Organization: University of South Wales
Registration deadline: 15 Jul 2016
Starting date: 31 Jul 2016
Ending date: 31 May 2019
Course aims
The course aims to prepare healthcare professionals and practitioners and those who support healthcare delivery, or those who aspire to do so, to deliver healthcare to vulnerable populations across the disaster cycle. There is a strong emphasis on international humanitarian assistance throughout the programme. This focus is balanced with considerations of national disaster risk reduction and response, and the growing role of defence medical services in disaster planning and response.
Course structure
Three years part-time distance learning study with three year-specific summer schools.
Year 1
- August summer school
- Personal Preparedness for Disasters
- Principles and Concepts in Disasters
- Public Health in Disasters 1
Year 2
- August summer school
- Public Health in Disasters 2
- Planning for Civil Contingencies and Disasters
- Evidence Based Practice in Disasters
Year 3
- August summer school
- Researching and Evaluating Disasters
- Work-based learning/practice placement
Teaching and learning
On-line learning is delivered through web-based virtual learning environment that provides access to reading materials, audiovisual material, group interactive learning exercises and real-time on-line face-to-face tutorials. The teaching faculty have expertise and field experience in international humanitarian operations, civil contingency planning and emergency response, and military healthcare. The subject expertise of the teaching faculty includes maternal and child health, nutrition, WASH, mental health aspects of disasters, infectious disease outbreak control, epidemiology, research and evaluation, leadership and planning in emergencies, healthcare ethics and IHL, and personal and professional preparation for austere environments.
How to register:
Registration is via the University of South Wales on-line application system
Applicants are encouraged to contact the course leader in the first instance and to review the course web-page
Course Leader
Jeff Evans RN BN MSc PGCertED FHEA
Principal Lecturer Disaster Healthcare
School of Care Sciences
Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
University of South Wales
CF37 1DL UK
