Course details
The programme aims to provide students, from a range of different professional backgrounds, both academic and experiential development in the theory and practice of Public Health and Health Protection. This course supplies the knowledge and skills necessary for health protection (infection control) and public health on a global scale. The emphasis is on the use of evidence based healthcare and practice that will enable participants to work in infection prevention and control putting patient safety and public health principles into effect in both research and professional contexts.
Course Details
There are a total of four core modules which must be completed: the first two modules focus on health protection and infection prevention; Introduction to Health Protection (5 credits) and Advanced Health Protection (5 credits); a unit exploring the incidence and prevention of both communicable diseases, and environmental impact factors, Global and Environmental Health (5credits) and a microbiology module Principles of Microbiology (5 credits).
Students can then choose an additional ten credits from the following modules;
- The Big Four: HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis and Neglected Tropical Diseases (5 credits)
- Tobacco Control: National and International Approaches (5 Credits)
Learning Outcomes/Objectives
Completion of the course will equip students with the knowledge to support them in the co-ordination and management of infection prevention, control and health protection services in a broad number of settings.
On completion of the Postgraduate Certificate in Health Protection students should be able to;
- Investigate the transmission of endemic and epidemic infections from sufficient knowledge of the characteristics and transmission of causative organisms
- Select appropriate methods for control of hospital and community acquired infectious disease
- Design, implement and evaluate co-ordinated control methods
- Assess constraints of health protection delivery services
- Describe the global impact of infectious diseases and strategies which are effective, partially effective and ineffective in management and prevention
- Discuss the wider aspects of Health Protection
Discuss effective methods in bring about practice change
Detailed Entry Requirements
Prospective students must satisfy the following:
Candidates must have the following:
- An appropriate degree or professional qualification in healthcare or health services management (such as registered nurses, pharmacists, midwives, health services managers);
- Candidates may be required to present for interview.
Admission to the programme will be subject to the approval of the College of Medicine and Health.
Assessment
Assessment is continuous and includes graded discussion boards, written assignments and a multiple choice exam.
Updated on 08 November, 2015About University College Cork
UCC was established in 1845 as one of three Queen’s Colleges - at Cork, Galway and Belfast. These new colleges theyre established in the reign of Queen Victoria, and named after her.
Queen's College, Cork (QCC) was established to provide access to higher education in the Irish province of Munster. Cork was chosen for the new college due to its place at the centre of transatlantic trade at the time and the presence of existing educational initiatives such as the Royal Cork Institution and a number of private medical schools.
The site chosen for the new college was dramatic and picturesque, on the edge of a limestone bluff overlooking the River Lee. It is associated with the educational activities of a local early Christian saint, Finbarr. It is believed that his monastery and school stood nearby, and his legend inspired UCC’s motto: ‘Where Finbarr Taught, let Munster Learn.’
On 7 November 1849, QCC opened its doors to a small group of students (only 115 students in that first session, 1849-1850) after a glittering inaugural ceremony in the Aula Maxima (Great Hall), which is still the symbolic and ceremonial heart of the University.
The limestone buildings of the Main Quadrangle (as it is now known) are built in a style inspired by the great universities of the Middle Ages, and theyre designed by the gifted architectural partnership of Thomas Deane and Benjamin Woodward. The iconic image of UCC, it is set in landscaped gardens and surrounds the green lawn known to all as the Quad.
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