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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences : Global Health

Postgraduate Course: Project Management for effective Global Public Health Programmes (GLHE11003)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThrough this distance learning course students will gain an understanding of effective management methods and how to apply them to public health projects in global health programme contexts. Students will learn core managerial skills such as financial reporting, effective communications, business planning, and developing fundamental budgeting skills.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Students are responsible for meeting their computing costs.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. a) Knowledge and understanding
- Demonstrate a breadth of knowledge of the principles of public health project management
- Demonstrate a critical awareness of the current policy and practice issues, and the systems and structures that determine how projects are constructed
- Demonstrate an awareness of the key research approaches and challenges for project management
- Explain the organisational factors influencing technology use and adoption
- Be cognizant of the principles of effective Human Resource management

2. (b) Professional skills
- Construct basic budgets and create variance reports
- Design and Develop business plans and strategy plans.
- Understand the processes required for working with and across organisational and professional boundaries to develop multidisciplinary
- understand and implement he processes whereby public health projects can become financially and programmatically sustainable post-donor funding
- Apply the principles learned to professional action

3. c) Transferable skills
¿ Application of problem-solving skills to a variety of professional and practice situations and management of own learning and development
¿ Understanding and application of the basic principles of strategic planning process and the creation of definable action orientated metrics
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Keywordsproject management,global health
Contacts
Course organiserDr Liz Grant
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Course secretaryMiss Sarah Gordon
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