Computing is largely taught using statistics, data base and word-processing packages. International comparisons 2. Includes 2 visits 3. Includes a visit to the Drug Unit 5. There are approximately 350 hours of teaching on the whole course.
Teaching is in the form of lectures, tutorials, exercises and visits.
Formal teaching occupies approximately 18 hours per week during the 21 weeks of full term. The rest of the time is spent on personal study, project work and working with the health authority employing the student, in the case of NHS employees. There is provision for part-time students. It is possible to complete the course in two years and the timetable is arranged so that discrete subjects may be studied on mornings in the first year and afternoons in the second. Students not intending to practise in the United Kingdom will have less interest in topics unique to the British National Health Service and for them this teaching is arranged so that they can omit these topics and concentrate on private study or the more international aspects of public health.