Information Session - Online Postgraduate Diploma in Global Health Research

Take your professional development to the next level with the University of Oxford’s new and fully online Postgraduate Diploma in Global Health Research.

Designed to support the careers of dedicated and ambitious health professionals and researchers across the globe. It teaches students how to design, operate and report a high-quality health research study anywhere in the world and how to put findings into practice.

In this information session, The Global Health Network’s Director, Professor Trudie Lang, and Sinéad Whitty the acting Course Director for the Postgraduate Diploma, provide prospective students with insight into how this innovative course is taught and how it has been designed with the busy professional in mind.

Host:
Kehkashan Shah - Training Officer

Speakers:
Trudie Lang - Professor of Global Health Research; Director of The Global Health Network
Sinéad Whitty - Acting Course Director for the Postgraduate Diploma
Lauren Whelan - Acting Course Coordinator for the Postgraduate Diploma
Niamh Simpson - Officer for the Postgraduate Diploma

Agenda:
0:00 - Welcome
2:22 - TGHN Director, Professor Trudie Lang
8:22 - Context
14:34 - Introduction to the course
15:35 - What’s the structure of this new, online course?
17:35 - What will you study each term?
19:11 - How much time will you need each week?
23:07 - What flexibility is there?
27:41 - How will you engage with classmates, tutors and professors online?
31:17 - What skills can you expect to develop?
32:06 - What support will you receive?
34:09 - How to apply
40:39 - The team
41:23 - Q&A

Postgraduate Diploma in Global Health Research:

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