The programme is run on a flexible basis over three terms. The first term initially focuses upon developing the student’s study skills and confidence. Teaching then concentrates upon exploring the philosophical basis of public health and the development of core skills in epidemiology and statistics. The second term develops and builds upon the theoretical basis of public health by particularly focusing upon health promotion, planning of dental services and research methods. The third term is largely devoted to revision and exam preparation.

• Two written papers
• An oral examination
• Assessment of the report of an individual project including an oral examination at the discretion of the examiners
• Two in-course practical modules:
  (a) an exercise in planning and/or administering a community health programme
  (b) a one-session exercise in critical reading or the analysis of survey data.

EU/UK: £4,420 (Full-time); £2,290 (Part-time)
Overseas: £15,600 (Full-time); £7,800 (Part-time)

• Written examinations – May or June of final year.
• Dissertation of 15,000–20,000 words by September of final year.

EU/UK: £3,168 (Full-time); £1,585 (Part-time)
Overseas: £15,600 (Full-time); £7,800 (Part-time)

Graduates of the programme should be competent to play a number of roles in the scientific practice of medicine in a technologically advanced and information-rich society. They should be able to use sophisticated information technology and information management techniques to improve the quality of care provided by the health service. They should also graduate with a detailed understanding of information technology as it is used in healthcare, and of the particular issues involved with the development of technology for use in healthcare.

Curriculum:
Four compulsory modules:

• Principles of Health Informatics (15 credits)
• Research Methods in Health Informatics (15 credits)
• Principles of Computing (15 credits)
• Systems in Practice (15 credits)

Optional modules chosen from a list that is expected to include the following:

• Electronic Patient Records (15 credits)
• Communication, Telemedicine and the Internet (7.5 credits)
• Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (7.5 credits)
• Creating Educational Resources (7.5 credits)
• Health Knowledge Management (7.5 credits)
• Decision Support Systems (7.5 credits)
• Consumer Health Informatics (7.5 credits)
• Imaging and Imaging Devices (7.5 credit)
• Human and Computer Interaction (7.5 credits)
• Leading and Managing Change (7.5 credits)
• Bioinformatics (7.5 credits)
• Understanding Programming (7.5 credits).

Each 7.5-credit module will be assessed on one piece of work. Each 15-credit module will be assessed on two pieces of work or one piece of work and a written examination. The assessed work will be a short assignment – either an essay or a small software project.
The final project or dissertation will represent one third of the marks for the degree and should normally be completed within 12 months.

Students will also be assessed on a short presentation.
* Examinations – April of each year.
* Project/dissertation – on or before 1 October of final year.

EU/UK: £9,100 (Full-time); £4,550 (Part-time)
Overseas: £15,600 (Full-time); £7,800 (Part-time)

This qualification is unique in that it offers a recognised Master’s degree in the mental health of older people which is multidisciplinary in its approach and provides an attractive and relevant combination of theoretical and applied knowledge and research skills.

Curriculum:
* Introduction (first year)
* The Ageing Mind and Brain (first year)
* Mental Disorder in Older People (first year)
* Care Interventions for Older People with Mental Health Problems (first and second year)
* Services and Service Development for Older People with Mental Health Problems (second year)
* Research Methods in Mental Health and Ageing (first and second year)
* Dissertation on an Original Research Project (second year)

• Two three-hour written papers (May)
• Coursework
• Dissertation (by September)

The MSc will provide knowledge of the concepts of and intellectual approaches to social epidemiology. Relevant skills in study design and data analysis, exploring the link between social environment and health, will be developed.
At the end of either programme successful graduates will be able to:

• Understand the links between the social environment and health.
• Appreciate the effects of the social environment on the health of individuals and populations.
• Develop a broad perspective on the social determinants of health, including materialist, psychosocial and life-course approaches, and the socialbiological translation.
• Examine existing and new evidence concerning social determinants of health.
• Have a good grasp of modern epidemiological methods.
• Conduct statistical analysis of epidemiological data.
• Produce a conceptual design for a novel study pertinent to understanding an aspect of the social determinants of health.
• Advocate sound research and policy measures focused on the social environment.
• Present and discuss with confidence issues affecting a population’s health and wellbeing.

EU/UK: £4,420 (Full-time); £2,290 (Part-time)
Overseas: £15,600 (Full-time); £7,800 (Part-time)

The aim of this degree programme is to train or retrain individuals in all aspects of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) management and control. STIs are a major cause of morbidity worldwide, particularly among women and infants. The World Development Report 1993, 'Investing in Health' rated STIs, not including HIV infection, among the three top causes of healthy life years lost in women in developing countries. The 'conventional' STIs are increasingly recognised as facilitating the transmission of HIV infection, and improved management of the treatable STIs has been shown to reduce the incidence of HIV infection in a communityrandomised study in Tanzania.

By the end of this programme students should be able to:

• demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of the microbiology, virology and immunology of STIs, including HIV
• describe the laboratory methods used for diagnosing and monitoring STIs and evaluate their relative scope and limitations
• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the basic concepts of communicable disease epidemiology
• identify and apply principles of good clinical practice in the care and treatment of patients with STIs, including HIV
• communicate effectively with patients and professional colleagues on a range of medical, social and interpersonal issues related to the care and treatment of people affected by STIs and HIV
• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of different models of health-care and evaluate their relative benefits and disadvantages in the field of STIs and HIV
• critically assess different approaches to prevention and control of STIs and HIV in different populations
• plan, implement, manage and evaluate STI control programmes.

EU/UK: £ 3,168 (Full-time); £ 1,585 (Part-time)
Overseas: £15,600 (Full-time); £7,800 (Part-time)

This programme provides a comprehensive training for those who wish to practice clinical microbiology, to understand its scientific basis and to engage in infectious disease research in the tropics.
Curriculum: The two-centre format combines the full facilities of a UK teaching hospital with direct experience of the practice of clinical microbiology in an African environment.

Three modules are taught at the Hampstead campus:

• Core Microbiology – principal clinical features and management of tropical infections
• Research Methods – the theoretical basis and application of molecular, immunological and epidemiological techniques toinfectious disease research
• Laboratory Methods – the theoretical and practical basis for effective diagnosis of tropical infectious agents.

At the KCMC campus two further modules are taken:

• Clinical Tropical Microbiology – the clinical aspects of tropical infections with attachments to a range of community-based initiatives in the northern zone of Tanzania
• Research Project – the nature of the project will reflect the interests and experience of the student and may include clinical practice, epidemiology or molecular diagnosis/epidemiology.

EU/UK: £ 4,680 (Full-time); £ 2,290 (Part-time)
Overseas: £17,160 (Full-time); £8,580 (Part-time)

Patient safety has highlighted the need to develop academic rigour in clinical risk management, to increase the body of high-level researchers in risk management and to train staff in methods of maximising safety. The intended outcomes of this programme are to provide staff with essential tools to reduce errors in clinical care, to minimise the consequences to patients and staff when errors do occur, and to reduce the human and financial costs of litigation.
Curriculum: The first year focuses on the changing organisational, clinical and financial factors within the NHS that affect professions concerned with risk management. The programme aims to provide students with an academic training which will support them in addressing the practice of risk management in the clinical arena. Analytic skills for understanding and running research will be developed. The second year offers topics of specialist interest to participants focused around the key clinical problem areas. Psychological perspectives and organisational units including health and safety and human factors at work are examined. Participants conduct a research project of their own choice within their Trust to be presented as a dissertation for their Master’s degree.

The complete programme consists of the following:
1) An induction programme
2) Five core modules:

• Risk Management Principles - 15 credits
• Health Services Research Design - 15 credits
• Statistics for Health Services Research - 15 credits
  or
• Multivariate Statistics and Modelling - 15 credits
• Organisational Risk - 15 credits
• Healthcare Law - 15 credits

3) Three specialist modules to be chosen from the list below:

• Key information sources for Risk Management - 15 credits
• Selection, Training and Monitoring of Performance - 15 credits
• Psychological Responses to Stress and Trauma - 15 credits
• Health and Safety - 15 credits
• The Art and Science of Communication - 15 credits
• Healthcare Finance/Insurance - 15 credits
• Multivariate Statistics and Modelling - 15 credits

4) Research Dissertation - 60 credits

Each module stands alone and is assessed independently of any other module.

EU/UK: £ 9,100 (Full-time); £ 4,550 (Part-time)
Overseas: £17,160 (Full-time); £8,580 (Part-time)

The Social Determinants of Health Option will cover: Class, Work, Gender, Ethnicity, Area effects and health, Life course approach to social epidemiology, The Russian mortality crisis, and Socialbiological translation.
The International Health Option will cover: Global health patterns, International
socio-economic development, International and in-country health inequality (child mortality), Globalization and health, Architecture of international health, Governance and health, Health systems and Fragile states: state breakdown, conflict and displacement.

Joint sessions:
- Professor Sir Michael Marmot will open the summer school with a presentation on the Social determinants of health and close the week with a lecture and discussion on National – since the Black Report – and international policy development.
- Professor Richard Wilkinson will give a guest lecture on Relative deprivation and income inequality.
- A public lecture will also be hosted during the summer school on the topic ‘Obesity – What hope for change?’ speakers include Professors Tim Lang, City University, Jane Wardle, UCL, Martin McKee, LSHTM and Phil James, International Obesity Task Force (tbc). The public lecture will be chaired by Dr Eric Brunner.
- A full timetable will be available on registration.

£650.00 – full course fee (for all bookings made after 30 April 08)
Included all course materials and a supplementary reading list for either course.