Overview

By the end of this stream students should be able to demonstrate ability to apply knowledge of the core disciplines of public health, consisting of statistics; epidemiology; health economics; and social research, to real health problems.

Objectives

By the end of this stream students should be able to demonstrate ability to apply knowledge of the core disciplines of public health, consisting of statistics; epidemiology; health economics; and social research, to real health problems. In addition, students will be able to:

• demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of the principles and methods of economic evaluation
• demonstrate advanced knowledge of health economic methods applied to health policy or decision analysis
• identify, assess and critically synthesise relevant evidence from health economic research literature
• select and apply appropriate, ethical and feasible study designs to answer questions in health care and health economic research
• show competence, both written and verbal, in communicating research evidence