opbouwThe MSc Clinical and Psychosocial Epidemiology consists of both mandatory and elective courses. When choosing for the Health Systems and Prevention track you will follow specific courses (40%) next tot he MSc CPE core courses (60%).
The first year starts with solidifying your bases in psychology, medicine, and epidemiology through various courses and projects. Strong attention is also given to epidemiological research methods and statistics. The programme is set up in such a way that every student will either have or develop a basic foundation of both medicine and psychology, making sure that students of all backgrounds are fully equipped to proceed with the programme.
Next to the core CPE courses (60%) you will follow Health Systems and Prevention specific courses (40%). You will learn about the role of health systems in disease prevention and health promotion, and the added value of interdisciplinary research and stakeholder engagement. You will also learn about the use of big data and open data sources, and innovative statistical techniques, like causal inferences and modeling studies, needed to conduct evaluations on population and health system level.
The second year consists in applying the knowledge acquired during the first year to your own research projects, mainly the Master Thesis project.
In your second year, you will primarily engage in an academic-oriented internship and a master's thesis research project. The internship allows you to actively participate and contribute to the goals of a non-academic societal partner, such as the Ministry of Health, health insurers, municipal health services, occupational health services, and social security institutes. The master's thesis project offers ample opportunities to delve into a research topic related to Health Systems and Prevention, and to experience the daily challenges faced by researchers in Public Health. Throughout the master's thesis project, you can choose elective courses tailored to your interests, background knowledge, and the topic of your research project.