Global Health Practice: applying research and innovation (2023/2024: Semester 1 – Fall)

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Cursusdoel

Overarching course aim
To develop interdisciplinary solutions to real-world global health challenges (Community-Engaged Learning)

After completing this course students are able to:
  • Analyze global health challenges and identify underlying causes
  • Apply disciplinary knowledge to global health challenges
  • Apply an interdisciplinary approach to propose solutions for global health challenges
  • Critically assess proposed solutions to global health challenges
  • Reflect on the contribution of their field of expertise to address these global health challenges, their own role in an interdisciplinary collaborative process, as well as the expertise and role of others in these processes
Relationship between assessment and learning goals:
Graded Assignments Weight
A Active Class Engagement 10%
B Individual Paper 30%
C Student-Led Class (SLC) 10%
D Final Presentation 30%
E Reflective Portfolio 20%

Vakinhoudelijk

Large disparities in health outcomes exist in the world: a woman in Sierra Leone has a 100-fold higher risk of dying than a woman during child birth in the Netherlands and many people living in low- and middle income countries face the double health risk of high rates of infectious diseases as malaria and HIV/AIDS, with simultaneously increasing rates of non-communicable diseases. Risks associated with increasing urbanization, globalization, such as commercial determinants of health and changes resulting in unfavorable life-styles, but also environmental risks, whether man-made (i.e. air pollution) or naturally occurring (i.e. hurricanes, floods, famine) pose new health challenges that need to be addressed.
  • Students are being introduced to various concepts crucial to achieve global health impact.
  • Students learn how to apply these concepts by developing solutions to challenges faced by one of the partners. In this course, we partner with various global health intervention studies conducted in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and Asia, in collaboration with the UMC Utrecht.
  • Students will explore the work in these projects with support from some of the project members. , Students will also assess the work by applying the concepts and tools provided to them in the course. , and use this gained knowledge to develop an interdisciplinary solution for one of the project’s challenges
  • Students are expected to complete assigned readings and viewings before class, and actively contribute to the course discussions and group work, to enhance their learning ability and that of fellow students, and reach the course objectives in the best possible way. There is a lot of attention for acquiring and strengthening competencies and personal skills needed in global health practice, such as listening, presenting, collaborating in multicultural and interdisciplinary teams, and writing academically.

Werkvormen

UCU INT 3 course

Toetsing

Active class engagement

Verplicht | Weging 10% | ECTS 0,75

Student-led class (SLC)

Verplicht | Weging 10% | ECTS 0,75

Reflective portfolio

Verplicht | Weging 20% | ECTS 1,5

Individual paper

Verplicht | Weging 30% | ECTS 2,25

Final presentation

Verplicht | Weging 30% | ECTS 2,25

*midterm FEEDBACK*

Niet verplicht

Ingangseisen en voorkennis

Ingangseisen

Je moet minimaal 120 punten van het bachelor programma hebben behaald

En er moet voldaan zijn aan minimaal één van de cursussen:

En er moet voldaan zijn aan minimaal één van de cursussen:

Voorkennis

Students that are enrolled in this course without having completed [UCINTGLO21] Global Health are asked to do preparatory work before the start of the course. Please contact the course coordinator for further details.

Voertalen

  • Engels

Competenties

  • Academisch schrijven
  • Interdisciplinariteit
  • Community based learning / community based research
  • Presenteren
  • Samenwerken

Cursusmomenten

Gerelateerde studies

Tentamens

Er is geen tentamenrooster beschikbaar voor deze cursus

Verplicht materiaal

  • DIVERSE
    Additional readings (articles) will appear on Blackboard
  • BOEK
    Book title: The culture map (INTL ED): Decoding how people think, lead, and get things done across cultures. Author: Erin Meyer Publisher and year: Public Affairs; 2016 Jan 5 ISBN number: 9781610392761

Aanbevolen materiaal

  • BOEK
    Book title:Global health and global health ethics Authors: Benatar S, Brock G, editors. s. Publisher and year: Cambridge University Press; 2011 Feb 10. Recommended (As this book is available online, the book chapters used in this course will be provided through Blackboard)

Opmerkingen

Counts as elective only, not towards any major. Capstone

Coördinator

J. van de Kamp J.vandeKamp-6@umcutrecht.nl

Docenten

dr. J. Browne MD PhD J.L.Browne@umcutrecht.nl
J. van de Kamp J.vandeKamp-6@umcutrecht.nl
dr. K. Klipstein-Grobusch K.Klipstein-Grobusch@umcutrecht.nl

Inschrijving

Let op: deze cursus is niet toegankelijk voor studenten van andere faculteiten, bijvakkers mogen zich dus niet inschrijven.

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