E-DRUG: Pharmaceutical Policy & Management Online Module offered by University of Western Cape
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Dear E-Druggers,
I am happy to publicise the Pharmaceutical Policy and Management Online course that will be offered over 15 weeks later this year. We offered it last year and in spite of one of the students (and her husband) getting Covid 19 the course went very well. The online discussions were fascinating bringing together different perspectives of participants form different countries, different professional backgrounds. Also this year we had participants with differing levels of experience that combined younger MPH students with other students who were senior professionals or researchers.
We still don't know what is going to happen with Covid 19 but the opportunity to take a course like this is something that can be done whatever happens with vaccine availability or variants or the "third wave!"
Do please consider this course. For those more interested in Rational Use of Medicines, I will also post an announcement about that opportunity.
Richard Laing
Extraordinary Professor,
School of Public Health,
Faculty of Community and Health Sciences,
University of Western Cape,
Belville, South Africa.
E mail richardl@bu.edu
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UWC 2021 Online Module in Pharmaceutical Policy & Management
An accredited Online/Distance Learning Module (1-semester) in Pharmaceutical Policy and Management will be offered at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa. It may be taken as a Continuing Education Module or as part of the Pharmaceutical Public Health area of specialisation within our Master in Public Health (MPH) programme.
Target Groups: Current and future policy makers and advisors, managers responsible for policy implementation, those in charge of pharmaceutical programmes/activities at all levels of health systems, NGO staff, academics and others with an interest in pharmaceutical policy implementation and management in LMICS. Limited bursaries are available.
*Pharmaceutical Policy and Management Online Module (July-November 2021)
The module combines a theoretical underpinning with sessions devoted to common medicines policy issues and management approaches, and covering topics such as national medicines policies, quality of medicines, pharmaceutical supply, human resources in pharmaceutical systems, policies to fight corruption, and COVID-19-related challenges. The module runs over one semester (approx. 15 weeks) and comprises online materials with weekly activities, webinars, discussion forums and two written assignments. The module fulfils 15 credits (150 learning hours) at Masters-level.
The module is convened by Dr Hazel Bradley (School of Public Health, UWC) and is offered in collaboration with the School of Pharmacy, UWC, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, independent consultants and colleagues from South African provincial and national Departments of Health.
Cost per Module: R5,000 South Africans; US$350 Internationals with African citizenship; US$950 Internationals without African citizenship.
Online Module Information & Application Form: Contact Hazel Bradley hbradley@uwc.ac.za
Application Deadline: 30 June 2021 (for late applications contact Hazel Bradley hbradley@uwc.ac.za
Website: <http://www.uwcsoph.co.za>