Time Table: MPH All Sessions Jul-Oct 2009

Time Table for New Combined 1st, 2nd and 3rd Semester.

Classes will start from 16th of July 2009

	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Subject	Introduction to Organizational Management in Health Care	Health Economics and Marketing	Health Care Planning
Teacher	Dr Nayyar Raza	Dr Nayyar Raza	Dr Azmat
Class Timings	5.00- 7.00 PM	5.00- 7.00 PM	5.00- 7.00 PM

Course Contents can be seen in relevant sections
Mid Term Exam of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Semester on 12th September 2009
Semester Exam on 29th, 30th and 31st October 2009

Time Table for New 4rth and 5th Semester MPH

Classes start from 16th of July 2009

	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Subject	Communicable Diseases Control	Environmental, Occupational and International Health	Non-Communicable Diseases Control
Teacher	Dr Jamil Ahmad	Dr Jamil Ahmad	Dr Nayyar Raza
Class Timings	5.00- 7.00 PM	5.00- 7.00 PM	5.00- 7.00 PM

Course Contents can be seen in relevant section
Mid Term Exam of 4rth and 5th Semester on 12th September 2009
Semester Exam on 29th, 30th and 31st October 2009


ATTENTION DL Students

** Please note that from now onwards we have discontinued Classes for Distance Learners of MPH. Now they will be given assignments which they will have to complete and submitt before 10th of October 2009 (latest) which will be assessed by a board of assessors to see whether the qualify to sit in the exams or not. Failure to submitt will disqualify a candidate to sit in exam. They also have to appear in the mid term exam on 12th Sep 2009. It is again reiterated that failure to sit in midterm and failing to submit assignments will disqualify the candidates. Assignments will be posted soon in this section

Course Contents

Organizational Management in Health Care

• History and Time Line of Management Sciences
  
• Basic Organizational Theories
  
• Basic Managerial Functions in Health Sciences
  
• Motivation and Leadership in Health Care
  
• Practical managerial Skills ( Listening)
  
• Practical managerial Skills (Writing)
  
• Practical managerial skills (Public Speaking)
  
• Concepts of team Management in Health Care Services
  
• Conflict Management
  
• Report Writing
  
• Management in multi-cultural environments
  
• Management of Problematic Employees in Health Care Services
  

Health Economics

• Basic Concepts in Health Economics
  
• Supply and Demand
  
• Concept of Price and Costs and Market
  
• Price Elasticity
  
• Production Possibility Frontiers
  
• Cost Benefit Analysis
  
• Cost Effectiveness Analysis
  
• Cost Utility Analysis
  
• Cost Minimization
  
• Law of Diminishing Marginal returns
  
• Costing of Health Care Services
  
• Financing of Health care Services
  
• Public Private Partnerships
  

Health Care Planning

• Strategic Planning of Health care Services
  
• Broader Frameworks of Health care Planning
  
• Situational Analysis
  
• Problem Identifications and Priority Settings
  
• Settings of Goals, Aims, Objectives and Targets
  
• Options Appraisal techniques
  
• Documentation of Projects
  
• PC-1/Proposal/ Grants Writing
  
• Implementation Techniques
  
• MonitoringMethodologies
  

Evaluation in health care Planning

ok sir and what are the subjects in the 4th semester ..

ok sorry for misunderstanding
subjects for 5th and 4th are same .. thanks

Nice management

That's Right Sir,
But the Student of 1rst,2nd and 3rd Semester may get Confused as in the Above Time Table,it has not been Clarified that Health Economics,Health Care Planning etc is for them,and you know very well these Proverbial Gul Mohammads are not Sharp Enough to understand what is usually taken as understood.If you caption their subjects Like thsi.
This is the Course Contents for the Students of 1rst,2nd and 3rd Semester and also mention who will teach each of the subjects.

Yours Sincerely,
Dr Abu Zar CR

SORRY YOU HAVE GIVEN A GOOD DETAIL I MISSED TO SEE IT
That's Great

Dear Dr. Nayyar, many thanks,

Best Wishes
Sohail Anjum

Good arrangements, DL students easily cane manage it.
Regards
Dr Mashooq Sadiq

Dear Zubair! Congratulations now you will not bother to come from Islam Abad,just sit in your office and complete the assignment. So easy and so manageable for you,is itn't?

Dear, I can't resist coming for Dr. Nayyar's lectures. Even before this, It was not obligatory for me to come for every class but I hardly missed any class of Dr. Nayyar Alhamdulillah. Pray for me that God gives me energy to cope well as a regular student in this last semester.

Thats our Pleasure!!!

Dr Zubair "Where there is will There is a Way"


In your Context there is a Wide Motorway

Assignments

Organizational Management

1. List the Vertical Public Health Programs in Pakistan. Discuss how the pharmaceutical sector manages the market by Managment by Objectives

2. In a tabular form discuss the differences between Theory X and theory Y

3. Discuss in detail Abrham Maslow's Theory of Heirarchy of Needs

4. What is a Team. Discuss in detail the various stages of Life Cycle of a Team

5. what is organizational conflict. Discuss in detail Pondy's stages of Conflict withing an Organization

6. discuss the details of decision making in Govt Health Department

7. What is meant by Delegation. Discuss contemporary issues with Delegation

8. As a Health Manager how would you arrange a Press Conference about a food poisoning break out in the city

9. write a "Press Release" about any Public Health event you are familiar with

10. In a diagramatic form (time line), show how management has evolved through various civilizations over centuries

Health Economics and Marketing

1. Define Economics. With 3 examples illustrate what is Allocative Efficiency

2. It is believed that EQUITY is the most difficult aspect of Health Economics to define. Do you agree or disagree. Illustrate your answer with 2 examples

3. What is meant by DALY's and how this term originated. How is it calculated and what is the importance of this indicator

4. What is meant by oppurtunity Cost. Illustrate the concept of Oppurtunity Cost with help of a Production Possibilit Frontier

5. define Market, Supply and Demand. In a diagramatic and narrative form, explain how the demand and supply curves behave when prices rise and fall

6. Define Technical Efficiency and illustrate it with 2-3 examples

7. Define Fixed Costs, Variable Costs, Marginal Costs and Total Costs. With a help of a diagram show the relation between all these different types of costs

8. What is Marketing. Discuss in detail how the Marketing Mix can help you market your Health services in a given community

9. What is Cost effectiveness Analysis and in what conditions is it used. How can CEA help us in setting up our health priorities in the country

10. Do you agree that the rich should pay for the health of the poor. How. Discuss the mechanisms and its pros and cons.

Health Care Planning


1. What is Planning. How will you conduct a Situational Analysis and what type of information would you collect

2. Draw a Priority Matrix and fill it with some common public health problems in Pakistan and rank them on that matrix

3. Draw a Decision Analysis Tree and illustrate it with some hypothetical examples

4. Draw a Gantt Chart of Activities which you normally carry out in your office

5. Discuss how would you make a plan for evaluation of health services provided by an NGO through a BHU in a rural area

6. what is process evaluation and what is its importance. Discuss the processes of your own department where you are currently working

7. Discuss how would you implement a program related to giving Health education about Breast feeding to a community of a population of 100,000 with help of 100 LHW's

8. Discuss some of the main problematic issues with Health Planning in Pakistan

sir .... this is for 1 2 and 3rd semester....
or also for 4th one ???

For 1st, 2nd and 3rd Semester

respected sir
as per ur saying we dl students r not coming to uni classes .. and we are waiting for assignments.... as u already told us that from now no recape session will be for dl students they only have to submit assignments.. some one dr kashif called me and said thta me dr latif , dr zia and dr khurrum are with short attendence and we have to attent classes . other wise we wiinot be allowed to set in the exam... so plz sir clear it to us we are confused ..... as we are waiting for assigments which we have to submit till 12 oct thanks

helo dr abu zar sb ....
sir nayyar seem to be away... so plz would u tell me my above question reply...
we the dl students problems...... so plz tell me the updated situationss... as we also included in assignments prog or we have to attend classes.... ?????

dear dr aziz
we are not interested in uni admin rules and regulations...
we got admission to get mph... and we will follow the directions of dr nayyar and uni.... so if uni ask for classes we will try our best to get in to it as we also think classes for recap is good and effective for us... and if uni is not allowing us for classes and says assignment then it is also ok.and i think on this post graduate level students who already taken medical graduation can get through this mph exam... as it is community medicine in 2nd language... we appericiate your love for regular classes .... but till now distance learner are in good ranks in our session..... wishing every body best and sweet results

thanks dr abuzar sb.... actually we were made confused by some one... other wise sir nayyar has clealry said on this forum.. that from onward uni admin had closed recap session dor dl students. and they wil only submit assignments... and i am also still waitign for sir nayyar reply.... thanks for help....

respected sir nayyar..
we are still waiting for ur reply about assignment and classes... and also upto when our 4th semester assignments are expected to be given on the forum..... thanks

still waiting for sir nayyar reply ......

Dear Dr Latif! Greetings from Jallozai Cherat!!!!

Today I will Clarify your Ambiguities, from Dr Nayyar.
Your Qerries are true and need to be clarified. I will
get back to you after attending the class today.


Your's
Abu Zar

thanks dear dr abu zar ...
as its going to be almost ten days that i am waiting for that...
and one thinking came to my mind that may be we are notihng,in no way and of no value for abasyn uni ,,,,...any way thansk again .. god bless you and i am pleased to have you like class cr... thansk again ..... best wishes
dr latif

Very Dear Dr Latif Greetings!!!

Today I attended Respected Dr Jamil's Class, but he came late and finished his class very late,so though I did remember my promise but Dr Nayyar was out by then to clarify your querries. I am sorry that today I couldn't get a chance to meet him but Insha Allah on the coming Satureday (Just after two days) I will send you the details.
Actually Dr Nayyar is very busy these days,otherwise he will reply yours Questions,he is quite helpful man. You need not be dejected and depressed,This is a momentary communication gap and hopefully will be resolved soon.
Sorry once again for that.
I will request Dr Nayyar that please help him in his concern,if you happen to read my this post.

I send My Warm Wishes to both of you
Dr Abu Zar CR

thanks sir
thanks alot .... me , dr zia and dr khurrum are pleased for giving us these information... no problem .. we will wait till saturday ....
take care best wishes with respect and honour....

respected sir nayyar
we are waiting for when our 4th semester assignments will be given on forum ... thanks dr latif

Assignments for Communicable Diseases Control

1. Develop a localized Model of Hepatitis Prevention in the area where you are currently working

2. Discuss the pros and Cons of Oral Polio Vaccine and Inactivated Polio Vaccine. Which would you recommend for a country like Pakistan and give reasons for your answer

3. Write an analytical epidemiological report about the last Plague Outbreak in India

4. Discuss while Small Pox Eradication was a global success and why the same experimentation with Polio has failed miserably

5. As a Preventive Medical Officer deputed at annual Hajj Pilgrimage at Saudia, how would you scan Hajis for Infectious diseases

6. Discuss the Epidemiology of Measles with reference to Pakistan. (Take any one Province out of Sindh, NWFP, Punjab, Baluchistan and discuss Measles Epidemiology with reference to that particular province)

7.Discuss who Pakistan has been not affected by Swine Flu despite rising Global Epidemic in the rest of the world

8. Describe how would you prepare a Hospital Infection Control Program at a District Level

9. How the WHO's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Review helps in control of Infectious Diseases Worldwide

10. Discuss the set backs with the HIV/ AIDS Control Program and how it has negatively affected other infectious diseases programs

Assignments for Non-Communicable Diseases Control

1. How is the Federal Government coping with increasing cases of Asthma in Islamabad, every year

2. Discuss all latest innovations in field of Diabetes Care worldwide

3. Discuss the salient features of mental health act.

4. Discuss some features of a tailed made Cardiovascular Diseases Control Program for Pakistan

5. Give some latest statistics for Domestic Violence in Pakistan

6. Discuss the rising trends of Cancers and the reasons behind the increase

7. Discuss main dynamics of Drug Abuse in post drop of Afghan Civil War

8. Why Accidents are on the rise in Pakistan as well as worldwide. Discuss in detail

Assignments on Environmental, Occupational and International Health

1. Discuss Green House Effect and Green House Gases in detail, and show how they are negatively affecting the natural habitat and human health

2. Suggest some Public Health measures to overcome Air Pollution in a Large Urban City

3. Suggest some preventive measures for work force working in Iron Smouldering Industry

4. Discuss with examples some International Measures to prevent cross border spread of infectious diseases

5. Discuss what are the current health Regulations for people travelling to United Kingdom

6. Discuss some health problems of coal mine workers

7. Search the internet for health hazards of plastic bags and write a detailed essay on latest information about these issues

8. Many people travel to Thailand every year, a large number of which are medical visitors seeking Traditional Medicine. Discuss this type of medicine as practised in Thailand and why it has been a success

PLEASE SIR MAIL ME THE ASSIGNME NTS TOPICS OF NON COMMUNICIBLE DISEASES OK DR SHAIMA MALIK AT roses_queen@hotmail.com.

Dr Shaima Malik
Before you ask for something, kindly take some time out of your very very busy schedule tp read before you ask. The assignments are given on this very same page. Now kindly open your eyes and see for yourself