Case study: Establishing a new area of specialisation in Pharmaceutical Public HealthSchool of Public Health, UWCHazel Bradley

Outline

• Key steps establishing • Pharmaceutical Public Health area of

specialisation in MPH• Innovative CE module offering

• Opportunities • Challenges• Lessons learnt

Postgraduate programmes

• Post graduate Diploma (NQF-8)

• Master of Public Health (NQF-9)• Structured• Full thesis

• PhD (NQF-10)

Master of Public Health

• 4 Core modules

• 2 Research modules

• 2 Electives

• Mini-thesis (33%)

Master of Public Health

• 4 Core modules

• 2 Research modules

• 2 Electives areas of specialisation

• Minithesis (33%)

Pharmaceutical public health – new area of specialisation

• Step 1: Interest begins

• Step 2: Setting out -Winter School short course

• Step 3: Establishing new area of specialisation

• Step 4: New innovation - Online CE modules ‘stand-alone’

Step 1: Interest in Pharmaceutical Public Health• Opportunities• Staff interest - research• Professional interest – new M Pharm (PH & Man)qualification

proposed• Link with other stakeholders at UWC - School of Pharmacy• Partners – Extraordinary prof, SIAPS/MSH (expertise)• Educational specialists• Funding – development of learning materials

• Challenges• Convincing SOPH• Driving and co-ordinating initiative • University processes

Step 2: Winter School short courses

Two one-week short courses (Winter School 2014)• Rational Medicines Use• Medicines Supply Management

Register as CE short courses with university (CE co-ord + Bus Unit; register CPD points )

SOPH CHS Faculty Senate Ac Plan

• Work with partners - SOP, RL (WHO), SIAPS/MSH, local & N DOH • Draw on existing materials (WHO, MSH, SOPH short course)• Skype calls, email comm

20+ participants per short course/positive evaluations

Step 3: Online elective modules• Two new online elective modules• Rational medicines use (Semester 2 – 2015)• Medicines supply management (Semester 2 – 2016)

• Establish team & commitment (content expertise, educational specialists, time, financial resources)

• Navigate institutional hoops

• Develop materials• story board, allocate sessions, writing workshops, finalise

materials, onto online platform

Institutional hoops

New elective modules & MPH prog change

SOPH Academic Domain meeting

CHS Faculty Academic Planning Committee

Quality Assurance Director – quality, new module code

Academic Planning Director

Senate Academic Planning Committee

Step 4: Online CE modules

Two new online CE modules• Rational medicines use (Semester 2 – 2015)• Medicines supply management (Semester 2 – 2016)

15-credit Masters level CE module - ‘Stand alone’ module

Articulates with MPH & future MPharm(PH & Man)

Institutional hoops

New elective modules & MPH prog change: CE module

SOPH Academic Domain meeting

CHS Faculty Academic Planning Committee

Quality Assurance Director: CE co-ordinator + Business unit

Academic Planning Director

Senate Academic Planning Committee

Registrar - New online application & registration processes