Table 3 The challenges of the MPH alumni in work settings, classified by competency groups
From: Alumni survey of Masters of Public Health (MPH) training at the Hanoi School of Public Health
Public health management competencies | Teaching/training competencies | Research/evaluation competencies | Leadership competencies |
|---|---|---|---|
- Lack of skills to evaluate health programs at lower level | - Lack of skill to encourage student to study - Lack of skill to train subordinates and lower-level health staff - Poor self-study competency | - Lack of injury, health economic research development skill - Lack of data analysis skill - Poor Public Health English capacity - Lack of skill to search for information in the Internet | - Lack of policy advocacy skill - Lack of group conflict solving skill - Lack of skill to persuade and explain to colleagues and leader - Lack of skills to work in culturally diverse settings - Lack of skill to persuade and explain to clients - Lack of decision making skill - Difficulty in creating intersectoral cooperation |