JOINT Mastering Practical Public Health Skills CourseS, 2023, Near London, UK — A Series of Two Day Courses in 2023

The need for preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through organised efforts and informed choices of society, organisations, public and private sectors, communities and individuals has been gathering pace in the ever changing World. The current public health agenda sets out a clear role for all healthcare professionals to be involved in improving the health of the population they serve. There is now the trend toward multi-professional working in public health sectors around the World. This is complicated by advances in medical practice and techniques, which meant that people are living longer with various health challenges. Public Health Workers are also required to be involved in research and education in order to improve their skills and techniques. The courses on Mastering Practical Public Health Skills are designed to equip professionals with the knowledge and understanding in order to face the challenges in public health and medical practice in the 21st Century.

Topics: The course will use various teaching and learning methods, including lectures, interactive group works, practical skills work, problem-solving approach and other teaching and learning methods. The course will include the following topics: the role of public health in society; evidence-based Medicine 1 (source of evidence and critical appraisal skills); evidence-based care 2 (systematic reviews and meta-analysis); how national policies affect local practice; involving the public in decisions that affect their health epidemiology and medical statistics; how ethnicity influences health; inequalities in health; deprivation and co-morbidity issues; the use of new technology in public health; legal and ethical issues in public health; health promotion matters and techniques; research approaches in public health; essentials of needs assessment; global health, how to deal with pandemics and many more topics.