Postgraduate Course: Project Management for effective Global Public Health Programmes (GLHE11052)
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) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Through this online 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, business planning, and developing fundamental budgeting skills. |
| Course description |
Through this online 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, business planning, and developing fundamental budgeting skills.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Flexible |
| Course Start Date |
07/08/2017 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 5,
Online Activities 35,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 5,
Formative Assessment Hours 5,
Revision Session Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
47 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Feedback |
Individual feedback and marks will be returned to students via Grademark. Students will also receive formative feedback on the discussion boards throughout the course. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a breadth of knowledge of the principles of public health project management including principles of human resource management
- Construct basic budgets and create variance reports
- Understand and apply the basic principles of strategic planning process and the creation of definable action-orientated metrics
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Professional and transferable skills
¿ 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
¿ Design and develop business plans and strategy plans
¿ Understand the processes required for working with and across organisational and professional boundaries to develop multidisciplinary teams and apply the principles learned to professional action
¿ Apply problem-solving skills to a variety of professional and practice situations and management of own learning and development
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| Keywords | project management,global health,public health,business planning,budgeting |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Liz Grant
Tel:
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Rosemary Porteous
Tel: (0131 6)50 9835
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