Intermediate Certificate Course in Public Health

Candidate must have Bachelor's Degree or either done Graduation in any stream from a recognised institute or university.

Course Director: Dr. Sandeep Budhiraja, Group Medical Director - Max Healthcare & Senior Director - Institute of Internal Medicine

This course will help the students understand and develop the following skills:

• Understand the public health system and public health challenges
• Understand basic epidemiology, measurements in epidemiology and the different types of epidemiology
• Learn how to conduct public health research, understand research design, the research steps, and tools and measurements in research.
• Develop, implement and evaluate specific public health policies
• Learn basic biostatistics and start to develop analytical and assessment skills for assembling and interpreting data
• Develop and determine skills in managing health systems at different levels.
• Work in socially, culturally and economically varied populations by being observant of the needs of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups and being well versed with existing health systems

Course Content:

• Introduction to Public Health
• Research Methods
• Basic Biostatistics
• Basics in Epidemiology
• Demography