Course description
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine invites applications for their Short Course Public Health Planning for Hearing Impairment (formerly Community Ear and Hearing Health in Developing Countries). The aim of the course is to enable participants to understand the magnitude, causes, prevention and management of ear and hearing disorders in developing countries. The course will look to familiarise participants with public health approaches to ear and hearing care and explore planning principles to develop appropriate service delivery programmes.
This 5-day intensive course is aimed at Otologists, Audiologists, Paediatricians and Allied professionals, especially in the communication sciences, health planners and NGO staff who intend to work in this field in a developing country, or are already doing so. Experts who come from or have lived and worked in developing countries will be the teaching the course, including using interactive and group work teaching methods.
How to apply
Please apply using the ONLINE APPLICATION FORM or by visiting the School's website: http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/cpd/hearing_health.html