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(AUGUST 2013 JULY 2014)Venue: Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH) Bhubaneswar (Odisha),

Delhi, Gandhinagar (Gujarat) & Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)

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POSTGRADUATEDIPLOMAIN PUBLICHEALTHMANAGEMENTBACKGROUND

SELECTIONPROCESS

OBJECTIVES

COURSEDURATION

ELIGIBILITY

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he Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is pleased

managerial

he selection will be made strictly on the basis of

merit.Eligiblecandidates would be screened,basedon their

to announce its call forapplications, in thesixth consecutiveyear, for the Post-Graduate Diploma in Public HealthManagement being conducted in the academic yearAugust 2013 July 2014, at the Indian Institutes of PublicHealth, Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Delhi, Gandhinagar(Gujarat) & Hyderabad (AndhraPradesh).

The public health challenges being faced by the countrycalls for the development of capacity in the health systemsof both the Central and State Governments by way ofpositioning qualified and skilled professionals who canexecute and monitor national health policies and programs,supervise the public health workforce, fully assess thedimensions of public health issues and devise appropriatestrategies to meet emerging challenges. The standard

MBBS, MD (PSM) and DPH programs offered at medicalcolleges do not significantly impart these managerial skillsand competencies. Hence, this program is designed toimpart the knowledge and skills to address and resolve keyhealthmanagementchallenges.

o enhance the capacity of the public healthworkforce through the conduct and delivery of a speciallydesigned post graduate diploma course in Public HealthManagement.

he program would be a regular course lasting for ninemonths of class room teaching and three months ofproject work including field study. The total duration of thecourseistwelvemonths.

pplicantsshould have a graduate/postgraduate degree in

medicine, AYUSH, dental, nursing, pharmacy, healthsciences, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, natural/lifesciences, management, social sciences, social work,economics,statisticsor anyequivalentqualification.

Candidates with work experience in health/developmentsector willbe given preference.

Self-sponsored candidates from across India and also

candidates from other countries can state their preference

of the institute (Delhi, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad and

Bhubaneswar)in theapplicationform.

application and statement of purpose by a speciallyconstituted screening committee. Short-listed candidateswould then be interviewed and the final list will beannounced.

Thefinal selection of the candidateis based on qualifications,relevant experience, statement of purpose and interview.The weightage for each component will be as follows:

Qualifications 30%

Relevant experience 30%

Statement of purpose 10%

Interview 30%

Decisionstakenby theselectioncommittee willbe final.

hisprogram is an interdisciplinary courseboth in its contentand teaching. It utilizes a variety of teaching/ learning

techniques, including seminars,journal clubs, collaborativelearning, group discussions, case studies, lecturediscussions, assignments, hands- on training on computers,visits to organizations of public health interest, practicumand field projects. Faculty with diverse disciplinarybackgrounds, national and international experiencecombined with a breadth and depth of public healthexperience wouldbe teachingthis course.

ach candidate working under close guidance of a facultyadvisor, will develop, write and work on a project. Eachcandidate will be evaluated concurrently on the study

protocol, while the study is in progress and terminally onhis/herreport.

hefeestructure forPGDPHMfor selfsponsored candidatesinthe year 2013-14 will beas follows:

The annual tuition fee for the academic year 2013-14 is

perstudent.

The costof the academic program is Rs. 3 Lakhs per year per

student. However, PHFI is charging only Rs. 1.25 Lakhs astuition fee andthe remainingamount Rs.1.75 Lakhs is borne

through PHFI Scholarships. Additional scholarships for the

tuitionfeemaybeavailable.

Thehostel feeperstudentwillbe foroneyear

program (Hostel fee covers accommodation and food).

Hostel facilityis optional.

Theannualtuitionfeefortheacademicyear2013-14is

perstudent.

The hostel fee per student will be for one yearprogram (Hostel fee covers accommodation and food).

Hostel facilityis optional.

Total 100%

1.TuitionFee

Rs.1.25Lakhs

2. HostelFee

Rs.1.25 Lakhs

1.TuitionFee

4,600

USD

2. HostelFee

2,400 USD

COURSEFOCUS&TEACHINGMETHODS

PROJECTWORK

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ForInternationalCandidates:

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ABOUTPUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATIONOF INDIA(PHFI)

Post Graduate Diploma in Health Economics, HealthCare Financingand Health Policy (PGDHEP)

Post Graduate Diploma in

Biostatistics and Data Management (PGDBDM)

Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Research (PGDCR)

PostGraduateDiplomain

Public Health Nutrition (Distance Learning)(PGDPHN-DL)

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The other programs offered by PHFI at the various IIPHs are aslisted below:

HFI, a public-private partnership endeavor, is a largeuniquely designed & sustainable response to the service

shortfall of public health professionals (needed in the

government, NGO and private sectors) in India. PHFI waslaunched on March 28, 2006 at New Delhi. PHFI isautonomously governed and is managed by a fullyempowered, independent governing board that isrepresented by multiple constituencies. These constituenciesinclude representatives from government, contributingphilanthropists and leading Indian and internationalprofessionals.

The PHFI's charter includes setting up of new institutes forpublic health education and training in various states,assisting in the enhancement of capacity of existing publichealth training institutions, pursuing vigorous researchandadvocacyeffortsonpublichealthandrelatedissues.

While it is known that enhanced knowledge and a betterunderstanding of health economics is central to moreeffective policy-making for better health services, strategiccapacity and skills to do so, has been one of our keychallenges. This 9-month diploma course in healtheconomics is designed mainly for mid-career professionals.It will provide a basic understanding of key issues in healtheconomics and economic evaluation for informed decision

and policymaking.

This one year course is designed to enable students ofstatistics, mathematics and econometrics who havea soundbackground at the bachelor's level in theoretical statisticsto develop applied skills for bio-statistical consulting,data management and analysis and applied research inbiostatistics and epidemiology.

ThePost Graduate Diploma in Clinical Research is a oneyear

program which aims to focus on the scientific, ethical andoperational issues related to clinical research. The multi-disciplinary curriculum will enable candidates to developskills for research methodology and data management,special types of clinical trials and management andcommunicationskills.

Thiscourse aimsto provide comprehensive trainingin publichealth nutrition in a global setting with the choice ofspecializing in a number of topics and in a range of contexts.It provides an integrated program covering dietary,

epidemiological, public health, social and biological aspectsof nutritional science. Specialist topics include maternal andchild nutrition, nutrition program planning, evaluation andmonitoring, and nutritional epidemiology. Thisarea of studyis particularly suitable for people whose employment

overlapsthe nutritional areasuch as health workers,medicalpractitioners, dieticians, pharmacists, nurses, healtheducators and teachers, and those who wish to exposethemselvesto contemporaryideas inhumannutrition.

PHFI is offering a distance learning course in epidemiologyfor those interested in learning basic concepts ofepidemiology and developing epidemiology skills. Thiscourse will offer modules on six focus areas: Basicepidemiology, Practical epidemiology, Computer basedstatistics, Communicable diseases, Non-Communicablediseases and Writing research papers. There will be a strongemphasis on the applied aspect of epidemiology withnumerous case studies and hands on exercises. Thecandidates enrolling in this program will be able to gothrough the course materials from their remote sites andwill need to come for virtual in class interaction withinstructorsonly fora veryshort period.

This one year diploma program is specially designed forworking health professionals with an aim to develophealth promotion and tobacco control skills among them,which in turn can be integrated into their professionalpractices. The curriculum comprises of modules focusingon health promotion and tobacco control. The healthpromotion content focuses on fundamentals, theories,

development, implementation and evaluation in healthpromotion along with concepts of applied biostatistics.Keeping in mind the central role of tobacco control inpreventing chronic diseases, the module on tobacco controlserves as a specialization in this diploma covering the basicsof tobacco control,health effects, tobacco control strategiesandtobaccoeconomicsrelated global andIndian issues.

The course will equip the potential students to apply theprinciples of management in their practice. The duration ofthe course will be 1 year and the contents will be organizedinto 10 modules. These are being written by a team of 40eminent authors and reviewers from various sectors-academia,research organizations and development sectors.The mode of delivery of the course will be though an onlinemode with lectures and interactive sessions built in withinthecourse.Thequalityandcontentofferedby thecoursewillenhance competencies related to program managementspecificto maternaland childhealthareas.

This six months distance-learning program aims to train theenrolled students in quantitative and qualitative research

methodologies in the public health context. This program isdesigned to address a long-standing needamong young publichealth researchers, health practitioners and teachers fromgovernmental and non-governmental organizations foreffectivelydesigningandparticipatingin publichealthresearch.

PostGraduateDiplomain

Epidemiology(DistanceLearning)(PGDEPI-DL)

Post Graduate Diploma in

Health Promotion with Specialization in TobaccoControl (DistanceLearning) (PGDHPTC-DL)

Post Graduate Diploma in

Management of Reproductive and Child HealthPrograms (DistanceLearning) (PGDMRCH-DL)

Certificate Program in

Research Methodology (Distance Learning)(CRM-DL)

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UPCOMING ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Master of Public Health(MPH)

This two year masters program aims to promote health systems and public health research and implementing solutions in

institutional and field settings. It will prepare health professionals to work in socially, culturally and economically diverse

populations by being attentive to needs of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups. It will work towards imparting qualities of

leadership among public health professionals and effectively use communication skills for health advocacy. Through this

program we will train personnel in program organization and management, problem solving, and critical thinking in the

healthsystemsandthepublichealthdomain.

Management

Public Health

IntroductiontoPublic HealthManagement

Human ResourcesManagementand

OrganizationalBehavior

FinancialManagement

Management of MCH/RCH

ProjectManagement

Logistic Planning and Drug distribution/

Inventory Management

NRHM, National Health Programs, Health

Systems and Health Sector Reforms

UrbanHealth

Behavioraland Social Science inHealth

Quality, EquityandAccess toHealth Care

Health Communication and Promotion

Health Management Information systems

Public Health Nutrition

CommunicableDiseases

Non-CommunicableDiseases

HealthPolicyandHealthCarePlanning

Environmental and Occupational Health

Epidemiology

Demography

Disease Surveillance

Biostatistics

Research Methods and Operations Research

Essentials of Health Economics

Health Financing and insurance

Analytical Skills

PGDPHM COURSE MODULES

POSTGRADUATEDIPLOMAIN PUBLICHEALTHMANAGEMENT

Program brochures and application forms are available on the PHFIwebsite

Please submit your filled application form at the address given below:

Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)

Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID)4, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, Near The Grand Hotel,New Delhi - 110070Tel.: 011- 49566000, Fax No. 011- 49566063E-mail: , URL:

MANAGER

Academic Programs

http://www.phfi.org

acad@phfi.org www.phfi.org

UpcomingDistanceLearningPrograms

Intensive Professional Program in Sexually Transmitted

Infectionsand HIV.

PostGraduate DiplomainClinical andPublic HealthLaboratory

Practice. Post GraduateDiploma inPublicHealthServiceManagement

(Public Health Practice)

Post Graduate Diploma in Public Health Disability Program

Planningand Implementation.

Post Graduate Diploma in Health Informatics.

Certificatecoursein Ethics inResearch.

Certificate course in Pharmaceutical Economics including

Supply Chain Management.

Certificate course in Qualitative Research Methods.

in

CertificatecourseinPsychologicalCounselling inHealthcare.

Certificate coursein Public HealthManagement forNursing

HealthProfessionals. Certificate course in Decentralized Planning in Public

Health.

Certificate course in Research Methods in Disability.

Certificate course in Public Health Surveillance.

Certificate course in Planning NCD Programs.

Certificate course in Human Resource Management

Public Health.

Certificate course in Monitoring & Evaluation.