The purpose of the programme is to qualify health professionals who, upon completion, will be empowered to analyse, strategise, and offer solutions to environmental and occupational health threats and risks faced by sub-Saharan African countries, including South Africa. Outcomes include: (1) Contextualising public health within the region and relevant countries’ health systems, focusing on environmental and occupational health; (2) Conducting health risk assessments and managing these risks; (3) Developing relevant epidemiology and research methodologies for local and regional environmental and occupational health risks; (4) Understanding related health economies; (5) Unpacking environmental and occupational disasters locally and regionally as learning opportunities in primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention; (6) Taking strategic decisions within the context of environmental and occupational health domains.

The purpose of the Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Simulation is to develop health profession educators skilled in integrating and applying clinical simulation theories and practices in teaching, learning, assessment, and research. The programme fosters problem-solving, critical and reflective thinking, and the ability to report on clinical simulation principles in ways that align with academic and disciplinary discourses, thereby preparing educators to effectively integrate simulation in their practices.