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Table 1 Alumni's perspective on specific subjects/topics (percent, n = 142)

From: Alumni survey of Masters of Public Health (MPH) training at the Hanoi School of Public Health

 

Subjects/topics

Emphasis was given to this area in the MPH course (%)

The importance in everyday work (%)

  

Not enough emphasis

Appropriate emphasis

Too much emphasis

Not important

Some importance

Important

1

Basic computer skills

35.4

63.3

1.4

0.0

7.5

92.5

2

Basic epidemiology

6.1

86.5

7.4

2.7

12.9

84.4

3

Basic statistics

29.9

60.0

4.1

4.1

29.3

66.7

4

Data analysis skills

46.6

50.7

2.7

2.1

22.6

75.3

5

Demography

5.5

89.0

5.5

6.8

43.8

49.3

6

Disease prevention

24.3

73.6

1.4

6.8

31.3

61.9

7

English

49.7

49.7

0.7

2.1

28.8

69.2

8

Environmental health

21.6

75.7

2.7

4.8

41.5

53.7

9

Health economics

33.3

62.6

4.1

12.3

34.9

52.7

10

Health education and health promotion

20.3

77.7

2.0

1.4

17.8

80.8

11

Health policy

28.6

65.3

6.1

3.4

28.1

68.5

12

Health system management

10.9

89.1

0.0

1.4

15.8

82.9

13

Maternal and child health care

24.7

70.5

3.4

14.5

38.6

46.9

14

Occupational health

23.6

73.0

2.0

13.6

49.0

37.4

15

Pedagogy

20.9

77.0

1.4

8.2

26.5

65.3

16

Qualitative methodology

48.0

48.0

2.7

2.7

30.6

66.7

17

Rehabilitation

30.6

66.0

0.7

19.4

56.9

23.6

18

Research methodology

13.5

79.1

7.4

0.7

11.6

87.7

19

Seminar

19.6

75.7

4.7

0.7

22.4

76.9