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The Global Health iBSc is a year-long course for intercalating medical students.
Overview
The course is designed to give students a thorough understanding of global health and the economic, social, political and cultural forces that shape health and health systems worldwide. Course modules cover a huge variety of subjects from essential drugs to asylum seekers, from global trade to gender, using a cross-disciplinary approach. Each module is led by one or more course tutors who direct the content of the module and lead the majority of tutorials.
Students will benefit from the expertise of lecturers from a wide variety of disciplines such as medicine, public health, economics, political science, anthropology and epidemiology.
With constant interaction between students and tutors, discussion and debate are important features of the course. In many instances, students are free to explore areas that are of particular interest to them, particularly through the research project that runs through the academic year. This flexibility, combined with the diversity of tutors' expertise, makes for a dynamic and varied year.
This course is a full time, one year programme.
Structure
Modules
Core Modules
- Global Health Policy (All year)
- Health, Poverty and Development (Term One)
- Global Health Project (All Year)
Optional modules (Term Two)
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Global Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases
- Anthropological Perspectives on Global Health
- Conflict, Humanitarianism and Health
Assessment
Modules are assessed in a variety of ways including oral presentations, written essays, poster presentations, and unseen written exams.