Degrees and Curriculum

The PhD degree is offered by the department of Health in Emergencies & Disaster as following:

 

Department

Section

Major

Ph.D.

Training Programs

Short Term Courses

Health in Emergencies & Disasters

Health in Emergencies & Disasters

Health in Emergencies & Disasters

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Courses

 

The HED program corresponds to different credits as follows:

 

Core Specialized Credits

Prerequisites Credits

Non-core (Elective) Credits

 

Dissertation

Sum

28

14

33

 

18

57

 

 

We offer the following specialized courses in different categories of health in emergencies & disasters:

 

Part 1: prerequisite Courses

Total Credit

Theoretical

Practical

Medical information systems

1

0.5

0.5

Advanced biostatistics

2

2

0

Principals of disaster health management

2

2

0

Health planning & management in disaster

2

2

0

Specialized language

3

2

1

Civil / Passive defense

2

1.5

0.5

Health system framework & plans in IRAN

2

1.5

0.5

Part 2: Core Courses

 

 

 

Advanced disaster risk management

2

2

0

Natural and man-made hazards

2

1.5

0.5

Climate change and human health

1

0.5

0.5

Advanced risk assessment

2

1.5

0.5

Medical care in disasters

2

1.5

0.5

Public health in emergencies & disasters

2

1.5

0.5

Advanced quantitative research methods & Disaster epidemiology

2

1.5

0.5

Disaster Risk communication

2

1.5

0.5

Advanced qualitative research methods

2

1.5

0.5

Disaster-resistant hospital management

2

1.5

0.5

Seminar

1

0

1

The internship

2

0

0

Thesis

18

0

18

Part 3: Non-Core Courses

 

 

 

Health economy in disasters

2

2

0

GIS & its application in disasters

2

1

1

Hospital evacuation & surge capacity

2

1.5

0.5

Health information systems in disasters & emergencies

2

1.5

0.5

Technology management & medical equipment in disasters

2

1.5

0.5

Tele medicine & health in disasters

2

1.5

0.5

International organizations & humanitarian affairs

1

0.5

0.5

Management of hospital structures in disasters

1

0.5

0.5

Disaster environmental aspects

2

1.5

0.5

Resource & logistic management in disasters & emergencies

1

0.5

0.5

Risk management plans and policy-making

2

1.5

0.5

Principles of designing, simulation, and conducting disaster exercises

2

1

1

Evidence-based measures & analysis in disasters

2

1

1

Environmental health in disasters

2

1.5

0.5

Ethic & rules in disasters

2

1.5

0.5

CBRNE emergencies

2

1.5

0.5

Psychosocial support in disasters

2

1.5

0.5

Nursing in disasters & emergencies

2

1.5

0.5