Open to first-year medical students Mondays, 2:00-3:30pm 14 sessions 8/30/11 - 11/28/11 (Concurrent with Molecules, Genes, and Cells) Location: A-126, unless otherwise noted. Introduction to Global Health: A Case-Based Approach introduces first-year students to 13 key topics in global health through weekly seminars, which are 1.5 hours in length. Speakers include global health leaders from academia, policy institutions, and the private sector. The final thirty minutes of each lecture is devoted to a case-based discussion led by the students. Fall 2011 Schedule 08/30: Social Determinants of Health 09/06: Global Burden of Disease 09/13: Global Health Epidemiology 09/19: Global Health Institutions 09/26: Health Economics and International Health Policy 10/03: Health Systems 10/10: Global Health Ethics and Human Rights 10/17: Healthcare Delivery/Participatory Models 10/24: Behavior Change 10/31: Food and Nutrition 11/07: Environmental Health 11/14: Maternal and Child Health 11/21: Technology and Global Health 11/28: Culminating Global Health Case Competition Course Objectives 1. Gain an understanding of global health issues; 2. Appreciate that global health involves multiple academic disciplines and belief systems; 3. Understand the important relationships of demography, epidemiology, development, and global health; 4. Develop methods for analyzing topics in global health and be able to devise potential solutions to these problems (with the help of case studies, etc.) Expectations of Students:
For those students who are officially enrolled, attendance at all sessions is expected. The Global Health Fellow must be notified of any absence (e.g. illness, conflicting appointments, etc.) Course Contacts: Carrie Bronsther Kristopher Scwebler Global Health Fellow Student
Contact cab2031@med.cornell.edu krs2019@med.cornell.edu
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