EDP on “Surveillance, Epidemic Preparedness and Response” (6 Credit units, 2 weeks):
Epidemics and outbreaks pose serious threats to the already weakened health systems in low and middle income countries. Apart from the morbidity and mortality, they also have long-term social and economic consequences. Therefore, it becomes essential for the managers working in the health systems to know how to identify, plan, and respond to epidemics. Topics in this course will cover principles of disease surveillance, methods of designing a new surveillance system, IDSP–Disease Surveillance in India, methods to formulate a response to a “new” or “unknown” disease, principles of disease transmission, outbreak management and control, emerging and re-emerging communicable diseases, communicable diseases, laboratory-based surveillance systems, analytical methods in outbreak investigation, epidemic preparedness and response, and case studies.
EDP on “Biostatistics and Research Methodologies” (6 Credit units, 2 Weeks):
This MDP is designed specifically for non-statisticians to develop skills in biostatistics needed to critically evaluate and analyze data and interpret results that ultimately drive policies and help make action-oriented decisions. Topics will include descriptive statistics, types of variables, concept of probability, sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value, normal and binomial distribution, confidence interval, relative risk, odds ratio, hypothesis testing between groups, Chi-Square, Fisher’s exact test, the Wilcoxon, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis tests and ANOVA. Research methodologies will include introduction to cohort and randomized studies, design and implementation of surveillance and clinical studies, monitoring, interim analysis, and reporting.
EDP on“Biomedical Waste Management and Handling” (6 Credit units, 2 weeks):
Biomedical waste management (BMW) has become a major global health issue due to the rise in deadly infections and indiscriminate disposal of health care waste. Consequences of improper disposal can be easily avoided by understanding the underlying basis of different types of wastes and adhering to specific disposal protocols. Training on BMW management will enable the managers of the health care and other facilities and community members to handle these wastes diligently.
EDP on “Good Clinical Practice (GCP) in Clinical Research” (6 Credit units, 2 weeks):
Course Objectives:
Course Objectives:
- To understand international rules on medical ethics
- To learn the Indian and international drug development processes
- To acquire skills to carry out different phases of clinical trials
- To provide insights into monitoring, data management, and reporting requirements for conducting studies of the highest quality meeting national and international standard
Topics to be covered: Drug discovery and development process, Pre-clinical studies, Phase I, II, III, IV clinical trials, Ethics in clinical research- historic perspective, International conference on harmonization (ICH), Good clinical practice (GCP) guidelines, IRB/IEC role and responsibilities, Investigator’s role and responsibilities, Sponsor’s role and responsibilities, Regulatory authority’s role and responsibilities, Clinical data management overview, Designing protocols and CRFs, and Reporting of SAEs/AEs. This course will also include mock trials, audits, and reporting.
Executive Seminar Series on “Emerging Issues in Public Health” (3 Credit units, 1 week):
This is a special course designed to inform the scholars with the most up-to-date issues in public health and how to address them. This is accomplished by bringing experts of national and international eminence who deal with the specific issues. Scholars will have the option of attending a single day seminar on one topic of their interest, or a week-long series to obtain an EDP certificate. Currently the topics covered are:
- Disaster management
- Childhood vaccination
- Elderly health
- Non-communicable diseases
- Preventive cancers
- Antibiotic resistance in the hospital and community
- Adulteration in drug and pharmacological products
Final examination is due in the form of a mentored dissertation paper for those attending all 7 of such full-day seminars. Seminar topics will change on a regular basis.
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