Master of Public Health (Health Services Research)

Course description

This course will provide students with the important fundamental concepts relevant to public health and will provide them with additional research skills that will be relevant to undertaking research and evaluation of health and public health activities and interventions.

Specifically it aims to:

• provide the knowledge and skills required to apply high quality, methodologically sound and ethical health services research to a range of public health problems
• enable students to review and critically appraise the methods and results of existing research, and understand the implications for policy and practice
• develop practical solutions to protect and promote the public health in the context of academic or professional settings

Teaching

This course teaches a range of techniques used to evaluate health services and public health interventions. The course is a strong foundation for a research degree or an academic career in public health or health services research. You’ll be taught through lectures, seminars, tutorials and independent study.

Visit the Master of Public Health (Health Services Research) page to see a list of core and optional modules for this programme.

Assessment

Assessment is by coursework, examinations and a dissertation.

Please see our University website for the most up-to-date course information: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/courses

Visit the Master of Public Health (Health Services Research) page on the University of Sheffield website for more details!