From: Building capacity in Clinical Epidemiology in Africa: experiences from Masters programmes
Name of Institution | University of Cape Town | Makerere University | University of Pretoria | Stellenbosch University | University of Zimbabwe |
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Academic Department/Division/School/Centre where programme is situated | School of Public Health and Family Medicine | Department of Medicine | The School of Health Systems and Public Health | Community Health Division and Centre for Evidence-based Health Care | Department of Community Medicine |
Name of programme | Master of Public Health (Clinical Research track) | Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics | Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology | Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology | Masters in Clinical Epidemiology |
Year when programme started | MPH started in 1999. Clinical Epidemiology track started 2012 and incorporated into Epidemiology track 2014. | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 1994 |
Credit/equivalent value of the programme | 180 credits 1 credit = 10 hours | 64 credit units (CU) 1 CU = 15 contact hours | 180 credits 1 credit = 10 hours | 180 credits 1 credit = 10 hours | 180 credits 1 credit = 10 weighted hours |
Fulltime or part-time | Fulltime or part-time | Fulltime | Part-time | Part-time | Part-time |
Minimum duration of programme | 1.5 to 2Â years fulltime or 3 to 4Â years part-time | 2Â years | 2Â years | 2Â years | 3Â years |
Structured modules credit value | 120 credits | 55 CU | 80 credits | 120 credits | 1400 weighted hours |
Number of modules | Compulsory: 7 Elective: 3 | Compulsory: 19 | Fundamental: 3 Compulsory: 6 Elective: 3 | Compulsory: 8 Elective: 2 | Compulsory: 8 |
Type of offering | Contact (face:face) All modules are contact for a half week block (14–16 h) plus 8 or 9 sessions of 2 h spread throughout the semester | Contact (face:face) All modules are contact as lectures or classes | Contact (face:face) Contact lectures and individual computer-based tutorials and exercises, group work, assignments and self-study | Blended (face:face and online) Combination of contact lectures, e-learning using online learning platform, self-study (reading, formal and projects) | Blended (face:face and online) Distance learning with residential contact components twice per year (January and June) |
Assessment | Formative assessments (50%) and summative assessments (50%) | Formative assessment (40%) and summative assessment (60%) | Formative assessments and summative assessments | Formative assessments (50%) and summative assessments (50%) | Formative assessment (25%) and summative assessment (75%) in year 1; only formative assessments in year 2 |
Research project credit value | 60 credits | 9 CU (4 CU for research proposal + 5 CU for dissertation) | 100 credits | 60 credits | 400 weighted hours |
Format | Research project resulting in 1 publishable peer reviewed paper | Dissertation | Research project resulting in 1 publishable peer reviewed paper | Research project resulting in 1 publishable peer reviewed paper | Dissertation |
Number of graduates (as at October 2014) | 4 | 104 | 31 | 40 | 10 – 12 per year |