​​​​​​​Division of Health Systems and Public Health ​

Postgraduate offering

​Diploma

Diploma in Health Care Management

  • ​Health Systems, Policy and Financing 
  • Leadership and Innovation in Health Care 
  • Strategy, Marketing and Communication 
  • Managing Self and others for Optimal Service Delivery 
  • Evidence and Information in Health Management 
  • Financial Leadership and Governance for Effective Health Care Delivery 
  • Managing Operations 
  • Managing Health Technology and Infrastructure  
  • Project Management  
  • Quality Improvement, Clinical Governance and Patient Care
  • Health Management Report​

Diploma in Occupational Medicine

  • Occupational Health Management and Legislation 
  • Occupational Hygiene and Risk Management ​
  • Chemical Risk Factors in Workplace
  • Physical Risk Factors in Workplace 
  • Ergonomic Risk Factors in the Workplace
  • Biological Risk Factors in the Workplace
  • Psychosocial Risk Factors in the Workplace
  • Clinical Occupational Medicine
  • Evaluation of Disability and Fitness for Work/Employment
  • Research Methodology
  • Health Promotion and Communication
  • Environmental Medicine
  • Exposure through Industrial Visits 

MMed

MMed in Occupational Medicine

  • Environmental Health
  • Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  • Occupational Hygiene
  • Occupational Health Management Systems
  • Occupational Medicine 
  • Research Project 
  • Social and Behavioural Sciences 
  • Practical modules (compulsory)
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    Supervised Practical Exposure 

MMed in Public Health Medicine

  • Public Health (Core Learning) 
  • Public Health (Elective Learning) 
  • Assignment
  • Practical module (compulsory)
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    Supervised Training Exposure 


Masters

Master of Philosophy in Health Systems and Services Research

  • Introduction to Health Systems and Services Research
  • Fundamentals of Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics I 
  • Economic Evaluation
  • Research Proposal writing and Grantsmanship
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Health Policy Analysis 
  • Writing and Reviewing 
  • Scientific Papers

​Elective modules: 

  • Evaluation Research Methods
  • Participatory (Action) 
  • Research Methods
  • Survey Methods
  • Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis 
  • Randomized Controlled Trials 
  • Biostatistics II


PhD

Public Health​​

(The offering of this programme is subject to approval by the Higher Education Quality Committee)​


Short Courses

Global Health Short Course - 'Introduction to Global Health'
This short course aims to provide academic staff, students, researchers, ​reviewers and editors with the understanding of the global health within the African context and beyond. Read more

Division of Health Systems and Public Health Short Course -​ Systematic Review of Economic Evaluation

This short course aims to train candidates to understand the methods and applications of conducting Systematic Reviews of Economic Evaluation. Read more

Additional Short Courses

  • Advanced Economic Evaluation
  • Economic Evaluation
  • Health Policy Analysis
  • Post Basic Certificate in Health Technology Assessment
  • Qualitative Research Methods for Health Sciences
  • Monitoring & Evaluation
  • Basic Underwater Medicine (6 months blended course)
  • Operational underwater medicine course (6 months blended course)
  • Basic Hyperbaric Medicine (6 months blended course)
  • Operational Hyperbaric Medicine (6 months blended course)
  • Ionising Radiation for Appointed Medical Practitioners (7 months online)
  • Quality Improvement and Clinical Governance ​
  • Global Master Class in Qualitative Evidence Synthe​sis


To find out more about our short courses, please contact Ms Candice de Mink (cdemink@sun.ac.za). ​​ ​