We will soon start

with an
Introduction to the
Master’s Programme in
Public Health
within
Health and Social Welfare

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 Introduction to the Master’s
programme in Public Health within
Health and Social Welfare
31 August 2021 Susanna Lehtinen-Jacks
Contents

I. Welcome, Professor Katarina Bälter

II. Getting to know each other
III. Master’s Programme in Public Health within Health and
Social Welfare
IV. Closing

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What is public health and public health
science
● From pre-assignment for today: Watch the following videos

1. A pre-recorded minilecture "What is public health sciences?“ by

senior lecturer Susanna Lehtinen-Jacks (12 min 46 s)

2. The following Youtube videos on the topic "what is public health?"

● by Let's learn public health (5 min 33 s)
● by Greg Martin (5 min 40 s)
● A Youtube video about Skills and competencies in public health, by Greg
Martin (8 min 59 s)

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Slide from Maria Sandborgh’s
presentation yesterday

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Master's in Public Health - webinar 18 Oct 2018
 Master’s programme in Public Health
within Health and Welfare
Programme description at
https://www.mdh.se/international/programme/masters-
programme-in-public-health-within-health-and-social-welfare

Programme syllabus:
https://www.mdh.se/en/malardalen-
university/education/programme-syllabus?id=1106
● Outcomes & contents

The 2-year programme provides in-depth knowledge in:

● Health and Welfare, 60 credits
● Public Health science, 60 credits
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 Master’s programme in Public Health within
Health and Welfare
HEALTH AND WELFARE PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE
● Knowledge of the broader ● Courses in Public Health
context where Public Science will provide in-depth
Health Science is embedded knowledge of:
● Health management and ● How to promote sustainable
organisation lifestyle habits
● Evidence based practice ● Epidemiological methods
and evaluations about how to monitor and
● Quantitative and qualitative analyze lifestyle habits and
research methods health
● You read these courses ● Knowledge of how to design,
together with other implement and evaluate
students at the of Health, health promotion programs
Care and Social Welfare and interventions
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 First and second semester
2021 - 2022
Management, Teams and Organisations Evidence based practice
in Health and Social Welfare 7,5 cr 7,5 cr

S1
Promoting a Sustainable Lifestyle Methods to Investigate Health
(7,5 cr) (7,5 cr)

Qualitative
S2 Quantitative A finished Thesis of 15 credits or the
research
research methods I beginning of a Thesis of 30 credits
methods I
7,5 cr (finished during the fourth semester)
7,5 cr

It is possible to finish with a 1-year Master degree

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 Third and fourth semester
2022- 2023
Health and social welfare: Perspectives on Health and social welfare: Perspectives on
equity, access and participation 7,5 cr * profession, organisation and innovation *

S3
Developing interventions to promote health
Health Promotion – Implementation
and prevent ill-health
(7,5 cr) (7,5 cr)

Qualitative research methods II

7,5 cr * A finished Thesis of 15 credits or a
S4 finished Thesis of 30 credits (begun
Quantitative research methods II during the second semester)
7,5 cr *

* With the PhD-programme

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3 ways of writing a thesis and graduating
from the programme
The coloured boxes
Fall 2022 + represent thesis
Spring 2022 Spring 2023 Spring 2023 courses
Period 4 Period 3 Period 4

1 15 1-y Master
(Magister)

2 30* 2-y Master*

3 15 +15* 1-y Master

 2-y Master*

* Learning outcomes and assessment criteria are identical

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 Learning methods

● Lectures, group activities, practical exercises

● Examinations: seminars, written assignments, exams
● Thesis

● Pre-reading, pre-exercises

● Campus vs online

 Lot of independent work and responsibility

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Yesterday, you also talked about…

● Learning platform Canvas

● Zoom

● Student centre, Student councellor Jenny Eklund, Course coordinators,

Library

● The Swedish credit system

● Knowledge levels and learning methods
● Examinations, assignments

● Freedom & responsibilities, cheating and plagiarism

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Previous cohort (2019-2021) in numbers

First Master’s Programme in Public Health Sciences!

15 students in the beginning; out of them:

● 3 from abroad
● 11 Bachelor in PHS
● 9 have graduated so far (1 one-year), 2 discontinued

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 Feedback from the previous cohort
● Interesting programme, clear ● Course in PHS of good quality,
progression from Bachelor relevant, good instructions

● Relevance of common courses ● International students need

to PHS should be strengthened more information about
1) how to study in Sweden
2) the thesis process
● All students would like to have more
1) information on future career possibilities
● Students with no Bachelor in
2) connections with working life
PHS need to update themselves
3) general skills like CV writing
in the basics
 We will do our best, but the student also needs to independently search for information
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 Summary

S1 Management, Teams and Organisations Evidence based practice

in Health and Social Welfare 7,5 cr 7,5 cr

Promoting a Sustainable Lifestyle Methods to Investigate Health

Introduction (7,5 cr) (7,5 cr)
Thu 2 Sep
at 10-12
in Zoom

• See syllabus for the programme & for individual courses

• Keep in mind the big picture (public health, health and

social welfare) while studying any individual course!

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See you soon!

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