Postgraduate Course: Developing and Evaluating Complex Public Health Interventions (PUHR11057)
Course Outline
School | Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
Summary | Public health interventions require robust and relevant development and evaluation methods. This module will be relevant to Master students who are involved in, or who would like to learn about the development or evaluation of public health interventions, and a range of methods for evaluating these, both experimental and non-experimental. |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2020/21, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
70 %,
Practical Exam
30 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
60% project plan (1500 words), based on group project
40% group presentation
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Feedback |
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No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
The main learning objectives of this course will be to understand and demonstrate:
1) The differences between simple, complex and complicated public health interventions and the importance of causality
2) The main phases in intervention development
3) The relationship between development and evaluation of interventions
4) Different approaches to evaluation including novel approaches such as realist evaluation and natural experiments
5) When to use the different evaluation approaches
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Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Margaret Callaghan
Tel:
Email: Margaret.Callaghan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Charlotte Munden
Tel: (0131 6)50 3227
Email: cmunden2@ed.ac.uk |
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