Graduate Certificate in Public Health (GC-PUBHLTH) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Knowledge:

• Explain the fundamental principles of epidemiology and biostatistics in public health practice.
• Interpret patterns and trends of disease within and between populations using surveillance data.
• Describe how epidemiological features of different disease types influence public health control strategies.
• Identify key statistical concepts that underpin evidence-based public health decision-making.

Skills:

• Calculate and interpret epidemiological measures and statistical analyses to assess health outcomes.
• Evaluate and synthesise epidemiological evidence from experimental and observational studies.
• Communicate statistical and epidemiological findings effectively using appropriate tables, graphs, and other media, and apply relevant software for analysis.

Application of knowledge and skills

• Apply epidemiological tools and statistical inference principles to develop research questions, assess causation, and design and evaluate public health interventions.

Academically excellent:

• Have a strong sense of intellectual integrity and the ethics of scholarship.
• Have in-depth knowledge of their specialist discipline(s)
• Reach a high level of achievement in writing, generic research activities, problem-solving and communication.
• Be critical and creative thinkers, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning.
• Be adept at learning in a range of ways, including through information and communication technologies.

Knowledgeable across disciplines:

• Expand their analytical and cognitive skills through learning experiences in diverse subjects
• Examine critically, synthesise and evaluate knowledge across a broad range of disciplines
• Have the capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problems
• Have a set of flexible and transferable skills for different types of employment.

Leaders in communities:

• Initiate and implement constructive change in their communities, including professions and workplaces
• Have excellent interpersonal and decision-making skills, including an awareness of personal strengths and limitations
• Mentor future generations of learners
• Engage in meaningful public discourse, with a profound awareness of community needs.

Attuned to cultural diversity:

• Value different cultures
• Be well-informed citizens able to contribute to their communities wherever they choose to live and work
• Have an understanding of the social and cultural diversity in our community
• Respect indigenous knowledge, cultures and values.

Active global citizens:

• Accept social and civic responsibilities
• Be advocates for improving the sustainability of the environment
• Have a broad global understanding, with a high regard for human rights, equity and ethics.