Overview
This course aims to provide eye health professionals with the knowledge and skills required to reduce blindness and visual disability in their populations. The training would enable them: to develop a community oriented approach to eye health in line with the aims and objectives of VISION 2020, The Right to Sight; to plan for appropriate services for their societies' eye health needs ; to facilitate a personal development in public health; to engage with the local, national and international network of health professionals, to reduce and prevent blindness in the world.
It is estimated that there are 161 million visually disabled people in the world, 37 million of whom are blind (excluding refractive error data). The majority of these people live in developing countries. An estimated 80% of blindness is avoidable. The major avoidable causes of blindness are cataract, trachoma, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, refractive errors, vitamin A deficiency and onchocerciasis. Appropriate planning and implementation of eye health services is required to address this global health problem.
Graduates from this course are expected to and encouraged to enter into careers with ministries of health, universities and NGOs involved in developing health services to prevent blindness and improve vision
Course Duration
Full-time for one year or split study over two years. Students taking the course by split study over two years attend full-time for part of Year 1, and then undertake the remainder of the course in Year 2. The split can occur anytime between the Christams break and the end of the formal teaching in May, by prior arrangement with the Course Director. Paper 2 may be taken at the end of Year 1 or at the end of Year 2. Paper 2 must be taken at the end of Year 2. Interested applicants should indicate their choice on the application form.
Entrance Requirements
Either a degree in medicine or a second-class honours degree of a recognised university in science/health-related subject. Students are expected to be health care professionals involved in eye care, or to have an appropriate work experience.
Who is eligible (criteria for being considered): Open to suitably qualified applicants who hold an offer for full-time MSc Community Eye Health or research courses in opthalmology and is awarded for the duration of the studies (maximum of three years).
How to apply:
Lt Col Henry Kirkpatrick Scholarship application form (PDF 92K). Application forms can also be obtained from Registry. Completed forms should be submitted to the Registry.
Last date for applications: 31 March 2010
Decision date: May 2010
Value of award: One award to cover full tuition fees and £12,000 towards maintenance
costs is available this year.
Source: http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/funding/msc_uk_ceh.html
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
This course aims to provide eye health professionals with the knowledge and skills required to reduce blindness and visual disability in their populations. The training would enable them: to develop a community oriented approach to eye health in line with the aims and objectives of VISION 2020, The Right to Sight; to plan for appropriate services for their societies' eye health needs ; to facilitate a personal development in public health; to engage with the local, national and international network of health professionals, to reduce and prevent blindness in the world.
It is estimated that there are 161 million visually disabled people in the world, 37 million of whom are blind (excluding refractive error data). The majority of these people live in developing countries. An estimated 80% of blindness is avoidable. The major avoidable causes of blindness are cataract, trachoma, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, refractive errors, vitamin A deficiency and onchocerciasis. Appropriate planning and implementation of eye health services is required to address this global health problem.
Graduates from this course are expected to and encouraged to enter into careers with ministries of health, universities and NGOs involved in developing health services to prevent blindness and improve vision
Course Duration
Full-time for one year or split study over two years. Students taking the course by split study over two years attend full-time for part of Year 1, and then undertake the remainder of the course in Year 2. The split can occur anytime between the Christams break and the end of the formal teaching in May, by prior arrangement with the Course Director. Paper 2 may be taken at the end of Year 1 or at the end of Year 2. Paper 2 must be taken at the end of Year 2. Interested applicants should indicate their choice on the application form.
Entrance Requirements
Either a degree in medicine or a second-class honours degree of a recognised university in science/health-related subject. Students are expected to be health care professionals involved in eye care, or to have an appropriate work experience.
Who is eligible (criteria for being considered): Open to suitably qualified applicants who hold an offer for full-time MSc Community Eye Health or research courses in opthalmology and is awarded for the duration of the studies (maximum of three years).
How to apply:
Lt Col Henry Kirkpatrick Scholarship application form (PDF 92K). Application forms can also be obtained from Registry. Completed forms should be submitted to the Registry.
Last date for applications: 31 March 2010
Decision date: May 2010
Value of award: One award to cover full tuition fees and £12,000 towards maintenance
costs is available this year.
Source: http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/funding/msc_uk_ceh.html
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
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