Medical Humanitarian Leadership at University of the Witwatersrand

Programme overview

The Wits School of Public Health is offering a new Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health in the field of Medical Humanitarian Leadership. Managers play a pivotal role in the quality of strategic planning and implementation in a medical humanitarian setting. It relies largely on the experience, skills and competencies of the managers in the field.

Faculty: Health Sciences | Department: Public Health | Duration: 1 - 2 years | Study mode: full-time | Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

What you will study

NQF Level: 8; Total NQF Credits: 120; Orientation to Public Health; Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Medical Humanitarian Action; Planning and Design of Strategies for Medical Humanitarian Action; People Management in Medical Humanitarian Contexts; Operational Management of Medical Humanitarian Action; Staff Wellness in Humanitarian Settings; Organisational positioning, Advocacy and Communicatio

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Application information

Entry requirements

A graduate who has been awarded one of the following degrees: Bachelor of Dental Science; Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery; Bachelor of Nursing; Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy; Bachelor of Pharmacy; Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy; Bachelor of Health Sciences Honours; Bachelor of Science Honours. Any other person, who has satisfied the Senate, by means of a written or oral test (or both), or by any other mode of assessment to be determined from time to time by the Senate, that s/he is sufficiently qualified to undertake the field of study proposed. In addition, the candidate must have experience as a middle or senior manager and must have experience in the medical humanitarian field.

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Postgraduate applications are made online at www.wits.ac.za/applications; the closing date for each programme is listed in its course finder entry. The application fee is R200 (not payable by current Wits students applying online), paid via the Self-Service Portal or by EFT to the Wits University Application Fees account at FNB.

Apply through the official page: https://www.wits.ac.za/applications

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