News Express: UM launches Doctor of Public Health programme to nurture global public health professionals
新聞快訊：澳大新增公共衛生博士學位課程 培養國際衛生專業人才
澳大新增公共衛生博士學位課程
UM launches the Doctor of Public Health programme
澳大新增公共衛生博士學位課程 培養國際衛生專業人才
澳門大學將於2024／2025學年推出結合傳統公共衛生、醫院管理和醫藥管理方向的公共衛生博士學位課程，以培養更多公共衛生及相關領域的專業人才，為澳門、粵港澳大灣區、中國以至國際社會的衛生保健事業作出更大貢獻。
澳大健康科學學院公共衛生及醫藥管理學系主任項玉濤表示，公共衛生是一個透過預防疾病和提高生活品質來改善人群健康的多學科領域，公共衛生博士學位課程則培養具備領導才能的衛生專業人員，畢業生將能夠運用可行的方法和創新思維，將所學知識轉化及應用於公共衛生、醫院管理、醫藥管理等特定領域，並成為未來的決策者和推動者，為全球公共衛生領域作出貢獻。
澳大公共衛生博士學位課程修讀年期為三年，課程涵蓋預防、治療、復健、臨床醫學及基礎科學研究，並涉及流行病學、生物統計學、環境衛生學、營養學、食品安全、社會醫學、衛生服務管理學等多個跨學科領域。同時，該課程亦著重關注人群健康、衛生服務系統、慢性疾病、緊急公共衛生事件的影響及恢復。
澳大公共衛生博士學位課程現正接受報名，網上報名及有關入學章程可瀏覽澳大研究生院網頁https://grs.um.edu.mo/index.php/prospective-student/?lang=zh-hant，查詢可於辦公時間致電8822 4898或電郵至gradschool@um.edu.mo。
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UM launches Doctor of Public Health programme to nurture global public health professionals
The University of Macau (UM) will offer the Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) programme in the 2024/2025 academic year. The programme, which combines traditional public health, hospital management, and medicinal administration, aims to nurture more professionals in public health and related fields to make greater contributions to the healthcare sector in Macao, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, China, and global community.
Xiang Yutao, head of the Department of Public Health and Medicinal Administration of UM’s Faculty of Health Sciences, said that public health is a multidisciplinary field that aims to improve population health by preventing disease and improving quality of life. The DrPH programme aims to train health professionals with leadership skills. Graduates will be able to leverage innovative thinking to translate what they have learned into practical approaches and apply them to specific areas such as public health, hospital management, and medicinal administration. They will also become future decision-makers and facilitators who will make contributions to the field of global public health.
The DrPH programme is a three-year programme. It covers prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, clinical medicine, and the study of basic sciences. It also involves interdisciplinary fields such as epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health, nutrition, food safety, social medicine, and management of health services. The programme also focuses on population health, health systems, chronic diseases, and the impact of and recovery from public health emergencies.
Applications for the DrPH programme are now open. For online registration and admission guidelines, please visit the Graduate School website: https://grs.um.edu.mo/index.php/prospective-students/. For enquiries, please call 8822 4898 during office hours or email gradschool@um.edu.mo.
To read the news on UM’s official website, please visit the following link:
https://www.um.edu.mo/news-and-press-releases/press-release/detail/57456/