Dear Students,
Public Health pertains to the most significant and popular field of medicine in the leading countries of the world in 21st century.
The ongoing changes in healthcare realm applies decisive importance to the issues of disease control and prevention, providing the safe environment for population and supporting the healthy life-style, also the monitoring of medical service and evaluation of cost-effectiveness, all of which builds the background of the relevant competence of specialists in Public Health.
Taking into consideration the reforms being undertaken currently in the education and health care system of Georgia, Tbilisi State Medical University provides the optimized education and training of the specialists, regulating meanwhile their qualitative and quantitative percentage in medical field; these goals are achieved through adjusting the educational curricula and programs to the international standards, which prodives that the new cadres are prepared in accordance with current priority requirements.
The Faculty of Pubic Health is staffed with experienced popular professors/tutors, many of which are the experts and consultants of different international organizations. Numerous qualified specialists and scientists have been raised on the textbooks and scientific works produced by this staff.
New adapted educational programs are developed by the academic staff of the Faculty of Public Health, which are include in the curricula of bachelor, master and doctorate courses. In the Faculty we have two educational Bachelor's programs: "Public Health and Management" and "Public Health" and four Master's programs: "Public Health", "Epidemiology"; ,,Environmental Medicine", "Health Promotion, Patients education", The Faculty also provides rehabilitation courses for graduates, qualifications improvement for specialists working in practical network, prepares the medical professionals from different field in the actual subjects of public health and preventive medicine through short-term education cycles.
The Faculty has the international contacts with similar faculties and the schools of public health of the universities of France, England, Turkey and countries of Caucasus and Baltic regions. Training of students have been constantly carried out at the universities of Europe.
Graduates acquiring the Bachelor degree can already get a job in a wide range of services, including the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs, also the Ministry of Environmental and Agriculture and the services of public health provision subjected to the bodies of local governments. Medical (curative and preventive) organizations, scientific-research institutions and the organizations related to public health provision, service, management and preventive measures also constitute the potential places of their hiring.
After graduation of the second step which means acquiring the Master’s degree, they will have chance to take the managers positions in above mentioned services, or continue the study on the doctoral course.
Professor Shalva (David) Zarnadze
The Dean of the Faculty of Public Health