GPR ICARE

Diploma Courses

(a) Eye Health Management

This one year course aimed to impart training in comprehensive eye health management at an eye hospital or eye care center and enable successful participants to efficiently and effectively manage the resources and deliver comprehensive eye care.

(b) Diploma in Community Eye Health (DCEH)

This course is a collaborative program from the School of Medical Sciences, University of Hyderabad (UoH) & the Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advance for Rural Eye care (GPR ICARE), L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad a WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention of Blindness in India. This one-year virtual learning course offers an excellent opportunity to learn concepts in Community Eye Health. The mandatory project enables the candidate to apply the skills learned during the course to address a problem of public health importance under expert supervision.

Certificate courses

(a) Community Eye Health

This one month course aims to provide an overview on key concepts in community eye health in a nutshell. Specifically designed for mid-level and higher level managers and optometrists who want to get into Community Eye Health, this course covers topics such as Community Needs Assessment, Basic Concepts in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, planning and management of eye care programs among other topics. This course is a shorter version of Diploma in Community Eye Health (DCEH) program.

(b) eye Promt-Essentials of Eye Care Program Management

The core objectives of this two week course are (a) To impart basic knowledge of various processes in program planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation (b) To impart basic skills in general administration for effective resource management (c)To improve the skills of managers in the areas of financial planning and management and make eye care programs cost-effective.