Public Health

Attainment of optimum health is the desire of every individual. Health of the society is an index of the level of development of a country. The achievement of a country in preventing disease and promoting health depends upon the contribution of all members of the general health system.

Education is the key to all progress and achievement. It contributes directly towards the health of the community that needs constant attention keeping in mind the ever changing health needs of the society.

The number of Public health officials in the country is still at a level that does not meet the health need of the population. Public health training is being conducted in a few universities, besides the annual output in this case our graduates, these professionally trained individuals are insufficient to satisfy the demand of the population. Hence, the expansion of public health training program is needed in a short period of time to meet the health need of the population.

This curriculum is designed to help for the training of both generic and post basic public health individuals. It is organized in line with the new educational policy of the country. The curriculum has incorporated problem based and task oriented teaching and learning mechanisms to prepare the graduates to fully undertake the responsibility to execute the curative, preventive and rehabilitation of the health system. It is strongly believed that training of public health students using this curriculum will greatly assist implementation of SDGs thereby bringing rapid improvement in the prevailing health situation of the country.

Graduation Requirements

-All students must successfully complete 144 credit hours

-Minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 2.00

-No ‘F’ grade is accepted for graduation

-There must be no more than two ‘D’ in major courses.

-For major clinical courses, no more than one ‘D’ grade is permitted in order to graduate.

 

Course Title

Credit Hours

1

Basic Writing Skills

2

2

Computer Application

2

3

Civics & Ethical Education

2

4

Communicative English I

2

5

Mathematics for Health Sciences

3

6

Cell Biology

3

7

Introduction to Psychology

2

8

Introduction to Sociology & Anthropology

2

9

Introduction to Public Health

1

10

Human Anatomy I

3

11

Human Anatomy II

3

12

Embryology & Histology

2

13

Human Physiology I

3

14

Human Physiology II

2

15

Biochemistry

3

16

Medical Parasitology

2

17

Pathology

4

18

Medical Microbiology

3

19

Pharmacology

4

20

Human Nutrition

2

21

Reproductive Health

2

22

Population & Development

1

23

Health Service Management

4

24

Health Economics

2

25

Health Ethics & Legal Medicine

2

26

Environmental Health & Ecology

3

27

Communicable Disease Control

3

28

Disaster Prevention & Preparedness

1

29

Health Education

2

30

Biostatistics

3

31

Epidemiology

3

32

Research Methods

3

33

Community Based Training Program (CBTP)

2

34

Introduction to Nursing Art

2

35

Physical Diagnosis

2

36

Internal Medicine

7

37

Surgery I

7

38

Pediatrics I

7

39

Obstetrics & Gynecology I

7

40

Dentistry

1

41

Ear, Nose & Throat

1

42

Ophthalmology

2

43

Diagnostic Radiology

2

44

Dermatology

2

45

Psychiatry

2

46

Internal Medicine II

4

47

Surgery II

4

48

Pediatrics II

4

49

Obstetrics & Gynecology II

4

50

Community Health Attachment

6

51

Team Training Program (TTP)

4

52

Student Research Project

3

53

Comprehensive Qualifying Examination

P/F

Total

152