Academics
Academics at Ensign Global University
Competency-based public health education that prepares professionals for local, national and global health challenges.
The MPH at a glance
A focused one-year pathway, organized into two semesters of teaching, revision and examinations.
What you’ll learn to do
Graduates are prepared to address pressing public health challenges in their communities, their country and around the world.
Public health problems, risks, needs, assets and system gaps.
With epidemiological, biostatistical, qualitative, quantitative and systems-thinking tools.
Through policies, programs, projects and interventions that improve health outcomes.
With leadership, management, communication and partnership skills.
Competencies you’ll gain
By the end of the MPH program, students demonstrate 22 foundational public health competencies and 5 generalist competencies for professional practice.
1Evidence, methods and analysis4 competencies
- Apply epidemiological methods to settings and situations in public health practice.
- Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context.
- Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming, and software, as appropriate.
- Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy, or practice.
2Health systems, equity and community context4 competencies
- Compare the organization, structure, and function of health care, public health, and regulatory systems across national and international settings.
- Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities, and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity.
- Assess population needs, assets, and capacities that affect communities’ health.
- Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design, implementation, or critique of public health policies or programs.
3Programs, policy, evaluation and resources7 competencies
- Design a population-based policy, program, project, or intervention.
- Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management.
- Select methods to evaluate public health programs.
- Discuss the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence.
- Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes.
- Advocate for political, social, or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations.
- Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity.
4Leadership, negotiation and communication5 competencies
- Apply leadership and/or management principles to address a relevant issue.
- Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges.
- Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors.
- Communicate audience-appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation.
- Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content.
5Interprofessional practice and systems thinking2 competencies
- Integrate perspectives from other sectors and/or professions to promote and advance population health.
- Apply a systems-thinking tool to visually represent a public health issue in a format other than a standard narrative.
6Generalist competencies5 competencies
- Apply health promotion skills to low-resource settings to improve the well-being of communities.
- Apply entrepreneurial thinking skills and dimensions through a public health approach to solving community health problems.
- Apply tools and concepts beyond the traditional public scope to innovatively solve health challenges at the district level.
- Apply standards of professionalism, principle-based practice, and ethics in addressing public health issues through public health practice and research.
- Demonstrate effective community engagement skills for public health practice, including activities that inform, educate, and empower targeted audiences.
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