Postgraduate Course: Developing and Evaluating Complex Public Health Interventions (PUHR11057)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Public health interventions require robust and relevant development and evaluation methods. This module will be relevant to Master students who are involved in, or who would like to learn about the development or evaluation of public health interventions, and a range of methods for evaluating these, both experimental and non-experimental. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
| Course Start Date |
15/01/2018 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
70 %,
Practical Exam
30 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
70% project plan (1500 words), based on group project
30% group presentation
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| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
The main learning objectives of this course will be to understand and demonstrate:
1) The differences between simple, complex and complicated public health interventions and the importance of causality
2) The main phases in intervention development
3) The relationship between development and evaluation of interventions
4) Different approaches to evaluation including novel approaches such as realist evaluation and natural experiments
5) When to use the different evaluation approaches
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr John Mcateer
Tel: (0131 6)51 1590
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Course secretary | Mr Stuart Mallen
Tel: (0131 6)50 3227
Email: |
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