned in the earlier modules to their research project. Students have a choice of either developing and writing up an secondary or consultation based or a systematic/scoping review-based dissertation of 12- 15,000 words in length excluding appendices and references. The journal can be chosen by the student and must conform to the in house style and instructions.