Overview

This stream draws on a wide range of disciplines that enable students to develop knowledge, understanding and capability in various scientific methods and fields of study relevant to health services research. It is aimed at those who plan a career in this field from high-, middle- and low-income countries.

Objectives

By the end of this stream students should be able to demonstrate ability to apply knowledge of the core disciplines of public health, consisting of statistics; epidemiology; health economics; and social research, to real health problems. In addition, students will be able to:

• understand the strengths and weaknesses of different study designs
• identify, assess and synthesise evidence from research literature
• select and apply appropriate, ethical and feasible study designs to answer questions in health services and health systems research
• show competence in critically evaluating and communicating research evidence
• understand the relationship between research evidence and policy/practice