Syllabus for BPH licensing examination

After completing the Bachelor’s degree in Public health, one needs to register with the Nepal Health Professional Council (NHPC).

NHPC has recently announced that there will be a written exam for the Public Health Licensing Examination. The Syllabus of Examination can be found in the following pdf.

Nepal Health Professional Health Council is an autonomous body established under the Nepal Health Professional Council Act 2053. This council aims to register all the “health professionals” other than medical doctors and nurses according to their qualification and bring them into a legal system to make their services effective, timely, and scientific.

Syllabus

Examination Methodology

NHPC collects the online applications from both master’s and bachelor’s degree graduates. The subject committee reviews the certificates and makes the recommendation to the examination committee. The examination committee following this syllabus takes examinations on a periodic basis. Those who have completed 4 four-year bachelor’s degrees in public health from recognized universities are eligible to enter into this licensing examination. The questions of respective subject will be collected from the experts and choose the questions randomly during the examination.

Objective of Syllabus

The overall of objective of this syllabus is to ensure the availability of basic public health knowledge among public health practitioners. The specific objective is to define the core subjects and provide the weightage for the purpose of licensing examination of those who completed 4 years
bachelor’s degree in public health from the recognized university.