Postgraduate Course: Credits Awarded for Taught Courses [University of Glasgow] Globalisation and Public Health MED5431 (GLHE11081)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This is a placeholder course, designed to record marks for the University of Glasgow part of the programme, PRPHDISPME1F: Precision Medicine (PhD with Integrated Study). |
| Course description |
Please see [University of Glasgow] Globalisation and Public Health MED5431.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Define the terms globalisation, global change and global public health and critically appraise the key debates surrounding these concepts.
- Critically analyse the concept of globalisation in relation to the wider determinants of health.
- Assess the ways in which globalisation contributes to emerging health trends such as Mortality, Morbidity, DALY's and Life Expectancy.
- Critically appraise the role of the World Health Organization (WHO) and evaluate the policy development and efficiency of WHO in relation to globalisation.
- Compare selected examples of health systems and critically examine the health systems development in several low and middle income countries.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Susan Farrington
Tel: (0131) 332 2471
Email: Susan.Farrington@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Kate Hardman
Tel: (0131 6)51 7891
Email: Kate.Hardman@ed.ac.uk |
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