Courses | NDC Dept https://shortcourse.ncddept.com NCD Dept Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:50:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://shortcourse.ncddept.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-Logo-and-Name-removebg-preview-32x32.png Courses | NDC Dept https://shortcourse.ncddept.com 32 32 Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Prevention of NCDs https://shortcourse.ncddept.com/courses/epidemiology-risk-factors-and-presentation-of-ncds/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:50:13 +0000 http://shortcourse.ncddept.com/?post_type=courses&p=11 Course goal

To enhance the knowledge of health care professionals on non-communicable diseases, their risk factors, risk assessment, screening, and prevention strategies.

Course content:

  • Overview of NCDs and risk factors
  • Burden of NCDs
  • Health Transition
  • Environmental, Nutritional & Gender Issues of NCDs
  • Screening & risk assessment of NCDs
  • Surveillance of NCDs
  • Prevention & Control Strategy of NCDs
  • Global Voluntary Target 2025 & SDG
  • NCD in humanitarian crisis and high-risk population
  • Health System Challenges (Task shifting & Continuity of Care)

Language:

  • English

Learning Objectives:

After the course, the participants will be able to
• understand the magnitude of major NCDs in developing and developed countries,
• know the burden of risk factors of NCDs and identify the shared and clustering of risk factors of NCDs,
• learn the prevention strategies for different NCDs,
• recognize the socioeconomic burden of NCDs,
• interpret different health transitions of NCDs,
• understand the globalization of NCDs,
• explain the environmental & gender related issues and special concerns of NCDs, and
• Know the health system challenges in tackling NCDs.

Course Schedule:

  • Monday, 6 July – Thursday, 17 July (Saturday & Sunday off), 3.00 pm – 8.30 pm BST (GMT+6) / 11.00 am – 4.30 pm CEST
  • Total 22 Lectures – Credit hours 33 (online via Zoom)
  • Total 7 Group Activities – Credit hours 14 (online via Zoom)
  • Total 3 Assignments – Credit hours 43 (self-study)

Please find here the course flyer and the course agenda.

Course Coordinators in Bangladesh:

Dr. Mithila Faruque and Dr. Md. Wahiduzzaman, Department of NCDs, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences

All correspondence (inquiries, organisation and registration) via the Teaching & Training Unit in Munich, ttu@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

Contact

For further information, please contact the Department of NCD, BUHS
E-mail: ncd_shortcourse@buhs.ac.bd

]]> Short Course on Thyroid Disease (SCTD) https://shortcourse.ncddept.com/courses/certificate-course-in-thyroid-disorders/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:01:50 +0000 http://shortcourse.ncddept.com/?post_type=courses&p=257 Thyroid disorders are the second most common among all the endocrine diseases worldwide which affects an estimated 200 million people worldwide. Around 40% of the world’s population (1.6 billion people) are at risk of iodine deficiency. Large observational studies estimate that additional 10% population have undiagnosed thyroid problems. Thyroid disorders in the form of hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, nodular disease, and thyroid cancer are highly prevalent in Bangladesh. About one-third of the hypothyroid subjects remain undiagnosed and are unaware of the condition. Moreover, thyroid disorders are also increasingly associated with a greater risk of developing other conditions, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, renal disease, obstetric problem, infertility, neuronal problems as well as depression and anxiety disorder. Diagnostic delay in the thyroid disorders is common and related to the lack of awareness amongst primary care practitioners, who are a key part of the health workforce. In addition to this, there are several issues that arise when it comes to the management of the thyroid disorders such as lack of availability of doctors (very low doctor to population ratio), concentration of specialists in urban areas and lack of adequate training in management of thyroid disorders at graduate level (MBBS). Even other specialized may not have modern diagnostic and management knowledge of thyroid disorders.
Keeping this in view, Non-communicable Disease Department of Bangladesh University of Health Sciences launched the “Short Course on Thyroid Disease” (SCTD) for Physicians in collaboration with Bangladesh Diabetic Samity, Bangladesh Thyroid Society. Primary objective is to enhance knowledge and skills of medical doctors in the management of thyroid disorders.

]]> Postgraduate Certificate Course in Cancer Prevention & Control (PG Cert-CP&C) https://shortcourse.ncddept.com/courses/postgraduate-certificate-course-in-cancer-prevention-control-pg-cert-cpc/ Thu, 22 May 2025 12:47:04 +0000 https://shortcourse.ncddept.com/?post_type=courses&p=1029 Method of Teaching:

Virtual and short residential spells (Blended)
Certificate with Postnominal: (PG Ceri – NRT & CS)
Credit Transfer: Transferable
Official Transcripts: Available
APL: Credits are transferred/adjusted as Accredited Prior Learning
Provision: PG Diploma / MSc
Eligibility: Doctors, Dentists, Nurses, Graduates/postgraduates of Public Health
Intake capacity: 15
Course Fee: 15,000 Taka

Course Learning Outcome:

At the end of the course, the candidates will acquire knowledge and skills to help develop
strategies and policies for clinicians and policymakers for the prevention and control of cancer
at treatment centres and communities.

Outline of the course

A. Prevention of cancer

    1. Education Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer (of high prevalence rates,
      such as Lung Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Oral Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Bowel Cancer and
      Breast Cancer)
    2. Screening for early detection, mainly using non-invasive techniques
    3. Community Involvement in Cancer Prevention for awareness development and early reporting
    4. Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) – Generic and Clinical

B. Cancer Screening

  1. Appropriate treatment management strategies for reducing the risk of complications and co-morbidities
  2. Ensuring strategies for a better prognosis
  3. Cost-effective management strategies of palliative care services

Learning Objectives:

Upon completing this course, the participants will be able to:

  • Describe the epidemiology of common cancers
  • Discuss the major risk factors of common cancers
  • Learn the procedures of screening and diagnosis of different cancers
  • Identify effective strategies for cancer prevention and control at the population level

Strategies and actions on-

  1. Possible preventive measures for not starting cancer (primary prevention).
  2. Reducing the rate of cancer progression and complications once started (secondary prevention)
  3. Increasing the duration for cancer survivors
  4. Ensuring quality of life (QoL) after treatment and palliation.

Distribution of Credits

(PG Cert) Credits 35 Credits

  1. Strategy for Cancer Prevention and Control for Practice/community (5 credits)
  2. Governance and Ethics for Cancer Prevention and Control (10 credits)
  3. Principle of Screening, Detection, and Referral of Cancer Cases (5 credits)
  4. Education and follow-up (hospital/community-based) (5 credits)
  5. Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) -Clinical (10 Credits)

Course Director (UK):

Professor Chitta Ranjan Chowdhury, (PhD Japan), FFDRCS (Ireland), MPH (UK), MDFRCS (Glasgow), BDS (DU), DAND (DU)
Academic Dean, City of London Dental School, University of Bolton, UK
Contact: crc1ext@bolton.ac.uk crc.ob.cod@gmail.com.
M/WhatsApp: +44 7932704064

Course Coordinator (Bangladesh):

Dr. Mithila Faruque (PhD Fellow, MPH, MBBS)
Associate Professor and Head, Department of NCD, Faculty of Public Health, Bangladesh
University of Health Sciences (BUHS)
Contact: mithilafaruque@buhs.ac.bd ncd@buhs.ac.bd
M/WhatsApp: +8801673637393
Registration link:
Course fee: BDT 15,000
Website: https://shortcourse.ncddept.com/

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