Professional Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (East African Partnership) (DTM&H in Tanzania and Uganda)

Learning, teaching & assessment methods

The intensive DTM&H: East African Partnership programme uses a wide variety of teaching and learning methods including lectures, small group seminars, laboratory practicals, bedside clinical discussions, field projects, group work with peers and personal study. It emphasises experiential learning by immersing students in the clinical and public health issues facing East Africa today. Experienced physicians lead small group sessions and a substantial proportion of the programme is directly related to clinical practice.

The programme is paperless with lecture notes and references supplied electronically on a memory stick as the course goes along. Students should therefore bring a laptop computer. A general textbook and laboratory practical book are supplied by the course and included in the fees. A wider reading list is provided.

Each module has specific learning objectives with content designed to help students achieve these outcomes. Students are expected to learn through both directed and self-directed study.

The programme is assessed using a variety of methods, which reflect its emphasis on practical skills alongside standard knowledge-based outcomes. In-course assignments or assessments will contribute towards 40% of the final grade, and end-of-course final examinations towards 60% (further details are given below). These tasks are designed to assess whether intended learning outcomes have been met. All assessments will be double-marked.

Students are given regular informal feedback during practical sessions. To guide their personal study and revision, students receive in-course assessment marks, individually and prior to the final examinations.

Credit scheme

The course is a Professional Diploma and as such does not attract any academic credit.