Health care has been described as the most complex of all business enterprises. This complexity is derived from a number of factors including the confluence of professions [e.g., medicine, nursing, pharmacy, accounting, nutrition, engineering, physical therapy, etc.], multiple and different stakeholders, emergent technologies, and the increasing production of new medical and public health-related knowledge. Understanding this complexity also requires knowledge of the spiraling cost of health care services, the growing emphasis on quality, patient safety, patient satisfaction and the increased scrutiny of health care organizations’ financial and clinical performance. As a result, the skills and knowledge required to manage healthcare organization, health services organization and non- governmental organization (NGO) has become more important than ever before. Fundamentals of Management for healthcare organization (HCO) Health services organization (HSO) and Non-governmental organization (NGO) is a blended course designed for students who seek an understanding of the management of Saudi health care, organizations. The content and framework of the course are designed to provide students with a broad exposure to current knowledge and competencies in that aspect.

The main aim of this course is to introduce students to the basics of biostatistics and equip them with biostatistical approaches useful in investigating health-related events. This course will equip students with a basic understanding of statistical concepts, interpretation of numeric data and basic analytical methods commonly used in the public health. This includes both descriptive and inferential statistical methods including commonly used tests of significance and their practical application and interpretation. Upon completion of course, students should have acquired an understanding of the application of biostatistics in health research and they will be trained to critically appraise epidemiologic studies, understand the synthesis and integration of epidemiologic research, and causal inference in epidemiologic research.

Epidemiology is one of the basic tools for public health professionals and can be termed as the base stone for scientific, medical and public health research. It helps in identifying the distribution, determinants and dynamics of disease in human population, thus enables the health professionals to adopt appropriate interventions for promotive, preventive curative and rehabilitative care. This course enables students to understand the basic concepts of epidemiology so that they can apply them in designing and appraising research projects as well as in understanding and evaluating medical literature. Health care managers and service providers, whether dealing with communities or clinical services, are required to analyze to ascertain the status, needs and other aspects of health care for evidence- based decision making and effective and efficient services. Infectious and non-infectious diseases can only be prevented and controlled with the basic understanding of epidemiology. Setting up surveillance systems, screening and epidemic investigations are the basic skills which students will achieve from the course.

The environment profoundly affects the public's health. This course summarizes the concepts and principles underlying environmental health sciences, characterizes the major environmental agents and vectors affecting public health, and introduces major ecologic, scientific, and political issues from selected topical areas of environmental health. It presents the major concepts and principles that are environmentally mediated and that constitute a risk to humans emphasizing the chemical, biological, and physical agents and factors. Then, considers sources, environmental pathways of transmission, exposure-dose relationships, adverse health effects, and particularly susceptible populations. It identifies the principles and methods of risk assessment and risk management, and uses these as a unifying theme.

Public Health is a population science, and gaining an understanding of how trends and patterns of births, deaths and migrations determine the size, age-sex structure and location of populations is a critical foundation for all work in most public health disciplines. This course provides an introduction to population dynamics, the processes by which populations change, as a foundation for understanding population health. Students will review the proximate and indirect causes of population change and assess their socioeconomic, environmental, and public health consequences. Students will calculate and interpret basic measures used to describe populations and measure population dynamics, and learn the main sources of population data and their strengths and limitations.

This course is designed to lay the foundations of research ethics and inculcate research culture among students. Students will be trained on writing a research proposal and they will learn about the various regulations of research.

Budgeting and financial management of Healthcare Organizations will provide students with an understanding of budgeting as an important management tool. It focuses on budget development, evaluation of the financial status of a department or operating unit and the ability to determine what, if any, corrective actions need to be taken. It includes strategies for measuring and reporting skills and considers the analytical tools used to support evaluation and decision-making including; volume adjusted variance analysis, benefit-cost ratio analysis, breakeven analysis, process flow analysis, benchmarking, and methods for building cost standards.

Quality Assurance and Safety course focuses on advancing the knowledge and skills necessary to enhance healthcare quality and ensure patient safety. The course is grounded in key frameworks such as the Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions (CBAHI) standards and international guidelines. Students will explore topics including quality improvement processes, safety protocols, clinical audit methodologies, and effective public health strategies. Through lectures, discussions, and practical assignments, this course equips students with the tools needed to critically analyze and improve healthcare systems. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based practices, interdisciplinary collaboration, and real-world applications to meet accreditation requirements and improve patient outcomes.

This course draws concepts and theories from medical anthropology, psychology and sociology and their application to programmatic examples from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia concerning care-seeking, treatment of sick children, insecticide-treated mosquito nets, voluntary counseling and testing, sexual risk behaviors, and other behavior change challenges in public health.

This course is designed to introduce students to the various regulations of research and train them on conducting actual research in year-2 based on the proposal previously prepared. They will learn about data analysis and writing the research paper. Student will be able to critically evaluate the research and to apply research findings in health care settings such as at the PHC level of care as evidence-based decision-making. This will strengthen activities in the PHC center in future and in the community with an aim to understand the various health issues in the community and the means for prevention and control of such conditions in evidence-based decision making, besides influencing policy makers.

Mass gatherings are events such as religious occasions, music festivals, or sports events that attract enough people to exceed the capacity of routine health and public safety measures. Managing such events requires providing for all eventualities from infectious disease outbreaks to security against terrorist attacks. Thus, mass gatherings health is a topic that goes beyond the scope of typical public health provision and becomes an indispensable speciality under special domain specially relevant to Public health issues in Saudi Arabia due to annual mass gathering events like Hajj and umrah. A vulnerable population is a group of individuals who are at increased risk for health problems and health disparities. Examples of vulnerable populations are the very young and the very old, individuals with chronic illnesses, disabilities, or communication barriers and veterans. Therefore, awareness and knowledge about those included in vulnerable populations is essential to utilize the associated resources available to promote health equity and reduce health disparities in this population.