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Overview
The Health Protection course from the University of Birmingham will enable you to develop an understanding of the principles of health protection including partnership working to deliver health protection within the context of controlling communicable diseases and non-communicable environmental hazards.
Why choose a Postgraduate Microcredential short course?
- Usually taken from exisiting modules within a Masters, they can be used as standalone credentials with some also counting as academic credits at postgraduate level
- Add a postgraduate level qualification to your CV
- Develop the specialist skills you need for your career goals
- Alumni status with the University of Birmingham
- Learners will have the same access to our student support and campus facilities as our students on full degree programmes.
Programme Structure
On completion, you should be able to:
- Describe the distribution, extent and public health impact of key communicable and non-communicable hazards.
- Describe the basic concepts of communicable and non-communicable disease surveillance, epidemiology, prevention and control.
- Describe the organisational structures involved in health protection in the UK and surveillance systems for communicable diseases.
- Understand the key principles of immunisation and management of immunisation programmes.
- Critically apply the principles and steps involved in the investigation and management of health protection incidents.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 10 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before , National
- Apply before , International
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Language
English
Credits
20 alternative credits
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Public Health View 163 other Short Courses in Public Health in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Degree level entry requirement.
- To obtain additional information about the programme, we kindly suggest that you visit the programme website, where you can find further details and relevant resources.
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents3374 GBP / full≈ 3374 GBP / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents1211 GBP / full≈ 1211 GBP / full
Additional Details
- Non-credit fee: £1,011.20
Living costs
Birmingham
United Kingdom
765 - 1134 GBP / month
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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