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Global Health
Summer in Amsterdam Program
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates: early Jul 2027 - early Aug 2027
Global Health
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: Health Sciences
Instruction in: English
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
DESCRIPTION
Global Health is a discipline that tackles health issues affecting low- and middle-income countries and high-income countries (LMICs and HICs): problems that transcend national boundaries.
In a globalizing world, health issues become increasingly complex and challenging. A two-way flow between developed and developing countries with regards to sources, expertise and knowledge, involving stakeholders from different disciplines as well as patients, can potentially generate effective and innovative solutions to deal with the health issues at hand and to create equitable global health systems.
The Global Health summer school course is designed for (advanced) BSc students who are motivated to gain in-depth insights into complex health issues in a global context. The course consists of lectures and assignments. The lectures provide insight into the growing complexity of the burden of disease, challenges facing healthcare systems, and child and reproductive health, all approached in a global context. Course assignments aim to provide students with the opportunity to acquire and practice key research skills, gain insight into career opportunities, and broaden their knowledge of issues in Global Health.
By the end of this course you will:
Gain critical knowledge of local and global health issues.
- Be able to take an interdisciplinary approach to health and disease-related problems around the world.
- Possess the necessary skills to collaborate with peers from different disciplines.
- Know how to obtain reliable and critical data to develop a topic for discussion.
- Possess the skills needed to discuss topics related to global health.
This course will be taught through lectures, group discussions, presentations and interviews. The final mark of the course will be based on group activities with debate and an interview.
Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course. CEA CAPA's recommended credits are based on the contact hours assigned by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam): 15 contact hours equals 1 U.S. credit
In a globalizing world, health issues become increasingly complex and challenging. A two-way flow between developed and developing countries with regards to sources, expertise and knowledge, involving stakeholders from different disciplines as well as patients, can potentially generate effective and innovative solutions to deal with the health issues at hand and to create equitable global health systems.
The Global Health summer school course is designed for (advanced) BSc students who are motivated to gain in-depth insights into complex health issues in a global context. The course consists of lectures and assignments. The lectures provide insight into the growing complexity of the burden of disease, challenges facing healthcare systems, and child and reproductive health, all approached in a global context. Course assignments aim to provide students with the opportunity to acquire and practice key research skills, gain insight into career opportunities, and broaden their knowledge of issues in Global Health.
By the end of this course you will:
Gain critical knowledge of local and global health issues.
- Be able to take an interdisciplinary approach to health and disease-related problems around the world.
- Possess the necessary skills to collaborate with peers from different disciplines.
- Know how to obtain reliable and critical data to develop a topic for discussion.
- Possess the skills needed to discuss topics related to global health.
This course will be taught through lectures, group discussions, presentations and interviews. The final mark of the course will be based on group activities with debate and an interview.
Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course. CEA CAPA's recommended credits are based on the contact hours assigned by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam): 15 contact hours equals 1 U.S. credit