Health Care and Management: From Research to Implementation

The course is subdivided into four thematic modules.

• Introduction and Orientation
• Setting the Scene
• Concepts and Research
• Methods Basic Tool Kit (Statistics, Research Methods)

The moduels include following topics:

• Applied Epidemiology,
• Community Approach
• Field exercise in a rural part of Switzerland
• Health Problems and Responses
• Essential Laboratory and Parasitology,
• Health Care
• Reproductive and Child Health
• Health System Management and Communication Information, Education and Communication in Health, Management Strategies

This 3 months full time course aims at introducing participants to the fundamentals of international health with a range of skills and knowledge needed to work as a member of a district management team.

• Health professionals
• managers
• planners
• social scientists
• health systems researchers
• educators

• At least 2 years of professional experience
• TOEFL 79-80 (internet based) or IELTS 6.0
• commitment to work in a developing country

The HCM is accredited as a mandatory core course for the Master of Science in International Health (TropEd-Network)