The aim of the MSc curriculum is to provide a broad-based training in the conduct and application of health services and public health research. From enrolment to successful course completion, the expectation is that each student will gain sufficient experiences from the course to progress to their educational qualification. After completion of the MSc, students will be able to:

• design and conduct health service and public health research projects
• select different research methods for different service questions
• apply skills of information processing, computing and statistical analysis
• understand the main issues and constraints in achieving evidence based health care and public health strategies

The MSc has been designed to include 7 'core' courses: Applied Statistics, epidemiology and Demography, Health Economics, Health Information, Health Services Research, Managing for Health and Public Health.

UK and EU Students: £3,400
Students from overseas: £9,715

This programme is supported by by the Postgraduate Students' Allowance Scheme (PSAS). UK and EU Students may be eligible for tuition fee support.
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/central/funding/#j

College of Life Sciences and Medicine · University of Aberdeen · Polwarth Building
Tel: +44 (0)1224-559970 · Fax: +44 (0)1224-550708
Ms. Jill Jones
Email: jill.jones@abdn.ac.uk or graduateschool-clsm@abdn.ac.uk.
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This new MSc in International Health and Management provides you with (1) a broad-based training in the conduct and application of health services and public health research and (2) critical analysis skills to address policy issues, the organisation of health systems and comparative health care research.
The course addresses a variety of International Health questions ranging from questions such as: 'What are the key Public Health issues in the world today?'; and 'What sources of information do we have on disease XX?' to 'What are the global perspectives on reproductive and sexual health?' and 'What are the best approaches to conduct cross-national comparative research?'

After completion of the MSc in International health each student will gain sufficient experience to be able to:

• Outline the key global health conditions;
• Design and conduct health service and public health research projects;
• Select appropriate research methods for different research questions in a range of different settings;
• Selecting best approaches to conduct cross-national comparative research

Dr Amudha Poobalan
Email: a.poobalan@abdn.ac.uk
Dr. Padam Simkhada
Email: p.p.simkhada@abdn.ac.uk

UK and EU Students: £3,400
Students from overseas: £9,715

There is funding now available for UK/EU and also international students. You can apply for fee reduction through the Graduate School on the University website, see
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/sras/postgraduate/bursaries.shtml
Please note that this funding is competitive. Overseas students need to realise that this is only a small sum compared to the overall overseas fees and will need to apply elsewhere for further funding.

College of Life Sciences and Medicine · University of Aberdeen · Polwarth Building
Tel: +44 (0)1224-559970 · Fax: +44 (0)1224-550708
Ms. Jill Jones
Email: jill.jones@abdn.ac.uk or graduateschool-clsm@abdn.ac.uk.
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Our Biomedical Engineering programme covers the application of mechanical and electronic engineering principles to problems in medicine, including the development of medical instrumentation and aids for the disabled.
The course covers rehabilitation engineering, medical electronics and biomechanics. The role of engineering in rehabilitation requires that those working in the healthcare professions become familiar with the principles of prosthetics, orthotics, wheelchairs and other devices for the disabled. Electronics involves looking at the instrumentation required for medical purposes, and how that equipment is managed. Biomechanics is the application of engineering principles to the body, and in particular to the musculoskeletal system.

Professor David Lurie
Email: d.lurie@abdn.ac.uk
Professor Peter Sharp
Email: p.sharp@abdn.ac.uk

UK and EU Students: £3,400
Students from overseas: £9,715

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/clsm/graduateschool/prospective/scholarships.php or
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/sras/postgraduate/bursaries.shtml

College of Life Sciences and Medicine · University of Aberdeen · Polwarth Building
Tel: +44 (0)1224 559 970
Fax: +44 (0)1224 550 708
Email: graduateschool-clsm@abdn.ac.uk.
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There is a growing demand for more knowledge about, and a better understanding of, human health and well-being. It is now widely accepted that there are a range of factors which determine whether individuals remain healthy, develop illnesses or experience early death. These determinants include individual biology and behaviour, economic, environmental, educational and socio-cultural factors as well as the access individuals have to health services. In addition, new approaches to health care have developed, with an emphasis on multi-professional team-work. Older forms of care are therefore giving way to new, including the moving of care and responsibility for improving population and individual health status, outside hospitals and other institutions. It is against this background that the degree and Honours degree in Health Sciences has been instituted - its teaching shared by departments in the Faculties of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Science and Social Sciences and Law. It is mainly concerned with examining the variety of views of what constitutes health (physical, psychological and social), and also providing a basis from which assessments may be made of the relevance of formal and informal health care to patterns of national ill-health. The degree includes options for entrants with different health interests and the opportunity to focus on science or arts subjects. It therefore provides a base from which to proceed to a career in a wide range of health-related occupations or research.

Email: fiona.marshall@abdn.ac.uk
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This course is aimed at individuals who want to familiarise themselves with the methods used by health economists to aid the allocation of scarce health care resources. No experience of economics is necessary. The course will help you understand what health economics can contribute to decisions over the allocation of scarce resources, the techniques available for use within an economic evaluation, and the input health economics can provide answers to broader questions concerned with the provision and financing of health care. You will become familiar with the different health economic approaches to informing decisions, as well as the appropriateness of the different approaches in different context.

What is Health Economics?
Health Economics is concerned with the optimal use of scarce health care resources. The course introduces and develops economic techniques for determining the optimal allocation of scarce resources for competing interventions and considers economic arguments for alternative ways of financing and providing health care.

£ 815 for one module (4 modules: £3260)
costs include accommodation at residential seminars where applicable.

Alison Horne
Course Secretary
Health Economics Research Unit
Tel: +44 (0)1224 553 480
Fax: +44 (0)1224 550 926
Email: alison.horne@abdn.ac.uk.
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This course in applied epidemiology has been running in Aberdeen since 2007, having previously been run at the ARC Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, for nearly 15 years. The course is still run in collaboration with The University of Manchester and features faculty with international reputation, from the Universities of Aberdeen, Manchester, Keele and Southampton.

Although the course is particularly aimed at practitioners and researchers in musculoskeletal disease, it covers concepts and methods common to all chronic disease epidemiology. At the end of the course, delegates will have a thorough grounding in the principles of study design, the collection and analysis of data in epidemiological studies, and various methodological aspects of epidemiological study, including bias, confounding, validity and reliability.

£1,100, including all course materials, accommodation, and most meals
Early-bird: £925 if paid in full before 20th December 2010

Department of Public Health
School of Medicine · Polwarth Building · Foresterhill · Aberdeen AB25 2ZD
Tel: + 44 (0) 1224 552 495
Fax: + 44 (0) 1224 550 925
Ms Hazel MacLeod
Email: epidemiology@abdn.ac.uk
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