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Case study: Establishing a new area of specialisation in Pharmaceutical Public HealthSchool of Public Health, UWCHazel Bradley
Outline
• Key steps establishing • Pharmaceutical Public Health area of
specialisation in MPH• Innovative CE module offering
• Opportunities • Challenges• Lessons learnt
Postgraduate programmes
• Post graduate Diploma (NQF-8)
• Master of Public Health (NQF-9)• Structured• Full thesis
• PhD (NQF-10)
Master of Public Health
• 4 Core modules
• 2 Research modules
• 2 Electives
• Mini-thesis (33%)
Master of Public Health
• 4 Core modules
• 2 Research modules
• 2 Electives areas of specialisation
• Minithesis (33%)
Pharmaceutical public health – new area of specialisation
• Step 1: Interest begins
• Step 2: Setting out -Winter School short course
• Step 3: Establishing new area of specialisation
• Step 4: New innovation - Online CE modules ‘stand-alone’
Step 1: Interest in Pharmaceutical Public Health• Opportunities• Staff interest - research• Professional interest – new M Pharm (PH & Man)qualification
proposed• Link with other stakeholders at UWC - School of Pharmacy• Partners – Extraordinary prof, SIAPS/MSH (expertise)• Educational specialists• Funding – development of learning materials
• Challenges• Convincing SOPH• Driving and co-ordinating initiative • University processes
Step 2: Winter School short courses
Two one-week short courses (Winter School 2014)• Rational Medicines Use• Medicines Supply Management
Register as CE short courses with university (CE co-ord + Bus Unit; register CPD points )
SOPH CHS Faculty Senate Ac Plan
• Work with partners - SOP, RL (WHO), SIAPS/MSH, local & N DOH • Draw on existing materials (WHO, MSH, SOPH short course)• Skype calls, email comm
20+ participants per short course/positive evaluations
Step 3: Online elective modules• Two new online elective modules• Rational medicines use (Semester 2 – 2015)• Medicines supply management (Semester 2 – 2016)
• Establish team & commitment (content expertise, educational specialists, time, financial resources)
• Navigate institutional hoops
• Develop materials• story board, allocate sessions, writing workshops, finalise
materials, onto online platform
Institutional hoops
New elective modules & MPH prog change
SOPH Academic Domain meeting
CHS Faculty Academic Planning Committee
Quality Assurance Director – quality, new module code
Academic Planning Director
Senate Academic Planning Committee
Step 4: Online CE modules
Two new online CE modules• Rational medicines use (Semester 2 – 2015)• Medicines supply management (Semester 2 – 2016)
15-credit Masters level CE module - ‘Stand alone’ module
Articulates with MPH & future MPharm(PH & Man)
Institutional hoops
New elective modules & MPH prog change: CE module
SOPH Academic Domain meeting
CHS Faculty Academic Planning Committee
Quality Assurance Director: CE co-ordinator + Business unit
Academic Planning Director
Senate Academic Planning Committee
Registrar - New online application & registration processes