Postgraduate Course: Credits Awarded for Taught Courses [University of Glasgow] Globalisation and Public Health MED5431 (GLHE11081)

Course Outline
School	Edinburgh Medical School	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.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		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.