January 20, 2009 by admin

Looking into postgraduate training?

There are many courses and opportunities to further your post-graduate global health education.  Below we have listed the main centres and courses.  We have also provided links to several good websites listing current post-graduate courses and training for further information.  

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

Mission Statement:

To contribute to the improvement of health worldwide through the pursuit of excellence in research, postgraduate teaching and advanced training in national and international public health and tropical medicine, and through informing policy and practice in these areas.

Please visit the LSHTM website for info on:

·          Research opportunities

·          Masters degrees in London

·          Masters degrees by distance learning

·          Short courses

·          How to apply

·          Fees and funding

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

LSTM Mission: 

As a centre of excellence, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, through the creation of effective links with governments, organisations and institutions and by responding to the health needs of communities, aims to promote improved health, particularly for people of the less developed countries in the tropics and sub-tropics by:

1.             providing and promoting high quality education and training;

2.             conducting first-class research and disseminating the result of that research;

3.             developing systems and technologies for health care and assisting in their transfer and management;

4.             providing appropriate consultancy services; in fulfilling this mission also provides a clinical service of acknowledged excellence.

Courses available:

·          Masters programmes

·          Diplomas

·          Short accredited courses

·          Research degrees

The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London

www.apothecaries.org/

The Diploma Course in Conflict & Catastrophe Medicine 

This 12-month part-time course is designed to be taken as a whole or in Modules to fulfil the requirements for admission to the examination for the Diploma in the Medical Care of Catastrophes.

Course sessions will be held on one Saturday a month from January to December at Apothecaries’ Hall, Black Friars Lane, London EC4.

2008 Course Programme

2009 Course programme

 
Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

 
Centre for International Public Health Policy, University of Edinbugh, UK

MScs in Global Health and Public Policy, Health Inequalities and Public Policy, Health Systems and Public Policy and Global Health and Anthropology.

International Center for Advanced Studies in Health Science and Services, University of Ulm, Germany

Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development,

Institute of Health Sciences and Public Health Research, Leeds, UK.

University College London Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, UK

University College London, Institute of Child Health

Centre for Global Health, Trinity College , Dublin, Republic of Ireland 

Institute for International Health & Development, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, UK

Harvard School of Public Health, USA

Royal Tropical Institute, Netherlands

Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Funding for Postgraduate Training and Research

For more information on grants, scholarships, and other sources of funding.

Links to Postgraduate Education Websites

www.healthtraining.org This is a site maintained by Medicus Mundi in Switzerland and looks like it is regularly updated. It has an extensive list of post-graduate courses in international health-related topics. You can search their site by course subject, location and institute.

www.hero.ac.uk Hero (Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the United Kingdom) lists all UK universities and colleges, including the Royal Colleges which are responsible for clinical training. If you are planning overseas work and are currently engaged in specialist training, your Royal College will specify how you will need to arrange this. It profiles all UK universities, which is useful if you want to find out more about research and courses.

www.prospects.ac.uk This a website offering a guide to planning, funding and finding post-graduate courses in the UK. It is useful for a general overview of post-graduate education and also lists UK courses.

www.troped.org TropEd is a network of European institutions for higher education in international health. It collaborates closely with institutions in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The innovative approach is based on mobility of students between the institutions, the exchange of experiences in different disciplines and the establishment of a common standard in education and training.

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