Professional Diploma In International Public Health – DIPH
OVERVIEW
This professional diploma program is designed for healthcare professionals and students to complement their education with academic skills and field experience at INMED International Public Health Training Sites. Equipped in this way, recipients of the INMED Professional Diploma in International Public Health will be prepared to lead comprehensive health promotion efforts in low-resource and cross-cultural communities.
Components
Competency Objectives
At the completion of the INMED Professional Diploma in International Public Health learners will be able to demonstrate through actual professional practice:
- Vision and achievements of epidemiology
- Primary measures of health and disease
- Types of epidemiology studies and their application
- Basic concepts of biostatistics and their application to research interpretation
- Establishing the cause of a disease
- Skill in community-wide health promotion and death/disability prevention
- Culturally appropriate healthcare
- Proficiency in disaster mitigation and response
- Design and implementation of team-lead healthcare interventions
- Transfer of healthcare skills to other personnel
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