Introduction
Professionalism encompasses the knowledge, skills, attitudes, values and
behaviours expected of individuals during the practice of their profession
(WHO). The role of health systems in providing care for the global public
especially in times of global epidemics, are becoming more important. A health
system comprises of all organizations, institutions, and resources whose
primary intent is to improve health. The Coronavirus has highlighted the
importance of global public health issues. In particular, the role of health
systems in providing care in times of pandemics has attracted major public
scrutiny.
The burden of injuries in different settings, and of issues associated with
measurement and surveillance of injury needs deeper understanding from
health care professionals. The topic of Public Mental Health including Mental
Health of the Populations and Epidemiology of Mental Disorders became an
issue during the Coronavirus epidemic. Gender based violence were
highlighted and healthcare professionals had to address most of the issues.
The burden of disease from diabetes and cardiovascular disease from a public
health perspective increased the demand for healthcare systems to respond
more sufficient to global health emergencies.
Assessment
Participants are assessed on the self-study component of each course through
means of a multiple-choice questionnaire.
Course Content
The FPD CPD/CME online education package consists of 4 short courses which
include:
Health Systems: The aim of this course is to explore health systems, focusing on
those in low- to middle-income countries.
Injury Prevention: Designed to help you learn how to collect information on the
burden of injury in your setting, understand the causes and risk factors for injury,
and develop and evaluate intervention programs relevant to your setting. This
will be underpinned by the principles and characteristics of a public health
approach to prevention.
Global Mental Health: This course aims to provide an introduction to the public
health importance of mental health in the global context with wide reference to
low- and middle-income countries.
Non-communicable Diseases: The module aims to help practitioners
understand the size of this threat and its causes, and to develop policies to
reduce the growing burden on developing country populations. We cannot
cover all non-communicable diseases in this module, and have chosen to focus
on CVD and Diabetes.
Course Design
This is an on-line CPD/CME package and materials are presented in the form of
video tuition and reading materials. Participants have access to all available
courses for a 12-month period from the date of enrolment for the package.
Who Should Enrol
- Any healthcare professional interested increasing their knowledge of Global Health in the Public Health setting as well as their CPD/CME points
- Public health decision makers
- Public health aspiring researchers
- Public health managers with a post graduate degree qualification