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Postgraduate Course: Public Health research: international issues (GMED11018)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Clinical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThe course aims to promote an understanding of research aspects of important topics in international health
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Students will be responsible for their computer equipment and internet access.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this course, the candidate should be cognisant of the research action plan within the WHO 2008-2013 Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Non communicable Diseases, and understand the dynamics of global health research, its impact on prioritisation of disease and illness, and on north-south health research capacity building.

The candidate should:
* understand basic research methods employed in estimating Global Burden of Disease
* Understand how global health research spending relates to global burden of disease - the '10-90' gap
* Understand the impact of medical research on genomics on health inequity globally
* Be conversant with the ethical consideration to conducting health research in developing countries
* Have the skills to develop a local strategy response to one area of global health research relevant to local context.


Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.internationalhealthncd.mvm.ed.ac.uk/
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements This course will be taught entirely by distance learning, using the virtual learning environment WebCT as the delivery platform. Course materials are protected by secure username and password access that will be made available to registered users.
Additional Class Delivery Information The course will be delivered online in WebCT
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Liz Grant
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