1. Working under the umbrella of KIMS and through the direction of Secretary General, KIMS, identifying the training needs of health care professionals as they pertain to the broad area of Public Health.
2. Undertaking systematic assessment of curricular needs in relation to the Public Health domain.
3. Developing and offering workshops, seminars and lectures to impart state-of-the-art information to Public Health practitioners.
4. Assisting the Health Sciences Centre, Kuwait University, in developing and managing a Masters in Public Health programme, throough the Faculty of Medicine.
5. Identifying research gaps as they pertain to Public Health and working through appropriate modalities, for designing and conducting the needed research.
6. Based on curricular need assessment, evaluative research and experience surveys offering recommendatio to KIMS, and therefore the Ministry of Health to improve the Public Health of the State of Kuwait.

Curricular Programme

The Faculty of Public Health, as one of the constituents faculties, is responsible for providing the requisite education, mostly in the form of Continuing Medical Education/Continuing Professional Development. In this respect, the faculty develops educational programmes at the end of each academic year for the next academic year and various endeavours in the form of workshops, seminars and special courses are organised.

The proposed curricular endeavours are announced generally through Kuwait Medical Association Journal and through flyers and applications for registration in the workshop/seminars/courses are invited. The Faculty has a committee comprising specific faculty members representing pertinent discipline(s) in which the endeavour is planned. This committee selects the requisite number out of the applicants' pool. The major criteria for selection relates to the following:

• Relevance of the proposed course/workshop to applicant's professional responsibilities.
• Relative merit of an applicant in terms of academic qualification and experience.
• The optimal number of participants which is decided by the instructor(s).

The bulk of Faculty's continuing education is managed by local professionals, concerned Faculty members and other professionals within the Health Sciences Centre or the Ministry of Health. However, at times internationally recognized experts in specific areas are invited as reesource professionals.

Curricular Activities

The Faculty routinely offers courses in the following areas:

• Applied Biostatistics and Computer Applications
• Epidemiology
• Nutritional Surviellance
• Occupational Medicine

Some of the other areas in which course offerings have been considered are:

• Health Syatems Research Methods/ Management
• Operations Research
• Strategy Formulation
• Planning Process

Diploma in Public Health

This one and a half year academic program is offered by the Faculty of Public Health (FoPH). The "problem-based learning" is designed to provide training to policy-makers, administrators and care providers and thereby improve their capabilities and capacity to provide affordable quality care. Upon successful completion of the program, the participants shall be awarded a diploma in Public Health (Dip. P H) which is masters equivalent.

Courses to be Offered

1. Applied Biostatistics and Computer Applications Workshop
   Coordinator - Dr. M. A. A. Moussa
2. Research Methods in Epidemiology
   Coordinator - Dr. Joseph Longnecker
3. Nutritional Surveillance System
   Coordinator - Dr. Nawal Al-Hamed
4. Nutrition in Prevention and Management of Chronic Non-communicable Diseases
   Coordinator - Dr. Nawal Al-Hamed
5. Fitness to work in Kuwait
   Coordinator - Dr. Ahmed Al-Shatti
6. Disability Assessment Medical Retirement
   Dr. Ahmed Al-Shatti