Master of Public Health (Managing Health Services)

The Master of Public Health has been developed around a series of public health competencies derived from international reference points and covers a diverse range of contemporary issues in public health. You will explore approaches to reducing health inequalities and learn how to use evidence-based principles to enhance policy and practice in various settings. Throughout your studies, you'll develop key transferable skills in epidemiology, research methods and social science.

Semester 1

• Research Methods in Public Health
• Scientific and Professional Skills
• Public Health Policies, Programmes and Strategies

Semester 2

• Scientific and Professional Skills
• Promoting Health and Improving Systems
• Organisation and Management of Health Services

• Climate Change
• Applied Statistics for Health Research
• Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Adolescent Health
• Developing a Disease Control Programme

Semester 3

In your third semester, you'll have the opportunity to apply your new skills in a 60-credit research project focused on Humanitarian and Public Health Programmes. You can choose to do your project in the UK or abroad.

This one-year Master's is divided into three semesters. The first two taught semesters cover five core 20-credit modules and offer the opportunity to choose one 20-credit module from a variety of options. All the taught modules are delivered in-person at our base in Liverpool, UK.

For each 20 credit module, you are expected to spend about 200 hours learning, which includes contact time, self-directed learning and assessments.

After the taught element, the third semester is dedicated to your 60-credit personal project, which can be either desk-based or fieldwork-based, and can be completed in Liverpool or overseas.

You'll be taught by our international experts in public health, and benefit from the dynamic research-led environment we're so proud of at LSTM.

Up-to-date and topical content is informed by the cutting edge research and is delivered through a range of methods, including lectures, case-based learning, small group work and simulation scenarios. This is complemented by a culture of self-directed learning, that culminates in your personal research project in the third semester. You'll be mentored and supported by one of our academic staff throughout this phase, setting you up for a rewarding career of lifelong learning.

Careers

The huge deployment of staff and resources from governments and public health bodies during public health emergencies such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ebola outbreak, and in response to natural disasters and conflict situations, demonstrates the importance of good health service management.

Health, wellbeing and life itself often depends on teams with specialist planning and management skills to tackle critical public health challenges including disease outbreak control, disease surveillance, health service re-design, non-communicable disease strategies, childhood vaccinations and government policy.

This course will prepare you to respond to these challenges and lead with confidence in a range of roles, from global health consultant, manager or educator, to health promoter, global health specialist or advocacy worker.