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Summary

Course details

Course type:

Professional Diploma

Director of studies:

Dr Vicki Doyle

Director of studies email:

mylstm@lstmed.ac.uk

Mode of study:

Duration:

3 weeks

Home fee:

£2400

Overseas fee:

£2400

Attachments

IHC Testimonials 2015.pdf

Scholarships & Discounts available

Alumni Loyalty Tuition Fee Discounts - Generous discounts available across all taught programmes.

This highly intensive 3-week post-graduate certificate course is an executive/senior level professional development programme of value to health, management and social development specialists working in government, non-government and academic settings worldwide. It provides emerging national, regional and international consultants with an opportunity to enhance and improve their professional knowledge and skills in the provision and management of consultancy services within the context of international health and deliver technical assistance that is robust, evidence-based and grounded in the reality of resource-poor settings. This course aims to mirror the reality of working as an international health consultant and has a very strong emphasis on developing practical hands-on skills with a focus on both individual and team working for delivering successful consultancies.

Real Consulting
An exciting aspect of this course is the application of learning as participants undertake a team consultancy for a Merseyside client, including bidding for and planning the assignment, rapid literature review, face to face meetings with clients and other stakeholders, data collection and analysis, report writing and presentation of learning to outside agencies.

A Complete Learning Package
A mix of learning and teaching methods are used, including lectures, group exercises, case studies of actual consultancies and projects, analysis of real life scenarios, self-directed learning, tutorial support and networking. Participatory approaches are encouraged throughout the module. An exciting aspect of this course is the application of learning through conducting a mentored real-life consultancy assignment in Merseyside.

Entrance Requirements

Academic requirements:

Open to graduates with a masters level qualification or post-graduate professional qualification in a health or development related discipline (e.g. medicine, nursing and midwifery, health sciences, public health, health management, health economics, health financing, social sciences)

Work experience:

Three - five years’ experience working in the health, development, academic, government or NGO sector
Short term project work e.g. consultancy or research projects, work as an external advisor, volunteering experience in international health

English language requirements:

The programme is taught in English. Students whose first language is not English must provide evidence of an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score of at least 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in all learning components, or a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of at least 88 for the Internet-based Test (iBT), with minimum scores of 21 for Listening and Writing, 22 for Reading and 23 for Speaking. Tests should be within their validity period of 2 years.

Other requirements:

We positively encourage applications from all individuals who are highly motivated to develop their careers in the field of international health consultancy. The Director of Studies will exert discretion in the application of course entry requirements which will be judged on a case-by-case basis. There will also be a limited number of places available for those who are in involved in consultancy management who wish to improve their understanding of the context of international health consultancy.

Aims

This course aims to:

Understand the context of key global initiatives and new developments in international health in your role as a consultant

Demonstrate the skills required to work as an international consultant

Describe the international health consultancy process and its management

Deliver successful consultancies

Careers

Many of our alumni have held mid and senior level position in health ministries, universities, hospitals and INGOs and have used this course as a way of moving into consulting as free lance consultants or in setting up or strengthening their own consultancy companies. This programme is designed to enhance the ability of emerging consultants and practising consultants to successfully apply for and win both short-term and long-term consultancy work. It also aims to enhance their skills in effectively managing consultants and consultancy programmes, conducted in resource-constrained countries. This course is also highly relevant to those wanting to work in a volunteer role in international development.

Testimonials

Dr Lucy Obolensky, Alumni 2014

I've been using my newly acquired consultancy skills for some rural work in the north of Kenya, setting up a drug and alcohol project. I referred to the course lectures and handouts on numerous occasions, a real reminder of how useful the course was!

Professor John Ashton CBE, Alumni 2012

“This is a very high quality course and one of the best short courses I've attended. It is enormously practical, covering a wide range of relevant skills and tools for international health consultancy. This course is also really relevant to those in consultancy in Europe and the UK."

Rupal Shah, Alumni 2015

I have just won my first international consultancy project bidding with a fellow Alumni from the course. If I had not attended this course I would not have had the knowledge and insight in how to compete for and win this exciting piece of work!

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Certificate in International Health Consultancy