Global Determinants of Health and Development Course

Course Co-ordinators: Dr. Matthew Phillips, Dr. Raúl Pardíñaz-Solís and Dr. Ogenna Uduma

The Global Determinants of Health and Development Course (GDH&D) at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) is the result of an innovative collaboration between the School of Medicine at TCD and Skillshare International Ireland. The course, which was held for the first time in February 2009, is being delivered to third year medical students at TCD for one intensive week in February 2011.

One student who took part in the course last year said: "My expectations of the course were certainly exceeded. Having no previous knowledge of Skillshare, I had expected a very standard exploration of issues surrounding global health - a review of information we had heard countless times before during our course and on the news. However, I was pleased that Skillshare expanded on this by using speakers with first-hand experience and giving us the opportunity to learn from them in our workshops. The workshops also provided us with the chance to put forward our own views and have them challenged in group discussions. The debates that arose from the MSF and Suas presentations were a highlight, along with the video conference with Dr Alice Mabota. Furthermore, the number of issues that interact to influence global health was discussed extensively and highlighted the multidisciplinary nature of problems related to global health"

The course aim:

To develop students' understanding of emerging health issues in Ireland and their relationship with global health issues and international development.

Photo: Skillshare International development worker Monique Janssen leads a workshop on conflict and health at St James Hospital, March 2009.
(c) Skillshare/Raúl Pardíñaz-Solís

Course topics:

The course has been organised in a conference format. Topics have been selected to address the course aims, objectives and learning outcomes; these will be delivered either in plenary sessions (ps) or workshop sessions (ws):


• Overview of Global Health and Development (ps)

• Challenges of humanitarian assistance provision in armed conflict (ps)

• Combating Malaria in Tanzania (ps)

• Climate Change and Global Health (ps)

• Global Partnerships for Health - Access to Medicines (ps)

• Health Worker Migration: a pervasive subsidy (ps)

• NGOs in Global Health (ps)

• One Health for All (video conference)

• Immunisation: The Politics of Health (ws)

• Health Worker Migration (ws)

• Climat Change Inpact on Health (ws)

• Malaria: Case Study of Drug Development, Deployment and Delivery for a Global Disease (ws)


Assessment:

Assessment is portfolio style, including:


• An anonymous attitude survey developed by Dr. Adrian Hastings and Dr. Raúl Pardíñaz-Solís; pre- and post-course.

• An individual reflective essay (+/- 700 words) / student self-evaluation. 2011 students - click here to complete this online.

• A group poster presentation: Groups of 5 - 7 students present on a topic (choice available), which is peer reviewed and assessed by the course organisers/tutors. Posters are displayed at a public event after the course.

• Course evaluation - this is the students' assessment of the course; results will be used to improve future content and methods of delivery.


For further information about the GDH&D course, please contact the module coordinators:
Dr. Matthew Phillips, School of Medicines, Trinity College Dublin. Tel: + 353 1 896 4177, mphilli@tcd.ie
Dr. Ogenna Uduma, TIDI, Trinity College Dublin. Tel: +353 1 896 4177, ogenna.uduma@tcd.ie
Dr. Raúl Pardíñaz-Solís, Global Health Manager, Skillshare International, raul.pardinaz-solis@skillshare.org

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