Alumni speak

The course’s aim to enhance capacity and skills of participants to effectively manage reproductive and child health programs is very true. With this course, I got more knowledge about strengthening health systems and it has added value in my personal practice as well for mothers and child.

Operational Research, Monitoring of Health Programs and Maternal Health Programs which I have learnt in the course so far are useful in my current job profile. The course is giving me good knowledge of RCH program in the country.

Gained more knowledge which may not be useful at present but will certainly be in future when I move to public health after retirement.

This course has clarified and improved my knowledge in the field of public health. I am well acquainted with RCH program as I have worked for trainings for Maternal health, Child Health Intervention, Quality Assurance etc. First of all, being distance learning it can be done with the existing job without taking leaves and one can be with the family. Secondly, as I am working as State Program Manager I appreciate the incorporation of chapters on planning.

It was really a great pleasure to study with you. Everything was smooth and well organized, all presentations were highly informative, and will be of great help in future. I will like to once again attend the course if it will be clinical.

PG diploma program in Epidemiology had helped me in advancing my knowledge in public health as well as to my academic career. Basically I’m from monitoring and evaluation background which helped me more in gaining knowledge in analysing and design the studies. I would like to specially mention the subject on statistics and practical epidemiology. A good initiative for working professionals, only one request- give lots of examples through sharing papers on studies and providing datasets in statistical modules.

After doing this course I learnt the skills of epidemic investigation and I’m showing better performance in my work position like initiating disease trends to analyse the outbreak & giving directions and support to the field staff.

I always try to give suggestions for easy implementation of any public health programs and motivate people to accept it including our staffs as well as our health officials. PGDEPI helped me by increasing knowledge and enhancing skills and confidence and learnt the application of statistics.

PGDEPI has increase of my confidence manifold in the field of epidemiology. Helpful to guide the team at grass root level to control outbreak. Enhanced my knowledge in outbreak investigation and reporting with in-depth analysis along with writing of article for publication in various journals. Dissertation should be included in the program.

Epidemiological skills learnt till now are surveillance, proper reporting of public health related cases, etc. I am sure the course study will transform my career front with leaps and bounds. The amount of knowledge which I anticipate to gain could provide me with enough skills and knowledge to boost my current position to a much higher one while delivering my services with more confidence. It is helping me to gain much needed information in the area of epidemiology. I am very optimistic to apply public health skills and knowledge as appropriate in any of my near future work. Currently, I am only able to apply the knowledge of proper reporting of epidemic cases in a manner which is globally acceptable.