Public health practice: intervention, implementation and evaluation

Education facts

Code: MPH235

The purpose of the course is to allow the students to gain knowledge of the assignments and conditions at work places relevant to public health work, and to give the opportunity to link theoretical knowledge to professional practice at a company, an organization, institution or public authority. During the public health work experience, the student engages actively in their own learning process in order to strengthen personal and professional capacity. The student must design a plan for the internship with clear goals and timelines for achieving the course learning objectives, which must be approved by the course director as well as the local supervisor. Examples of public health workplaces include non-profit agencies, government organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and private companies.

Entry requirements

To be eligible for the course, the students must have acquired the following: - MPH211 Public health science: foundations and applications (15 hec) or MGH101 Global health challenges in an interdisciplinary context (15 hec) or equivalent and  - MPH221 Epidemiology and biostatistics (15 hec) or MGH102 Quantitative and qualitative methods (15 hec) or equivalent and - MPH212 Health equality and the right to health (7,5 hec) and MPH213 Qualitative methods in public health science (7,5 hec) or MGH201 Governing health and illness in a global perspective (15 hec) or equivalent.  - As well as taken course MPH222 Health economics: foundations, areas of application and methodology (15 hec), MPH223 Social epidemiology: theories, methods and practical implications (15 hec), MGH202 Global health economics (15 hec) or MGH302 Health promotion and disease prevention in at risk groups; strategies and methods (15 hec) or equivalent.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Public health practice: intervention, implementation and evaluation

  University of Gothenburg

  Start date: 1 September 2025

  End date: 18 January 2026

  Pace of study: 100 %