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Information follows on the part time Masters in Health Sciences and
Diploma in Health Sciences course offered by the School of Health
Sciences, Newcastle Medical School from Sept 1998.
MASTERS DEGREE (MSc) IN HEALTH SCIENCES
Incorporating
PUBLIC HEALTH,
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE and
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
options
1998
Departments of Epidemiology and Public Health, Primary Health Care and
the Centre for Health Services Research
SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Visit our homepage on
http://www.newcastle.ac.uk/~ndeph/msc.html
Why Health Sciences?
Public and population health, primary health care and health services
research are becoming more and more central to the role of the NHS
and other health and health care sectors. We are increasingly
developing a public health, primary care led and evidence-based NHS
that has a population as well as an individual perspective. This has
been re-emphasised by the government's recent white paper. This
implies the need for development of new skills and perspectives for
nurses, general practitioners, hospital doctors, therapists,
researchers and health service managers amongst others.
Why a Masters Degree?
A masters degree in Health Sciences provides a broad based education
and training in the fundamental disciplines that underpin public
health, primary health care and health services research. A masters
degree will have considerable value for future career development
for the individual, as well as supporting the development of the
individual within their present organisation. The new perspectives
developed will be of value to the employer, as well as to the
employee. This broadened perspective is going to be of increasing
value in the modern NHS.
ABOUT THE COURSE
The MSc in Health Sciences is a natural progression from the
successful MSc in Public Health. The teaching of public health in
Newcastle began in 1875 with the Bachelor of Hygiene course. The
masters programme in Public Health had its first intake of students
in October l987. The course has undergone continuous review to meet
the changing needs and demands of the NHS and is now open to both
medical and non-medical graduates. The course is part-time over 2 - 4
years and offers four streams:
a generic MSc in Health Sciences
an MSc in Health Sciences (Public Health)
an MSc in Health Sciences (Primary Health Care)
an MSc in Health Sciences (Health Services Research)
Each shares a common core of modules. The particular stream which a
student elects will be determined by a combination of a) the choice
of modules, b) the primary subject of the dissertation project, c)
the source of supervision, and d) the aspirations of the individual
student.
Aims and Objectives
The course aims to provide the academic foundations for public
health practice, for the development of primary health care
practice, and for the conduct of health services research.
Each stream, module and session has clear educational objectives
Syllabus
Full details are available on request (see below).
The first stage offers largely core modules shared by most students.
Subjects covered include critical appraisal, epidemiology and study
design, statistics, health economics, health policy, demography and
information, health needs assessment, management, protocol
development/project management, sociology and computing. The second
stage includes largely elective modules with subjects covered
including, for example, health promotion, communicable disease
control, practice development and team building, environmental
epidemiology and public health, health care quality, qualitative
methods, ethics, disease epidemiology, and implementation of
evidence-based practice. The taught course is followed by a
supervised project and dissertation.
Teaching Staff and Methods
The MSc draws upon a wide range of teaching experience from within
the School of Health Sciences and associated University Departments,
as well as colleagues working across the NHS in the North of
England.
Teaching is in small groups and is largely informal and interactive.
Seminar based teaching is complimented by exercises, practical
classes and project work. Emphasis is given to student projects,
discussion and problem solving, wherever possible. The maximum group
size to which we try to adhere for all teaching sessions is
approximately 20 students.
Costs
The course fees are approximately stlg2,500 and bench fees stlg1000 in
total over 2 - 4 years (divided pro rata across the years of study).
These fees are open to annual review and the latest schedule can be
obtained from the address below.
ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES
The School of Health Sciences at The University of Newcastle Upon
Tyne is a multi-disciplinary organisation which engages in high
quality and effective Primary Health Care, Public Health and Health
Services research, teaching and service work. Its ultimate goals are
to advance knowledge and improve the health of the population. It
includes the following three departments.
About The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
Epidemiology & Public Health is a multi-disciplinary department. Our
aim is to contribute to improvements in public health through high
quality research and education in relevant aspects of the
disciplines which underpin our work.
Our research focuses on the study of the causes and prevention of
disease, the promotion of health and the development and evaluation
of health services. Four overlapping areas of research interest and
expertise exist: epidemiology and health promotion; environmental
health and communicable disease control; economic aspects of health
and health care; health services research
About the Centre for Health Services Research (CHSR)
This department is one of the leading centres for health care
research in the United Kingdom. Multi-disciplinary projects are
conducted across a wide spectrum of health services with a
particular emphasis on general practice, elderly care, nursing,
chronic illness, outcome assessment and health informatics. Most
studies involve evaluative and methodological elements.
The CHSR is one of the collaborators in the prestigious Medical
Research Council HSR initiative in conjunction with the Universities
of Bristol, York, Aberdeen and St Andrews.
About the Department of Primary Health Care
The department aims to provide, develop and support high quality
service, teaching, research and advocacy for Primary Health Care at
a local, national and international level. Research encompasses a
wide range of methodological approaches and has a particular
emphasis on the effectiveness of health care including the
development of appropriate outcome measures.
Research fits into the key themes of prescribing, inequalities in
health, service development, guidelines/audit, primary/secondary
care interface, clinical research, and education and teaching, but
we actively support a range of projects originated by primary health
care team members in service practice.
For further information contact
Mrs Helen French
Course Administrator
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
School of Health Sciences
Medical School
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HH
e-mail [log in to unmask]
tel 0191 222 8755
fax 0191 222 8211
or Dr Richard Thomson, Course Director
(details below)
or visit the course home page on
http://www.newcastle.ac.uk/~ndeph/msc.html
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Richard Thomson
Senior Lecturer in Public Health Medicine
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
Newcastle University
Medical School
Framlington Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HH
United Kingdom
Tel +44 191 2228760
Fax +44 191 2228211
visit our department web page on:
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~ndeph/
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time
T.S. Eliot
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