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Do you work as a nurse, a social worker or a social scientist? And are you thinking of working abroad? Or are you interested in immersing more deeply into your work with migrants in the Netherlands? Then the post-graduate course International Public Health may offer you the perfect programme to prepare for your mission abroad or deepening your knowledge of and practical skills for your present job.

This course teaches you how to analyse health problems (in countries with low and middle incomes) and how to communicate interculturally. Apart from this you will learn more about the Sustainable Development Goals and the topical issues of the ministry of development cooperation; water and sanitation, food security and sexual and reproductive health and rights. Subsequently, you will be able to develop interventions in close co-operation with international colleagues. From emergency interventions to long term development programmes. Of course, full attention is paid to the education of health workers, and participants are trained in international project management. You will be in lectures and seminars together with people who are going to work for Doctors without Borders, Medair, Médicins du Monde, VSO and similar organizations. This way, the programme allows you to build a network of relations within the work field. Besides, it provides ample opportunities to learn from each other.

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Admission requirements

  • Duration

    1 year

  • Dates

    October 2023

  • Location

    Christelijke Hogeschool Ede, Oude Kerkweg 100, Ede

  • Price

    €4.400 (costs excluding books)

  • Length of study programme

    The course takes 9 months (from October to June) and contains 20 tutorial days at the CHE and via e-learning. The study load is about 20 hours per week.

  • Accreditation

    The IPH course is accredited by V&VN for 114 credits.

  • Proven quality

    The postgraduate course International Public Health is registered by CPION.

  • Admission requirements

    Bachelor in nursing or an allied health study; relevant job experience for at least one year (not necessarily in a low income country) and a good command of the English language, verbally as well as in writing.

“During my work as a midwife in Africa and Asia, I discovered that I, as a professional, needed more education to really make a difference for the longer term. This course provides a broad foundation. The teachers are professionals in the field and paint a realistic picture of what you should expect as a development aid worker or an humanitarian assistance worker. The programme helped me to develop a positively critical view of the work field. The time of ‘development aid’ has passed. It is all about sustainable co-operation, reaching goals by working together and making use of each other’s qualities.”

Sophie Houtman, student International Public Health

Study information

  • Content and working methods

  • Target group

  • Registration of the course

Content and working methods

The course is organised by a number of self-contained learning units (modules). Lectures will be given during sessions, followed by group activities, discussions, practical workshops and case studies. Active participation of all course participants is essential for the learning process. The various elements of the study programme will be catered for by lecturers who have extensive recent knowledge and experience in the field of community health in low income countries.
 
The content of the programme includes the following modules:
  • Public Health and Migrant Healthcare  
  • Health Promotion  
  • Training Skills 
  • International Project Management
  • Management of Humanitarian Assistance

Target group

The course in International Public Health educates health workers, as well as social workers and social scientists, who are able to:

  • analyse health problems at a local level in a low income country and to relate this to international standards;
  • develop sustainable interventions for health problems in close cooperation with local stakeholders;
  • contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation  of (aspects of) integral health care in both long term development aid programs and (short term) emergency aid interventions;
  • shape leadership within international project management;
  • train local health workers in a culturally sensitive way.
     

Registration of the course

The International Public Health Course is registered by CPION, ‘Centrum voor Post Initieel Onderwijs Nederland’. This foundation aims at granting institutes who provide training courses at a post-graduate level an adequate system of quality control, in order to meet recognized standards within national as well as international perspectives. The IPH course is accredited by V&VN for 138 credits.

Information in Dutch

Klik hier voor de Nederlandstalige versie.

Pratical information

  • Fee

  • Study load & tutorial days

  • Modules in European credits (EC)

  • Contact

Fee

€4.400 (costs excluding books). You can choose to pay in three equal terms by direct debit or in one go by invoice. The dates for the direct debit are: October 26th, November 23th and January 25th.

Seperate modules
It is possible to follow a separate module. Below are the costs for the different modules:

  1. Public Health and Migrant Healthcare: €1400
  2. Training & Education: €1650
    Health Promotion: €950
    Training skills: €700
  3. International Project Management & Management of Humanitarian Assistance: €1400

Study load & tutorial days

3 October 2023
24 October 2023
7 November 2023
21 November 2023
5 December 2023
19 December 2023
16 January 2024
17 January 2024
23 January 2024
24 January 2024
12 February 2024
13 February 2024
14 February 2024
5 March 2024
19 March 2024
2 April 2024
16 April 2024
14 May 2024
28 May 2024
11 June 2024
Certification will take place on June 25, 2024 in the afternoon.

Modules in European credits (EC)

1. Public Health and Migrant Health Care 16 EC (448 hours)
•    Migrant health care 1.0 EC (28 hours)
•    Primary health care and public health 1.0 EC (28 hours)
•    Intercultural communication 1.0 EC (28 hours)
•    Approaching vulnerable groups and human rights 1.0 EC (28 hours)
•    Sustainable development cooperation 1.0 EC (28 hours)
•    Tropical diseases 3.0 EC (84 hours)
•    Emerging (lifestyle) Diseases 0.5 EC (14 hours)
•    (Neglected) Tropical Diseases 0.5 EC (14 hours)
•    Epidemiology 1.0 EC (28 hours)
•    Child Health 3.0 EC (84 hours)
•    Sexual and Reproductive Health 2.5 EC (70 hours)
•    Mental Health 0.5 EC (14 hours)

2. Training and Education Module 5.0 EC (140 hours)
•    Health Promotion 2.5 EC (70 hours)
•    Training Skills 2.5 EC (70 hours)

3. Management Module 9.0 EC (252 hours)
•    International Project Management 5.0 EC (140 hours)
•    Management of Humanitarian Assistance 4.0 EC (112 hours)

Total 30 EC (840 hours)

Contact us:

Tel: (+31) 318696440

gzprofessionals@che.nl

Proven Quality

For many years now, Ede Christian University of Applied Sciences (CHE) has been ranked at the top of the universities of  applied sciences in the Netherlands. For 2019, the CHE has acquired the very top position for middle size institutions in the Choice Guide for Higher Education. Our lecturers and teachers of practical courses all originate from the relevant professional field, or still work part-time in this professional field. As a consequence our educational program is very much up-to-date and  directly related to developments in the field. This is the same for our part-time programs. We are a CEDEO accredited organization for our specific Maatwerk (Tailor-made) educational programs as well as for the open entry programs. In addition, a number of our programs has been officially registered as post-graduate courses (www.sphbo.nl). 

CEDEO-score Open Entry: 92.3% client satisfaction (survey 2016)
CEDEO-score Maatwerk (Tailor-made):  98.6% client satisfaction (survey 2016)

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