Table 2 Learning objectives based on competency needs expressed by candidates of the programme

Each student should be able at the end of the programme to:

Implement health prevention and health promotion activities

- Develop health prevention and promotion strategies and action plans

- Implement health prevention and promotion programmes

- Support at the technical level health authorities

Collaborate and communicate

- Communicate with the population, with health authorities and with NGOs

- Collaborate with health professionals and coordinate common actions

- Council health authorities on the health of the population

Manage public health activities and structures

- Identify health priorities according to urgency and economic constraints

- Prepare public health projects including budget and legal aspects

- Analyse and formulate public health objectives (at local and national levels)

- Plan and manage health workforce development including life-long training

Develop and implement research activities

- Establish the health profile of the population at local and national levels

- Organize an information system to collect health data

- Analyse the financial impact of health promotion programmes

- Evaluate the efficacy and efficiency of public health programmes

- Design a public health research project

Train health personal

- Develop, implement and evaluate training programmes for health professionals

Self-evaluation

- Evaluate one’s activities in order to better perform