Table 1

Alumni's perspective on specific subjects/topics (percent, n = 142)

Subjects/topics
 Emphasis was given to this area in the MPH course (%)
 The importance in everyday work (%)




Not enough emphasis
 Appropriate emphasis
 Too much emphasis
 Not important
 Some importance
 Important
1
 Basic computer skills
 35.4
 63.3
 1.4
 0.0
 7.5
 92.5
2
 Basic epidemiology
 6.1
 86.5
 7.4
 2.7
 12.9
 84.4
3
 Basic statistics
 29.9
 60.0
 4.1
 4.1
 29.3
 66.7
4
 Data analysis skills
 46.6
 50.7
 2.7
 2.1
 22.6
 75.3
5
 Demography
 5.5
 89.0
 5.5
 6.8
 43.8
 49.3
6
 Disease prevention
 24.3
 73.6
 1.4
 6.8
 31.3
 61.9
7
 English
 49.7
 49.7
 0.7
 2.1
 28.8
 69.2
8
 Environmental health
 21.6
 75.7
 2.7
 4.8
 41.5
 53.7
9
 Health economics
 33.3
 62.6
 4.1
 12.3
 34.9
 52.7
10
 Health education and health promotion
 20.3
 77.7
 2.0
 1.4
 17.8
 80.8
11
 Health policy
 28.6
 65.3
 6.1
 3.4
 28.1
 68.5
12
 Health system management
 10.9
 89.1
 0.0
 1.4
 15.8
 82.9
13
 Maternal and child health care
 24.7
 70.5
 3.4
 14.5
 38.6
 46.9
14
 Occupational health
 23.6
 73.0
 2.0
 13.6
 49.0
 37.4
15
 Pedagogy
 20.9
 77.0
 1.4
 8.2
 26.5
 65.3
16
 Qualitative methodology
 48.0
 48.0
 2.7
 2.7
 30.6
 66.7
17
 Rehabilitation
 30.6
 66.0
 0.7
 19.4
 56.9
 23.6
18
 Research methodology
 13.5
 79.1
 7.4
 0.7
 11.6
 87.7
19
 Seminar
 19.6
 75.7
 4.7
 0.7
 22.4
 76.9

Le et al. Human Resources for Health 2007 5:24   doi:10.1186/1478-4491-5-24