Public Health Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Overview

Public Health master program from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University aims to provide student-centered and competence-based teaching harmonized with International standards of Public Health Master Level Education, therefore intends to train and inspire new generation of public health professionals in global network atmosphere, provide broad knowledge, skills and expertise that is needed to undertake leadership roles in addressing important issues of Public Health at national and global level.

Key facts

By the end of the study and after successful completion of the master program, students:

• will have a profound and comprehensive knowledge of concepts and methods in public health; will be able to express in-depth understanding of public health issues and population health and its social, economic and environmental determinants.

• will be able to find the ways of problem solving in new or unfamiliar environment within multidisciplinary context and to apply epidemiological and statistical concepts, ethical principles, research methods to carry out independent research and/or health needs assessment, or health economic principles in the design of financing mechanism; will be able to formulate Judgment in public health dimension on the basis of incomplete or limited information and innovative synthesis of the information; critically evaluate the quality of scientific publications in public health; perform risk assessment and health economic assessment of a given procedure, intervention, strategy or policy; write a public health policy proposal; will be able to present conclusion on public health policy and practice issues and effectively communicate public health messages with academic, professional and non-specialist audience;

• will be able to continue learning independently, express understanding of the importance of LLL principles in public health practice; will be able to respect ethical principles and human rights in health care and public health policy and practice; will be able to manage and adapt complex and multidisciplinary environment using new strategic approaches.