Table 3.

Links between Masters of Public Health and operational context in the UK.

Twenty-three of 35 courses made no reference to FPH/NOS on their website.

Twelve of 35 courses made explicit references to FPH/NOS, with:

•six suggesting that the course is compatible with preparation for FPH Part A examinations; •four offering the opportunity to focus on ‘defined areas of specialist practice’, explicitly health promotion and health protection; •three acknowledging the existence of frameworks, but not clarifying the role of the course in relation to frameworks; •one running the specialist trainee programme in its region; •one stating that the primary objective of the course was to ‘provide the necessary academic components of training for those on a training scheme’; and •one geared towards portfolio development for voluntary registration.

FPH, Faculty of Public Health; NOS, National Occupational Standards.