This is envisaged to provide capacity building in public health for doctors working with various state or central government departments or agencies. MBBS doctors working with government agencies having atleast three years of work experience are considered for the course.
Admission Requirements and Procedures
Minimum Experience required : 3 years in Government service after MBBS. Duration will be 1 year. Age Limit: Up to 50 years as on 1st July of the year of commencement of the course.
Candidates can apply online from 1st May of the year of commencement of the course.
DPH course structure and modules
The DPH Programme consists of 17 modules with a total of 30 credits. Table shown below overleaf gives details of the modules and corresponding credits.
DPH Programme Structure
| Name of Course | Number of Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| Orientation | Nil | |
| 1 | Introduction to Epidemiology | 1 |
| 2 | Infectious Disease Epidemiology | 1 |
| 3 | Chronic Disease Epidemiology | 1 |
| 4 | Database management in Epidemiology | 1 |
| 5 | Introduction to Biostatistics | 2 |
| 6 | Health and Development | 3 |
| 7 | Health and Environment | 2 |
| 8 | Basic Health Economics | 2 |
| 9 | Gender issues in Health | 1 |
| 10 | Ethics in Public Health | 1 |
| 11 | Health policy Analysis | 2 |
| 12 | Health care system in India | 3 |
| 13 | Health Management | 4 |
| 14 | Research Methodology | 2 |
| 15 | Anthropological Perspective in Health | 1 |
| 16 | Sexual and Reproductive Health | 2 |
| 17 | Field Assignment | 1 |
| Total credits | 30 |
हमें संपर्क करें
THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR, SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, TRIVANDRUM-695011, KERALA, INDIA.
Telephone: 0471-2524140
E-mail: dreg@sctimst.ac.in