专业概况
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About the course
The MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine is a full-time one-year multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary programme examining major challenges to the health of populations in resource-limited contexts. The course is embedded within the Oxford Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine.
The course aims to develop students.
- knowledge and understanding of the major global health problems in resource-limited settings and their potential solutions;
- knowledge and skills in research techniques applied in the analysis of global health problems, including quantitative and qualitative research methods, health policy and systems research and public health, with opportunities for training in additional specialist fields;
- capacity to critically appraise evidence in global health;
- skills and practical experience in researching specific health problems in resource limited contexts.
Assessment
Core modules will be assessed as follows.
- Paradigms and Tools for Global Health (including epidemiology, statistics, health economics, qualitative and mixed methods). will be assessed via an unseen paper in Week 0 of Trinity Term.
- Challenges and Change in International Health and Global Health Research and Practice. will be assessed via a 2,500 written piece with an additional 300 word executive summary, to be completed within 48h upon receipt of the exam questions.
- All options, except Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, will be assessed by a 3,000 to 4,000 word essay in early April.
- Assessment for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases module will require submission of a computer program or a piece of mathematical analysis (both of which are the equivalent of 1,000 words) accompanied by a short report of 2,000 to 3,000 words.
Graduate destinations
IHTM alumni have gone on to assume leadership roles in global health - in governments, non- governmental organisations and/or academic institutions.
We currently have alumni in.
- Ministries of health in Liberia, Fiji, East Timor, Bangladesh, Japan, Pakistan, Brazil, and Thailand
- International organisations such as WHO, PAHO, FAO, WFP, World Bank, UNDP, MSF
- Research institutes in South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Cambodia, Vietnam, Mexico
- Further study at Oxford, Cambridge, UCT, among others.
An alumni network and virtual learning environment will continue support of MSc graduates beyond their time in Oxford.
所属院系
进入哪个院系学习？ University of Oxford
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课程信息
学制：全日制(12 个月)
学费：£38,945.00 (¥ 351,669) /年
开学时间：2022九月
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留学地点：University of OxfordUniversity Offices,Wellington Square,Oxford,Oxfordshire,OX1 2JD, England
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