Pancyprian Health Education study plan
Pancyprian Health Education · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Health promotion and health education theory, models and principles
Distinguish health education, health promotion and disease prevention, and state the Ottawa Charter action areas and prerequisites for health from memory.
Compare at least four behaviour-change models (health belief model, transtheoretical stages of change, theory of planned behaviour, socio-ecological model) by naming their core constructs and one practical application each.
Explain the difference between needs-based, asset-based and settings-based approaches, and match each to a realistic community scenario.
Draft a one-page logic model linking inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes and impact for a small community programme.
Your checkpoint
A two-page theory summary sheet: a comparison table of four models plus one worked logic model for a community programme of your choice.
Human anatomy, physiology and basic pathophysiology
Label the major body systems and describe the normal function of each in two or three sentences.
Trace blood flow through the heart and describe the cardiac cycle and normal conduction pathway.
Explain gas exchange, ventilation control and acid-base buffering in the respiratory system.
Describe nephron function and the main mechanisms of fluid and electrolyte balance.
Identify the pathophysiological basis of at least six common conditions (hypertension, type 2 diabetes, asthma, heart failure, chronic kidney disease, anaemia).
Your checkpoint
An annotated diagram set: one labelled diagram per major system with a short pathophysiology note for six conditions.
Epidemiology, biostatistics and health needs assessment
Calculate and interpret incidence, prevalence, relative risk, odds ratio, attributable risk and population attributable fraction from raw numbers.
Distinguish study designs (cohort, case-control, cross-sectional, ecological, randomised trial) and state the main bias affecting each.
Interpret confidence intervals and p-values correctly, and explain what statistical significance does and does not mean.
Describe the components of a health needs assessment and select appropriate data sources for a given population.
Your checkpoint
A worked problem set of ten epidemiology and biostatistics calculations with written interpretations, scoring at least 8/10 on self-marking.
Public health, health policy and health systems organisation
Compare the main health system financing and delivery models (Beveridge, Bismarck, out-of-pocket/private insurance) and give one country example of each.
Explain the concepts of universal health coverage, primary health care and the Alma-Ata and Astana declarations.
Outline how a national health system is organised from ministry to community level, including the role of public health services.
Analyse one current health policy issue using a policy triangle framework (context, content, process, actors).
Your checkpoint
A 600-word policy brief on one health policy issue, structured using the policy triangle and citing at least three sources.
Communicable disease prevention, surveillance and immunisation & Environmental and occupational health
Classify vaccine types (live attenuated, inactivated, subunit, toxoid, mRNA) and state storage and handling requirements for each.
Explain herd immunity thresholds and the factors that drive vaccine hesitancy, and outline a response strategy.
Describe the steps of outbreak investigation from case definition to control measures.
Identify notifiable disease surveillance types (passive, active, sentinel, syndromic) and their strengths and weaknesses.
Apply risk assessment principles to at least three environmental or occupational hazards (water, air, noise, chemical, ergonomic) and state the hierarchy of controls.
Your checkpoint
A one-page outbreak investigation flow chart plus a hazard-control table covering five workplace or environmental hazards.
Non-communicable diseases, nutrition and lifestyle risk factors & Maternal, child and adolescent health
List the major modifiable risk factors for non-communicable diseases and explain the evidence linking each to outcomes.
Interpret food labels and apply WHO nutrition recommendations (salt, sugar, saturated fat, fibre) to a sample daily menu.
Describe screening programme criteria (Wilson and Jungner) and apply them to one cancer screening programme.
Outline the schedule and content of routine maternal, newborn and child health contacts, including growth monitoring and developmental milestones.
Describe the main adolescent health risks and one evidence-based prevention approach for each.
Your checkpoint
A preventive services checklist for one target group (e.g. pregnant women or adolescents) mapping risk factor, recommended action and evidence source.
Mental health and psychosocial support & Health communication, digital health literacy and community engagement
Describe the components of a psychosocial support framework in emergencies (e.g. layered care from basic security to specialised services).
Explain stigma, its mechanisms and at least two evidence-based anti-stigma interventions.
Apply a health literacy framework to critique a real public health leaflet, identifying barriers for low-literacy audiences.
Design a community engagement approach that includes at least two participatory methods and addresses digital exclusion.
Draft three key messages using plain-language and risk-communication principles.
Your checkpoint
A rewritten plain-language version of one real health leaflet with a short note explaining each change and the principle behind it.
Health promotion and health education theory, models and principles & Epidemiology, biostatistics and health needs assessment & Public health, health policy and health systems organisation
Synthesise the heaviest domains by answering 60 mixed practice questions under timed conditions and reviewing every wrong answer.
Re-derive from memory the key formulas and frameworks from domains 1, 3 and 4 without notes.
Write model answers to three extended-response questions spanning theory, epidemiology and policy.
Identify your three weakest sub-topics from the whole plan and produce a targeted revision list for each.
Your checkpoint
A timed mock paper score record (target 70% or above) with a written error analysis and a one-page final revision sheet.
Milestones
Week 2: You can explain the pathophysiology of six common conditions and label all major body systems without notes.
Week 4: You can calculate relative risk and interpret a confidence interval correctly, and you have completed the policy brief.
Week 6: You can state the Wilson and Jungner screening criteria and list vaccine storage requirements from memory.
Week 8: Timed mock score of 70% or higher with a written error analysis identifying your three weakest sub-topics.