Undergraduate Teaching Programme

Formerly the International Health and Medical Education Centre (IHMEC)

In 2006 the International Health and Medical Education Centre (IHMEC) became part of the UCL CIHD, under the Directorship of Professor Anthony Costello.  The Centre’s current activities continue unchanged and we anticipate that the uniting of the departments will create many new opportunities for global health undergraduate education across a range of disciplines.

Undergraduate activities include:

Teaching:

• BSc (intercal) in International Health
• 2^nd Year SSC: Hitchhiker's Guide to Global Health
• 5^th year Student Selected Component (SSC) & Elective Exchange Programme in International Health

Advocacy:

• Supporting undergraduate and graduate networks, such as Medsin and Alma Mata, campaigning for wider recognition of global health issues
• Collaboration with UK and overseas institutions involved in developing taught course and on-line teaching material for international health

The Undergraduate programme aims to:

• Provide students with understanding and knowledge of international health, and opportunities to gain experience and develop their interests in the field.
• Challenge concepts of health and ideas of healthcare provision by studying different health problems and systems globally, and help produce doctors that are flexible and responsive to patients from a wide variety of backgrounds.
• Produce resources for teaching medical students about International Health and provide support to other institutions in implementing this teaching.
• Raise awareness of the importance of training doctors with a global, multicultural perspective on health and healthcare.
• Provide an opportunity for qualified doctors to explore issues in international health and to understand the relevance of international health policy to the practice of medicine both in the UK and abroad.