Graduates of the Master’s Program in Public Health at Universidad de Las Américas are highly qualified professionals with a holistic academic foundation. Graduates demonstrate ethical practice and a strong commitment to society through research grounded in the best available scientific evidence.
Furthermore, graduates participate in health promotion and disease prevention initiatives and contribute to health education, recognizing the demographic, social, economic, psychological, age-related, and cultural determinants of population health. Graduates conduct scientific studies and research on public health issues and their underlying factors, enabling the implementation of preventive or corrective actions aimed at improving living conditions. Graduates apply knowledge, skills, and methodologies related to public health practice, epidemiology, data analysis and inference, and program development, while taking into account the cultural, social, economic, and legal diversity that shapes healthcare models.
Ultimately, graduates are expected to demonstrate sound judgment and professional commitment in hospital management within both public and private sectors. Graduates also maintain a strong focus on continuous professional development, contributing to the timely prevention and detection of health conditions within their area of expertise.
Demographic Data - provides information about student enrollment disaggregated by gender and ethnicity, offering insight into the demographic diversity within the program.
Student Completion - provides information about graduation rates and graduation rates disaggregated by gender calculated through the 2021–2022 academic year, based on cohorts of new, first-time students, regardless of enrollment in the program's daytime or evening instructional delivery (if applicable).
All programs utilize the Brightspace platform to collect and assess student work and to compile data and evidence of student achievement. The resulting outcomes and their analysis, which focus on identifying areas for improvement, are presented in the program’s assessment report. In the graphic below, the most recent assessment period for each Program Learning Outcome (PLO) is indicated, along with the percentage representing the level of achievement of the expected performance standard for that PLO, based on the rubric used to evaluate student work.
Note: Multiple descriptions per PLO code reflect updates over time. All versions are shown to support historical and comparative analysis.