Abstract
The article introduces readers to the Master of Public Health and Doctor of Public Health programmes, offered by the Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia. The programme vision, structure and accomplishments over the decade are presented to provide an understanding of the programme. It is hoped that this professional programme will continue to flourish and produce new generations of public health medicine specialist equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to make significant contribution towards improving the health of the population.
Highlights
The article introduces readers to the Master of Public Health and Doctor of Public Health programmes, offered by the Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
The 1+3 Master of Public Health (MPH)/Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) programme is our core business at the Department of Community Medicine; a programme designed as a response to an acute need of the Ministry of Health for Medical Officers of Health to serve in the fast expanding rural health services
It is a 90-credit mix-mode, full time doctoral degree awarded in the field of public health (2). This programme was established to train manpower that is knowledgeable and skilful in the specialty of public health medicine and its related disciplines. It is an advanced programme meant for degree holders in medicine who aspire to develop their careers as public health physician
Summary
I remember this student well, a quaint persona, distant but not unfriendly, headstrong but very independent and despite all her personal hardship, managed to persevere and graduated from the 1+3 Master of Public Health (MPH)/Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) programme. The 1+3 MPH/DrPH programme is our core business at the Department of Community Medicine; a programme designed as a response to an acute need of the Ministry of Health for Medical Officers of Health to serve in the fast expanding rural health services. The intention of the programme is to produce competent health professionals with the appropriate knowledge and skills in public health to plan, implement and evaluate effective
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