Motivation to enrol in a Master of Public Health postgraduate programme at a South African university

IF 0.4 Q4 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES African Journal of Health Professions Education Pub Date : 2022-10-20 DOI:10.7196/ajhpe.2022.v14i3.1554
PhD V Mathews
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Background. In the context of a curriculum embedded in social perspectives linked to validated Master of Public Health (MPH) competencies, blended learning is used for learning and teaching. However, in a changing technological environment and embarking on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it becomes imperative to understand the target audience using blended learning as a postgraduate learning environment. Curriculum restructuring and redesign have to take into account changing patterns in the context, environment and target audience for postgraduate programmes in public health.Objectives. To determine the demographic profile of master’s-level postgraduate public health students and their motivation for enrolling into a postgraduate programme.Methods. The study is a retrospective quantitative descriptive research design using secondary data from the application forms of all registered MPH postgraduate students enrolled for the degree from 2015 to 2019. Secondary data analysis was performed using descriptive analysis to calculate frequency, percentages, means and ranking order.Results. One hundred and eighty-four student records were analysed over the study period, with a 55% female and 45% male gender representation. South African students comprised 38% of the total number of students enrolled during the study period. The motivation to enrol in the MPH programme was to improve public health practice, specifically in the field of promotive and preventive aspects of public health. Further research into the motivation to enrol in a distance-learning postgraduate programme is required.Conclusion. The MPH programme attracts regional and international students from multidisciplinary fields, thereby improving public health practice by moving beyond clinical practice.
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参加南非一所大学公共卫生硕士研究生课程的动机
背景。在嵌入与公共卫生硕士(MPH)能力相关的社会观点的课程背景下,混合式学习用于学习和教学。然而,在不断变化的技术环境和第四次工业革命中,利用混合学习作为研究生学习环境来了解目标受众变得势在必行。课程结构调整和重新设计必须考虑到公共卫生研究生课程的背景、环境和目标受众不断变化的模式。目的:确定公共卫生硕士研究生的人口学概况及其入读研究生课程的动机。本研究是一项回顾性定量描述性研究设计,使用了2015年至2019年注册的所有MPH研究生的申请表中的辅助数据。二次资料分析采用描述性分析计算频率、百分比、平均值和排序顺序。在研究期间,研究人员分析了184名学生的记录,其中女性占55%,男性占45%。南非学生占研究期间入学学生总数的38%。参加公共卫生硕士课程的动机是改善公共卫生实践,特别是在公共卫生的促进和预防方面。需要对参加远程学习研究生课程的动机进行进一步研究。公共卫生硕士课程吸引了来自多学科领域的地区和国际学生,从而通过超越临床实践来改善公共卫生实践。
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