Calendar 2002–03

296 Part 5• Department Profiles andProgrammes of Studies MPhil Prog ramme Fields of Sp ecialization Same as those for the PhD programme. MPH Programme (Part-time) Cou rses Offered 1. EpidemiologyI 2. EpidemiologyII 3. Biostatistics I 4. Biostatistics II 5. Fundamentals ofOccupationalHealth 6. ManagementforHealth Professionals 7. HealthEconomics 8. Environmental Health and Communicable Diseases 9. HealthCare Systems 10. DiseasePrevention,Health Promotion 11. CulturalDimensionsof Public Health Practice 12. Principles and PracticeofOccupationalMedicine 13. Principles and PracticeofOccupationalHygiene 14. Principles and Practice ofOccupationalNursing 15. Principlesand Practiceof Public Health and CommunityNursing 16. Evidence-basedHealth Care 17. Research ProtocolDevelopment 18. Qualitative Research Methodsfor Public Health 19. Master Project Work and Report MS c Programme in Clinical Ge rontology (Pa rt-time) Cou rses Offered 1. Demography,Sociology,SocialWork and Health Economics 2. Epidemiology,Biostatisticsand Research Methodology 3. Biology ofAgeing and Concept of SuccessfulAgeing 4. Services for theOlder Population 5. ClinicalTopics 6. Research Project 7. PracticalExperience MS c Programme in Epidemiolog y and Biostatistics (Part-time) Fields of Sp ecialization Evidence-based medicine or health care emphasizes the need to base decision- mak ing on ev iden ce. Evidence required for h ealth car e pr actices inclu des information related to disease etiology, diagnosis,prognosis, benefits and harms of treatmentand thatfor health care provision.The bestevidence is from organized scientific resear ch. The discip line of epidemiolo gy is concerned with the methodology of scientific investigations into these issues in humans, and how to collect the best evidence for decision-making . Biostatistics is concern ed with understanding the data obtained from these investigations. This two-year part- time MSc programme will provide a unique opportunity for students to learn the