Mini-Master of Public Health Catalogue

Public Health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private communities, and individuals.

Programme Description

This programme is a 3 months (12 weeks) online certificate course designed for persons who intend to acquire skills that are necessary for the basic public health understanding or practice to catalyse entities that may help curb health problems for individuals and populations.

Programme Objectives

1. To educate learners on the basic principles and practice of public health

2. To produce graduates who would improve access to healthcare through the evolution of public health and related entities in their contexts of influence

3. To equip learners for future professional development, self-actualization, and practice management

4. To educate learners on the ability to cooperate with individuals, teams or groups and specialists in population health care and appropriate referral

Teaching Target

The teaching target of the Mini-Master of Public Health (mMPH) programme is to help learners to grasp the basic knowledge and skills needed to master the basic techniques of public health science and practice, manage a public health facility, and establish the foundation for a sound managerial and capitalist entrepreneurial public health engagement enterprise.

Specialisations

1. Public Health (mMPH)

2. Epidemiology and Disease Control (mMPH-EDC)

3. Environmental and Occupational Health (mMPH-EOH)

4. Health Promotion and Risk Reduction (MMPH-HPR)

5. Health Policy and Management (mMPH-HPM)

Courses

Mini-Master of Dental Public Health (mMPH)

Total credits: 24 USCH (48 ECTS). Note:  USCH = United States Credit Hours and ECTS = European Credit Transfer System.

Programme Plans

There are three (3) plans in the mMPH programme – Regular Plan (the full strength of the programme), Career Boost Plan (learn how to build a great career with the full strength of the programme and help others to do the same), and Business Plan (learn how to build a great business with the full strength of the programme and help others to do the same). The details of each plan are given below. You should choose the plan that you intend to run during your application. Notice that the enrolment fee differs with each plan (https://orapuh.org/fees).

Health Promotion and Risk Reduction (mMPH-HPR)

Total credits: 30 USCH (60 ECTS). Note:  USCH = United States Credit Hours and ECTS = European Credit Transfer System.

Epidemiology and Disease Control (mMPH-EDC)

Total credits: 30 USCH (60 ECTS). Note:  USCH = United States Credit Hours and ECTS = European Credit Transfer System.

Environmental and Occupational Health (mMPH-EOH)

Total credits: 30 USCH (60 ECTS). Note:  USCH = United States Credit Hours and ECTS = European Credit Transfer System.

Health Policy and Management (mMPH-HPM)

Total credits: 30 USCH (60 ECTS). Note:  USCH = United States Credit Hours and ECTS = European Credit Transfer System.

How we teach these courses and modules

This programe is taught and assessed entirely (100%) online.

We utilise the Flipped Classroom Model of Instruction, using the best available, cost-effective media (WhatsApp, Telegram, & YouTube).

1. We assign pre-recorded lecture audios and videos and other resources as homework to be watched or engaged before class.
2. Students make their own notes or jot down major points and may also consult materials outside of school resources for better understanding of lessons and to enrich their notes/jottings.
3. We spend classroom time on valuable activities like review of lecture and/or other resources, discussions, Q & A, real-life applications, and projects.
4. For each course, live interactive sessions hold as scheduled in the Programme’s Roadmap. Each session runs for about 45 minutes to 1 hour
5. There are regular (weekly) academic webinars that support learning and career/business development.
6. The capstone (practicum/field work) summarises the overall achievement in the programme.
7. Faculty-Student Forum (WhatsApp and Telegram) goes from 10 am – 4 pm Monday to Friday

mMPH Enrolment Fees

Regular plan

1. The Gambia: D15,560 (GMD)
2. Nigeria: N200,915 (NGN)
3. Other countries: $250 (USD)

Career Boost plan

1. The Gambia: D31,260 (GMD)
2. Nigeria: N401,115 (NGN)
3. Other countries: $500 (USD)

Business plan

1. The Gambia: D36,310 (GMD)
2. Nigeria: N481,195 (NGN)
3. Other countries: $600 (USD)

mMPH-EDC, mMPH-EOH, mMPH-HPR, and mMPH-HPM Enrollment Fee

1. The Gambia: D31,060 (GMD)
2. Nigeria: N401,115 (NGN)
3. Other countries: $500 (USD)

How to Picture this Programme

There are a number of ways to picture the Mini-Master of Public Health experience; a few of them are:

1. As a core training/practice programme
   Chances are that you feel this programme is not too related to your career. But that is not true. In fact, the programme is at the heart of your future practice. You cannot practice effectively without considering the impact of your practice on the health of the public.
2. As a programme in entrepreneurial capitalism
   After taking this programme, you could start your own public health business and build it until it becomes a profitable and an enduring business that is sustainably prominent in the marketplace
3. As a programmee in Administration
   The knowledge and skills that you gain from this programme could help you to enhance viability, productivity, and sustainability in your present workplace or other facilities that you manage
4. As a programme in Business Administration Business strategies and methods are freely taught throughout each module of the  programme. The knowledge and skills you acquire during the programme would help you to begin and/or boost your business or career and optimise them to maximise profit and minimise loss
5. As a core science programme
   Public health’s principles and practices are predicated on scientific evidence and methods. Taking this programme stimulates scientific reasoning in you
6. As a programme in teaching
   The programme prepares you to teach others these principles that you learn taking the programme. All you need to do is adapt the teaching to the peculiarities of your context. Today, you are being taught Public Health, tomorrow, you could be teaching others!
7. As a programmee in research
   This programme stimulates your appetite for research.
8. As a programme in learning to reason critically
   The challenging presentations of scenarios in lectures catalyze critical reasoning in learners. The field practicum trips keep students thinking and desiring more experiences. Weekly lectures also stimulate the same feelings in students.
9. As a programmee in learning to generalize
   Public health is a microcosm of other bigger medical/health concerns. Managing a public health facility effectively inspires the trust that one could manage bigger facilities. This impression is a true feeling. This programme encourages you to think along that line.

Requirements for mMPH programme

1. Interest in public health

2. Ability to communicate effectively in the English Language

3. Payment of the Admission Processing Fee

• The Gambia: D600 (GMD)
• Nigeria: N7,150 (NGN)
• Other countries: $10 (USD)

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Requirements for mMPH-EDC, mMPH-EOH, mMPH-HPR, and mMPH-HPM programmes

1. Interest in the programme

2. Possession of a relevant degree or its equivalent recognised by the school’s Oversight and Academic Board (OAB)

3. Ability to communicate effectively in the English Language

4. Payment of the Admission Processing Fee

• The Gambia: D600 (GMD)
• Nigeria: N7,150 (NGN)
• Other countries: $10 (USD)

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Prospects after Taking this Programme

After taking this course, a learner should be able to

1. Manifest increased public health knowledge and skills
2. Land a new job or promotion, or enhance their CV
3. Possess sharpened skills
4. Attract a salary raise
5. Start a public health business/organization or improve the revenue generation, organization, and operations of an existing public health facility
6. Enhance the operations of their own business/organization or their present work place
7. Use their knowledge and skills to manage any health facility or project
8. Help society better or give back to society

Available Cohorts 

Plan to join a cohort that is most suitable to your time and budget.

1. Session 2024/1: January 8 – March 30, 2024

3. Session 2024/2: April 1 – June 22, 2024

4. Session 2024/3: June 24 – September 14, 2024

5. Session 2024/4: September 16 –  December 7, 2024

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