University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Department of Public Health and Management

1. University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”Department of Public Health and Management Dr. Alexandra Cucu, M.D., Ph.D, lecturer Department of Public Health and Management

2. University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”Department of Public Health and Management • One of the traditional Departments of the oldest  school of medical education in Romania • Founded in 1942, the Public Health Department, is one of the oldest of the nationally accredited schools of public health • Trough the experience of its teaching staff, by the number of students, as well as the quality of courses, during 6 decades of activity, it became one of the most important, recognized, professional authority of the national public health Department of Public Health and Management

3. Mission The overarching mission of the Public Health discipline is to support, promote and advocate public's health through educating, learning, discovery, and communication Department of Public Health and Management

4. Objectives • to provide the highest level of education and formation for: • students, • Public health practitioners, • public health scientists, • medical practitioners, • decision makers • to strengthen health capacities and services for local, regional and national public health services • to elaborate manuals, guidelines, reference training materials • to advocate, disseminate health information, and increase awareness of public health as a public good and fundamental right Department of Public Health and Management

5. Programs • Public Health Academic Programs • Postgraduate programmes • Interdisciplinary Research national and international Programs Department of Public Health and Management

6. Public Health Academic Programs Undergraduate programmes: • Faculty of General Medicine • Faculty of PhysioKinetotherapy, 3rd year • Faculty of Nurses, 1st and 2nd year • College of Nutrition • Faculty of Midwives • Foreign students - citizens of other countries • English Language Section Department of Public Health and Management

7. Postgraduate programmes • Ph.D. Graduate Program • Master of Science (M.S.) Graduate Program in public health and management • Postgraduate programmes • Training residents in Public Health and Management • Training residents for other specialities assimilated in Public Health discipline • Certificate of competency in Management of Health Services In figures:> 20 residents/year.> 60 MPH/y ,> 20 PHD students > 100 PH specialists /y Department of Public Health and Management

8. Postgraduate programmes • Main beneficiaries of the postgraduate program According to our estimation there is a need for training in public health for at least 400 individuals at national level, including professionalsfrom: • Ministry of Health and Family, • District Public Health Authorities, • National and Local Health Insurance Funds, • Institutes of Public Health, • hospitals • Officials from district or local councils, • NGOs’ officials or other donors • Community members Department of Public Health and Management

9. Interdisciplinary Research national and international Programs International partners: • TEMPUS Projects on Health Care Management Training • Spanish PH School -Escuela National de Sanidad Madrid • University of Amsterdam Academical Medical Center -– Prof. Louise J. Gunning-Schepers • Swiss Universities Partnerships on Training, Research and Technical Assistance in Public Health and Health Services Management: • Lausanne University – Prof. Martin Kleiber • Sezione Sanitaria, Dipartimento delle Opere Sociali, Ticino Universita della Svizzera Italiana • Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development: Institutionalization of home care as part of the health insurance system in Romania • DG SANCO- CPH Programme Romanian partner: • University of Medicine Iasi • College of Physicians Bucharest • Romanian Public Health and Health Services Management Association Department of Public Health and Management

10. Resources Teaching resources • Faculty team • 3 professors (2 associate) • 3 Lecturers • 6 Assistants • Public health collaborateurs : a multidiciplinary team from the Institute of Public Health Bucharest (Engineers, maths, public health specialists, epidemiologists, environmental health specialists) • Clinical medicine collaborateurs -in research and clinical studies Department of Public Health and Management

11. Resources Educational resources • more than 10 training materials elaborated • specific guidelines for postgraduate programme • PH discipline Library • PC applied biostatistics lab • Modern pedagogical methods, adequate to each specific programme • Result oriented exams –based on team project elaboration Department of Public Health and Management

12. Resources II • Young collaborative team • highly recognized experience, tradition and commitment, confirmed by yaerly generation of graduates • Motivational staff development methods • Participate in decision making process • Quality insurance mechanism and yearly evaluation of performance • ECTSsystem implemented since 2003 • Partnership with Erasmus mobility Grants Department of Public Health and Management

13. Future activities • Folow-up of existing programmes • Broadening the postgraduate education program (a 12 weeks program leading to a certification of competence in the field of public health and health services management offer of postgraduate courses for PH specialists on identified shortage areas: health planing and evaluation, applied epidemiology to public health, health administration, health economics and social marketing, EU policy and integration • Implementation of Bologna agenda • Developing new PH Master programmes • dual PH -law, PH - social sciences • dual Master of Public Health and Master of Science in Nursing • Family Nurse Practitioner Department of Public Health and Management

14. Future activities • Implementation of Bologna agenda • Developing new PH Master programmes • dual PH -law, PH - social sciences • dual Master of Public Health and Master of Science in Nursing • Family Nurse Practitioner Department of Public Health and Management

15. Future activities II • Folow-up and further development of all the existing programmes • Broadening the postgraduate education program (a 12 weeks program leading to a certification of competence in the field of public health and health services management offer of postgraduate courses for PH specialists on identified shortage areas: health planing and evaluation, applied epidemiology to public health, health administration, health economics and social marketing, EU policy and integration Department of Public Health and Management