Global Health & Tropical Medicine Courses
Students and professionals interested in deepening their knowledge and understanding of global health issues and the tools necessary to address them can find relevant courses across the Penn campus. Global Health Programs is responsible for PUB519 Issues in Global Health (details below). Beyond Penn, a variety of educational opportunities, including tropical medicine courses, can be explored..
- PUBH519 Issues in Global Health
- Global Health Courses at Penn
- Beyond Penn (including tropical medicine)
Issues in Global Health
Issues in Global Health: PUBH 519/Fall 2012/Tuesdays 5-7 PM + 1-hour Breakout Session
This course presents an overview of issues in global health from the viewpoint of many different disciplines, with emphasis on economically less developed countries.
Themes include the state of the planet, including populations, resources, and environment; determinants of global health, ethical perspectives, challenges in communicable and non-communicable disease, and intervention strategies. You can view the 2012 syllabus here.
- Registration: Please note that before registering for this course, each student is responsible for ensuring that s/he has the approval of the home school. This is usually accomplished by checking with the home school program coordinator or advisor. Medical students should contact Helene Weinberg.
In addition to the opportunity described above, the table below is a compilation of courses that that have been identified by schools across the Penn campus as having global health relevance. For latest course descriptions, please consult the Registrar's website at: http://www.upenn.edu/registrar/register/index.html. To ascertain whether the course is offered in a given semester and who is teaching, check the timetable at: http://www.upenn.edu/registrar/timetable/index.html.
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The Global Health Programs Office, working with Schools across the Penn campus, identified a number of courses that could be of interest to students exploring various aspects of global health. Updated in 2012, the Word Document and Excel Worksheet below provide detailed information about these courses:
- Global Health Course Descriptions Organized by Schools/Departments: Word Document
- Global Health Course Faculty and Scheduling Information: Excel Worksheet
Beyond Penn
- Ecohealth (Environmental Change & Our Health)
- GHEC
- Health Sciences Online
- Institute for International Medicine Online Course
- Stanford Ethical Challenges in Short-Term Global Health Training
- Tropical Medicine
- East Africa Diploma Course (for licensed clinicians)
- Gorgas Diploma Course (no medical students)
- Hopkins Summer Institute in Tropical Medicine and Public Health
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Diploma in Tropical Nursing (3-week course)
- Lumbreras Course in Lima, Peru at UPCH (3rd & 4th year medical students)
- U of Colorado Denver (health professionals only)
- U of Minnesota Online Global/Tropical Medicine Course
- West Virginia U Clinical Training in Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health
- University of Pittsburgh Supercourse
- USAID Global Health eLearning Center Training
Last updated: October 8, 2012
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