Elective Disciplines of GH

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Basic disciplines:

Biostatistics 2

Amount of credits -3
Type of control-exam
In the process of training in this discipline, student will acquire a system of knowledge on the theory and practice of statistical analysis, skills in the use of methods for obtaining and processing statistical information, general cultural and professional competences.

Global health and healthcare

Amount of credits -3
Type of control-exam
Discipline examines approaches to improving the effectiveness of health systems using tools and strategies for planning, implementing and evaluating changes in health systems, applying principles and methods of total quality management for health systems. The determinants of health, successful international strategies and programs that promote human health will be explored.

Methodology of scientific research in global health

Amount of credits -5
Type of control-exam
The content of the discipline includes: an introduction to research methods related to global health, plans for epidemiological studies, statistical methods, qualitative research and methods for their critical assessment. Students will acquire skills and experience in evaluating and applying quantitative and qualitative methods of researching health problems throughout the world.

Professional disciplines:

Internal and external fundraising

Amount of credits -4
Type of control-exam
Internal and external fundraising. Development and implementation of strategies for finding sources of support for the activities of the management of the organization itself. Consulting activity when the search for funding is carried out through the involvement of professional fundraising consultants.

Food Hygiene

Amount of credits -3
Type of control-exam
Expand knowledge on the forms and methods of control at the plant for the production of raw materials and food products, sanitary and epidemiological requirements for the production of food products and maintain current regulatory and technical documentation.

Global diplomacy

Amount of credits -3
Type of control-exam
The special course considers: international legal regulation of interaction of States on the implementation of the human right to health; international legal regulation of medical care to a person while outside their own state; the right to receive medical care by non-citizens in Kazakhstan and citizens of Kazakhstan when they are abroad; agreement on cooperation in the field of health and medicine.

Global policy and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Amount of credits -5
Type of control-exam
Discipline studies global health issues in countries around the world and Kazakhstan, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and multinational corporations. The subject is aimed at studying foreign policy in the field of global health, the close relationship between foreign policy and global health and their interdependence.

Policy in healthcare

Amount of credits -5
Type of control-exam
The special course deals with: theoretical foundations of the human right to health and public health; trends in the development of international law in the field of health in the era of globalization; international mechanisms for monitoring the implementation of States ‘ obligations in the field of health; the practice of the Republic of Kazakhstan to ensure public health; actual problems of implementation of international obligations of Kazakhstan in the field of health.

Health Information Systems

Amount of credits -3
Type of control-exam
The content of the program reflects information systems in healthcare. The use of information systems in health care. Standards of public services in the field of health care and its application in practice. Development of the healthcare system by improving the information infrastructure of the healthcare system and medical statistics.

Communal hygiene

Amount of credits -3
Type of control-exam
Health institutions are a conditioned complex of specific factors of the human-hospital environment. This imposes increased sanitary and epidemiological requirements, on the one hand, on the quality of the hospital environment for patients, and on the other, on the working conditions of medical personnel. The study of sanitary and hygienic monitoring of the main sources of air pollution and soil in the territory of populated areas.

International law and bioethics

Amount of credits -3
Type of control-exam
The special course deals with: theoretical foundations of the human right to health and public health; trends in the development of international law in the field of health in the era of globalization; international mechanisms for monitoring the implementation of States ‘ obligations in the field of health; the practice of the Republic of Kazakhstan to ensure public health; actual problems of implementation of international obligations of Kazakhstan in the field of health.

International codes and standards for emergency assistance

Amount of credits -4
Type of control-exam
Discipline studies codes and standards for providing impartial and effective medical care during armed conflicts and other emergencies. Turning to the principles of humanity, according to which the suffering of people should be prevented and alleviated anywhere, and impartiality, according to which medical care should be provided without discrimination.

Migration and health

Amount of credits -3
Type of control-exam
Discipline studies health problems of refugees and migrants — accidental injuries, hypothermia, burns, gastrointestinal diseases, cardiovascular diseases, complications during pregnancy and childbirth. Women often face issues with maternal, newborn and child health, sexual and reproductive health, and violence. As well as the discipline reveals the problems of health care in migration camps.

Primary healthcare models

Amount of credits -3
Type of control-exam
Discipline examines modern models of primary health care. Economic, cultural, historical features of the countries of the world, influencing their formation. Analysis of modern models of primary health care in the world, their problems, development perspectives and criteria for the effectiveness of health systems.

Scientific fundraising

Amount of credits -5
Type of control-exam
Scientific fundraising. Scientific design, writing and support of grant applications for competitions, with the aim of attracting resources for the implementation of research projects. Stages of scientific fundraising: problem analysis, description of goals and objectives, identification of mechanisms and tools, budgeting, analysis of available and necessary resources, holding fundraising event, analysis of the results and preparation of a report.

Peoples’ need centered Primary healthcare

Amount of credits -5
Type of control-exam
The discipline addresses the issues of primary health care oriented to help people attain the best state of health and receive medical care when they need it, at the right time, right next to them. An effective primary health care can meet the vast majority of the health needs of people at all stages of life.

Political decision making in Local and Global Health

Amount of credits -5
Type of control-exam
Discipline aims to identify health priorities and conduct systematic analysis for decision making in local and global health. Examines a consistent and comparable description of the burden of disease and risk factors that contribute to diseases for decision-making and health planning.

Population health and political aspects of global health

Amount of credits -6
Type of control-exam
Discipline studies issues of diplomacy and cooperation in many areas, including the fight against communicable and chronic non-communicable diseases, occupational health and safety standards, protection from transboundary pollution. The extent of inequality in health.

Population health: community-based intervention planning

Amount of credits -5
Type of control-exam
Discipline is aimed at defining the concept of population health, reflects various concepts of the concept of community, the role of public health in solving community problems. Promotes the development of skills needed to change health in a community setting by reducing morbidity, painful conditions and health risks, as well as creating favorable conditions for maintaining changes in behavior.

Project and operational fundraising

Amount of credits -5
Type of control-exam
Project and operational fundraising. The process of attracting external, third-party resources for the organization, necessary for the implementation of the tasks, project, or other general activities. Fundraising for the project, the current activities of the organization.

Social and behavioral features of family health program planning

Amount of credits -4
Type of control-exam
Approaches to the management of reproductive health in modern conditions. Strategies for the management and organization of reproductive health for the whole family. The effectiveness of modern programs in the field of reproductive health. Monitoring and evaluation of the quality of reproductive health services, family planning, information and educational technology in the field of reproductive health and family planning.

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Amount of credits -5
Type of control-exam
Health promotion and disease prevention. Definition of health, health criteria. The value of lifestyle, habitat, environmental features, factors of heredity in the formation of health. Types of prevention. Individual and public health, the value of preventive examinations in the promotion and protection of health. Health Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of health promotion at the present stage. Organization and management of health promotion services.

Lifetime Health Management

Amount of credits -4
Type of control-exam
The subject explores ways to manage health throughout life, providing medical care to people of all ages; focuses on prevention, optimal health and improving the quality of life.

Primary care systems financing

Amount of credits -3
Type of control-exam
The discipline examines the sustainability of the financing health system and performance indicators, including total health care expenditures, medical organization expenditures and their use, accessibility of health care systems, patient safety, management of chronic conditions, disease prevention, the ability to improve quality.

Econometric methods of analysis in health care

Amount of credits -6
Type of control-exam
The program contains Statistical methods for studying the dynamics of social phenomena. Statistics of living standards of the population. Public health statistics. Analysis of the incidence of the population. SWOT analysis. Compilation of activities (roadmap) to improve health outcomes. Global Competitiveness Index. Strategic and operational plans and analysis of their implementation.

Economic Analysis of Technology Investment

Amount of credits -4
Type of control-exam
Program content includes cost investment and investment analysis to evaluate various types of investments. A simple case of the cash flow structure will be presented, as well as the development of modeling with the inclusion of more complex analysis cases to take into account the distribution of investments over time.

Epidemiology

Amount of credits -4
Type of control-exam
Investigate cases of infectious diseases, investigate outbreaks, develop preventive measures, control foci, conduct epidemiological surveillance and maintain current regulatory documents.

Ethical issues of humanitarian care

Amount of credits -3
Type of control-exam
Discipline forms a modern view of international cooperation in the humanitarian field. It reveals the possibilities and limits of bilateral and multilateral humanitarian diplomacy in assisting and restoring social justice in the crisis zones of the modern world.