1. A Master's Degree in any discipline, or
2. A Bachelor's Degree in medicine, or
3. A Bachelor's Degree (other than medicine) with at least 2 years experience in the health sector after graduation.
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Course programme
Public health education has been a focus in the country since the Bhore
Committee report in 1946. Since then, there have been several
initiatives in the country to improve human resources in public health.
Recently, the NHP 2002 and the NRHM documents highlight the need to
train public health professionals as an important requirement for the
improvement of the heath situation in the country. Existing courses on
public health largely focus on health management or clinical research.
Taking into consideration the kind of public health problems the country
is facing in the social, cultural and economic context in which people
are located, the need of the hour is to develop a public health
programme with focus on social epidemiology. Thus, there is a definite
need to start a full-time course in public health at the post-graduate
level, which will not only cater to the need for trained humanpower in
public health, but also help in the protection and maintenance of public
health with a focus on social epidemiology. This programme explores link
between social environment and health of the population along with
strong methodological and technical foundation in epidemiology,
biostatistics, quantitative analysis, and national and international
public health policies. The Master of Public Health (MPH) curriculum has
emphasis on research-related courses and development of public health
paradigms. The internship component of the MPH programme involves
interaction with different health institutions, followed by an
independent research study. The graduates of the programme are expected
to occupy technical and leadership positions in the public health
programmes of the state and non-state organizations and institutions.
Research:
The course will include selection of a topic, selecting the research
design, planning and implementation of the research project, analysis of
the results and presentation of the work as a written dissertation. It
can either be an epidemiological study or qualitative research or
operations research or any other study design. Students will be
encouraged to publish their research in either the School Journal or any
other suitable medium.
Selection Procedure:
The weightage for the different components of the selection procedure
are as follows:
1. Written Test (Essay) = 70
2. Personal Interview = 100
3. Academic Background = 30
To be eligible for the Personal Interview, general candidates should
obtain a minimum of 50% marks in the Written Test and SC and ST
Candidates should obtain a minimum of 40% marks in the Written Test.
Additional information
Work placements: 1st Internship (6 credits): During Semester 1. 2nd Internship (6 credits): During Semester 2. 3rd Internship (6 credits): During Semester 3.