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About Us
The Department of Public Health Training at the National Institute of Health Sciences plays a pivotal role in developing the country’s public health workforce with the knowledge, skills, and practices necessary to address contemporary public health challenges through comprehensive training programmes for a wide range of health professionals. This includes basic trainings, regular continuous professional development programmes for all categories of health professionals and postgraduate trainings for officers from various health disciplines.
In addition to broad range of training activities, the department actively involved a range of academic activities as follows.
- Revising and developing training materials
- curriculum development and evaluation of existing curriculums
- Developing resource materials (study guides, lesson plans, checklists etc.)
- Ensuring the quality of trainings
- Preparation of Standard operating procedures
- Preparation of examination procedure
- Preparation of guidelines and procedure checklists
- Research and Evidence-Based Practice
- Research for training need assessment
- Promote operational research to improve planning and implementation of training programes.
- Ensure the workforce can translate research into practical interventions.
- Partnerships and Networking
- Collaborate with universities, research institutions, NGOs, and international health bodies in conducting research related to teaching and training
- Facilitate knowledge exchange and cross-sector partnerships.
Scope
The scope of the department spreads over a range of disciplines including Maternal and Child health, family planning and women’s health, heath promotion, communicable diseases, non- communicable diseases, elderly care and rehabilitation, environment health, occupational health, food safety, public health legislations, disaster preparedness and response.
Details of Academic Staff
Dr Pushpika Chandrasekara
Head – Department of Public Health Training MBBS, MSc, MD (Community Medicine), Dip. M & E, Pg. Cert. Med. Edu.
Email – pushpikac@gmail.com
Dr Hansika Puhambugoda
MBBS, MSc in Community Medicine
Dr. Buddhika Weththasinge
MBBS, PGD in Family Medicine
Dr. Jeewa Sendanayake
MBBS
Dr. Aruni Fernando
MBBS, MSc in Community Medicine
Mr. Chandrasiri Weerakkody
PHI Tutor
Training Program Details
- Midwifery Training
Supervising Public Health Midwifery Training
- Inservice Training for Medical Officers (Public Health/ Quality/ Planning attach to hospitals, RDHS & PDHS offices)
- Inservice training for Medical Officers Mental Health
- Inservice training for MO/ ICs on Medico legal procedures
Inservice training for Medical officers on Public Health legislations
- Community orientation for post graduate trainees in Geriatric Medicine
- Field orientation component for post graduate trainees in MSc in Community Medicine
- Field orientation component for post graduate trainees in MSc in Military Medicine