DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Who we are
The Department of Health Social Work and Social Sciences at the School of Public Health is a core unit that prepares “health social worker” as a recognized human resource in the contemporary healthcare sector. This department provides social science and humanities courses for the graduate and undergraduate programs at the Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences. The mission of the department is to be a leading unit that provides health social work, social science research, and educational services that meet international and national demands.The department is responsible for the health social work undergraduate program, accredited by the National Council for Educational Accreditation in 2019. About 300 health social work specialists have graduated since 2007.
Meet our faculty
M.Sugarmaa, Head of Department, О.Saranchuluun, D.Munkh-Uchral, G.Nadmidtseren, А.Gan-Erdene, Ch.Azzaya, T.Jargalsaikhan, D .Avirmed, G.Zoljargalan, Kh.Nansalmaa, Ts. Munkhnasan, E.Erkhes
Undergraduate program
-
Bachelor courses for health social program
-
Mongolian history, culture, philosophy, psychology and human development and ethics courses for pre-medical and health freshman’ year
-
Medical ethics and biomedical ethics
-
Health behavior: behavior change communication, and introduction to health behavior
Graduate courses
- Research ethics (foundation courses)
- Health behavior (elective course)
- Social gerontology (elective course)
Postgraduate training
- Work stress management
- Medical professional’s ethic
- Aging study
- Case management
Implemented projects (2018-2023)
-
A study of public perception, psychology, and behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic. WHO. 2020-2021
-
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of citizens and health professionals about the Covid-19 vaccine. WHO. 2021
-
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of citizens and health professionals regarding additional immunization against Covid-19. WHO. 2021
-
A comprehensive study of elementary school students' physical, psychological, environmental, and nutritional status. Ministry of health. 2022
-
Youth Violence Prevention Program Development Project I, Youth Violence Prevention Capacity Building Project at the Local Level. Open Community Forum. 2015-2022
-
Outcome studies of smoking cessation treatment and behavior change counseling. Loma Linda University, USA. Pfizer Foundation. 2019-2023
-
Social welfare of the healthcare workforce. Health Promotion Fund, 2023
-
Resolving human resource challenges in primary health care. Health Promotion Fund, 2023
International collaboration
-
East Siberian University of Technology and Management, Russian Federation
-
Department of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
-
Loma Linda University, USA
-
Columbia University School of Social Work, USA
FACULTY MEMBERS
