Diploma in Public Health

The one year diploma programme in public health is offered by the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology.

Admission Requirements and Procedures

This course is offered only to medical graduates (Modern Medicine) working under Government and sponsored by State or Central Government. Duration will be 1 year. Course Fee Rs. 75,000/-

Application forms will be issued from 1st September to 1st October each year and the last date for submission is 1st November

DPH course structure and modules

The DPH Programme consists of 17 modules with a total of 30 credits. Table shown below overleaf gives details of the modules and corresponding credits.

DPH Programme Structure
Name of Course
Number of Credits
Orientation
Nil
1
Introduction to Epidemiology
1
2
Infectious Disease Epidemiology
1
3
Chronic Disease Epidemiology
1
4
Database management in Epidemiology
1
5
Introduction to Biostatistics
2
6
Health and Development
3
7
Health and Environment
2
8
Basic Health Economics
2
9
Gender issues in Health
1
10
Ethics in Public Health
1
11
Health policy Analysis
2
12
Health care system in India
3
13
Health Management
4
14
Research Methodology
2
15
Anthropological Perspective in Health
1
16
Sexual and Reproductive Health
2
17
Field Assignment
1
Total credits
30

> DPH Program Curriculam

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