PCS-40028 - Module Specification
School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

This 15-credit module focuses on health protection and you will develop a critical approach to communicable diseases and environmental hazards. The content includes communicable disease transmission and prevention, surveillance and outbreak investigation, air, land and water environmental hazards and international disaster management.

This module aims to enable students to critically evaluate the health protection function of public health. This will include an introduction to infectious disease and environmental hazards, and their control at an individual and population level.

Intended Learning Outcomes

critically evaluate the distribution, extent and impact of infectious/communicable disease on population health at local, national and/or international level: 1
critically analyse the distribution, extent and public health impact of key non-communicable hazards (including air, water, food and land contamination), especially in the context of climate change: 1
establish the key concepts of control for health protection and critically evaluate approaches to prevent and control infectious/communicable diseases.: 1
critically evaluate effective emergency planning and preparedness: 1

Study hours

Lectures/workshops 36 hours; these will include practical sessions, lectures, workshops, small group work, case based discussions and critical appraisal sessions on scientific literature.
114 hours of independent self-study broken down as follows:
60 hours - background reading, reviewing given material, private study, preparation for online and in-person activities (this includes the materials provided for asynchronous study)

54 hours – completion of summative and formative assessments.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment