Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health
Presentation
To deepen knowledge about the Sciences that support the understanding of research on the determinants of social production, diseases, epidemics, and the organization of health services, according to the model of care and support recommended by official bodies. The course provides an approach based on the whole person formation and Christian Principles
Title awarded to the graduate:
Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health
Core Areas:
- CA 1: Society, Culture, and Public Health
- CA 2: Health and disease prevention in different cycles of human life
- CA 3: Ways of life and exposure to risks by different agents
Estimated duration of 48 months. Being:
- Stage 1- courses / components;
- Stage 2- for the preparation of the senior paper (dissertation or thesis) under direct guidance of an advisor;
- The examination board will take place after the above-mentioned steps have been completed. If the student does not complete the thesis, they must enter into a contractual addendum and continue paying the course fees;
- The student must make at least 03 (three) academic publications during the study period, these must be published in magazines with relevance index.
- The student must complete an additional workload in participating in academic events and lifelong education and extension courses to form the academic-scientific curriculum.
Responsible for the course:
Dr. Marcela Tarciana Cunha Silva Martins
Dean of Academic Relations at VCCU
Dr. Gabriela Machado
Head Professor at the School of Health Sciences
Coursework Plan
Stage 1 - Curricular Components
- DPPHI1 – Epidemiology: prevention, control, and treatment actions
- DPPHI2 – Statistical Methods Applied to Health II
- DPPHI3 – Health and Christendom
- DPPHI4 – Special Topics in Public Health
- DPPHI5 – Health Systems
- DPPHI6 – Health Educational Actions and Public Health Promotion
- DPPHI7 – Health-disease process and equity
- DPPHS1 – Teaching in Higher Education II
- DPPHS2 – Health and disease prevention in the different cycles of human life
- DPPHS3 – Ways of life and exposure to risks from different agents
- DPPHS4 – Training in Academic Guidance I
- DPPHS5 – Training in Academic Guidance II
- DPPHS6 – Assessment of Health Policies and Technologies
- DPPHS7 – Society, Culture, and Public Health
- DPPHR1 – Health Research Project II
- DPPHR2 – Techniques for preparing Health Research Projects II
Hours
60
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Credits
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Stage 2 - Orientation
- Senior Thesis Research and Development
- Senior Thesis Qualification
- Presentation of the Thesis
- Foreign Language Proficiency (English)
- Foreign Language Proficiency (Spanish)
Hours
930
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