This highly intensive post-graduate course is a professional development program of value to social development specialists who wants to work with government, non-government and academic settings worldwide as consultants. This program provides emerging national, regional and international consultants with an opportunity to enhance and improve their professional knowledge and skills in the provision and management of consultancy services within the context of international health and deliver technical assistance that is robust, evidence-based and grounded in the reality of resource-poor settings. This course aims to mirror the reality of working as an international health consultant and has a very strong emphasis on developing practical hands-on skills with a focus on both individual and team working for delivering successful consultancies.

A mix of learning and teaching methods are used, including lectures, group exercises, case studies of actual consultancies and projects, analysis of real life scenarios, self-directed learning, tutorial support and networking.