Further Global Health - Short Course

Program Overview

This program enhances the knowledge of public health professionals seeking to address health issues in resource-poor, low- and middle-income countries. By exploring topics like health systems, disease prevalence, and ethical considerations, participants gain a critical understanding and practical skills for working in these settings. The course features group work, discussion sessions, and expert lecturers, providing a comprehensive and collaborative learning environment.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This short course provides additional learning for students who have completed the Global Health course. It is aimed at professionals in public health who may wish to work or research in resource-poor settings in low- and middle-income countries or with organisations that operate there. This short course will offer a balance of group work and discussion with the provision of theoretical and applied information in the form of literature and lectures/seminars to enable a firm foundation for addressing a range of topics in relation to low and middle income countries.

Objectives:

By the end of this short course, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the issues and influences upon health outcomes in Low and Middle-income countries.
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the issues and influences upon lifestyle factors and health promotion in Low and Middle-income countries.
• Critically review the prevalence of major communicable and diseases and maternal child morbidity/mortality in low and middle-income countries and the factors involved in reducing these.
• Critically review major aspects of health systems delivery and policy making, and the role and relationship of major players, such as the Ministries of Health, private and traditional health workers, international advisory agencies (such as the UN agencies) and non-governmental organisations.
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the issues and influences relating to health care and medication in low and middle-income countries and interventions to improve access.
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the major vulnerable groups and the provision of their healthcare in low and middle-income countries.
• Critically review the ethical considerations of research and health service delivery in low and middle-income countries.
• Develop an outline project proposal in public health in a low or middle income country context (encapsulating the principles of project development, management and evaluation).

Assessment:

• Group assignment for developing a project grant proposal.
• Marks are given to groups and to individual contributors/components.

Teaching:

• The sessions will take the form of lectures, workshops, and informal discussion, as well as independent learning through the study of reference literature and group work.
• Students will learn from internal and external expert lecturers who have research and field experience, as well as the other international students in the course, whose wealth of experience will be explored during the course.

Other:

• This short course can be taken as a standalone course.
It can be assessed or non assessed.
• All applications must be received a minimum of one month before the start date of the course.
• To have studied Global Health or equivalent as a pre-req.