Online Global Health Resources for Residents
What kind of GH training are you looking for?
The list below is a selection of resources, many of which are Vancouver-oriented; you can also see a
more comprehensive list of options by perusing the links at the Consortium of Universities for Global
Health http://www.cugh.org/resources particularly the CUGH Global Health Programs Database, and the
Educational Modules (many of which are referenced below).
For the purposes of the Enhanced Skills Training Program in Global Health in 2015/2016, certain of the
online modules and courses below [highlighted] are obligatory and certain others may be applied to
your requirement for online course work; the other resources and links to course information are for
your information only but they may be useful for planning future training or for additional (non-credit
for this program) learning.
Training may be
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Local [LOC] – requires in-person attendance within greater Vancouver
Out-of-Town [OOT] – requires in-person attendance somewhere outside greater Vancouver
Online [ONL] – entirely online
There are several different types of training with widely varying timeframes – here is a brief overview of
the classification being used:
Module or presentation [MP]
Short course or Workshop [SC]
Full Course [FC]
Practicum or Elective [PE]
Enhanced Skills Training [ES]
Certificate or Diploma [CD]
Degree [DE]
30 minutes – 3 hours
1-10 days
Part-time 8-12 weeks
2-8 weeks
6-12 months
Several days to several months
1-2 years
1. How to choose and prepare
[MP][ONL] http://www.cugh.org/resources/educational-modules (1) How to Find, Plan and Fund Your
Global Health Opportunity; (2) Working in a Cross Cultural Context
[MP][ONL] http://globalhealth.med.ubc.ca/service/elective-database/ Search the UBC Elective/Project
Database for opportunities
[MP][ONL] http://globalhealth.med.ubc.ca/resources/pre-departure/
OBLIGATORY
[MP][ONL] http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/ Traveler’s Health: Country and risk group specific advice
on vaccines, medicines, health; link to CDC ‘Yellow Book’ [CDC Health Information for International
Travel 2014]
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[MP][ONL] http://ethicsandglobalhealth.org/ Ethical Challenges in Short-Term Global Health Training
OBLIGATORY
[CD][ONL] http://www.uniteforsight.org/global-health-university/ see Certificate in Cultural
Competency
2. Introductions & Overviews of GH
[MP][ONL] http://www.cugh.org/resources/educational-modules (1) Global Health & Development:
The Basics; (2) Global Health Booklist
[MP][ONL] http://globalhealth.harvard.edu/curricula-slides-reading Global health teaching resources
(on a wide array of GH topics)
[CD][ONL] http://www.uniteforsight.org/global-health-university/enroll see Certificate in Global
Health
[FC][MP][ONL] http://www.globalhealth.umn.edu/education/online-global-health-course/ some
modules relate to specific subtopics listed below
[SC][OOT] http://www.globalhealth.umn.edu/education/global-health-course/ 4-weeks full-time (U
Minnesota) in May of each year; co-sponsored by CDC [prerequisite: GH online course – see above]
[FC][LOC] http://spph.ubc.ca/files/2012/12/SPPH581J.pdf Overview of Global Health: This is a required
course for GH PGY3 Residents.
[FC][OOT] http://www.mcgill.ca/familymed/global-health/coursesworkshops see Inter-Professional
Global Health Course
3. International Development
[MP][ONL] http://www.cgdev.org//section/publications Center for Global Development; click on
Topics to enter a vast repository
[CD][ONL] http://cstudies.ubc.ca/international-development/certificate-in-internationaldevelopment/index.html
[DE][LOC] http://ir.arts.ubc.ca/ International Relations Program
4. Clinical Training
Clinical Mentorship
[MP][ONL] http://www.go2itech.org/resources/ see (1) Clinical Mentoring Toolkit; (2) Training Toolkit;
(3) Training Evaluation Framework & Tools; and (4) Training System Monitoring and Reporting Tool
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Adult & child health
[MP][ONL] http://www.cugh.org/resources/educational-modules Books for Clinical Care at the LDC
District Hospital
[MP][ONL] http://www.cugh.org/resources/educational-modules Reproductive Health Part 1:
Introduction to Reproductive Health & Safe Motherhood; (7) Reproductive Health Part 2: Family
Planning, Abortion, STIs & Gender Violence OBLIGATORY
[CD][ONL] http://www.uniteforsight.org/global-health-university/ see (1) Certificate in Global Health
Practice, (2) Certificate in Refugee Health, and (3) Certificate in Urban Health
[PE][OOT] UBC Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Gulu Hospital or
Mbarara Hospital, Uganda elective sites; contact Laura Moss, Senior Program Assistant
laura.moss@vch.ca or Dr. Amanda Hill, Project Director Amanda.hill@vch.ca
Tropical diseases
[MP][ONL] http://www.cugh.org/resources/educational-modules See 16 relevant modules, including
the following OBLIGATORY modules: (1) Malaria: The Clinical Basics; (2) Neglected Tropical Diseases
(NTD) Introduction; (3) NTD Section I: Introduction to Soil-transmitted Helminths; NTD Section II Hookworm Toxocariasis and Guinea Worm; NTD Section III - Filariasis and Onchocerciasis; NTD Section
IV - Schistosomiasis and Cestodes; 4) Zoonotic Diseases; (5) NTD Arthropod Infections Introduction
[SC][LOC] http://spph.ubc.ca/continuing-education/current-courses/tgm2015/ Tropical & Geographic
Medicine Intensive Short Course
[SC][OOT] http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/tropmed/txt/education.htm see Tropical Diseases Course
[SC][OOT] http://www.globalhealth.umn.edu/education/asian-clinical-tropical-medicinecourse/index.htm Asian Clinical Tropical Medicine Course, U Minnesota; see site for next dates;
Bangkok; 10 days [13 with clinical extension]
[CD][OOT] http://www.tropmedafrica.org/ East Africa Diploma Course in Tropical Medicine (affiliated
with London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine); Moshi, Tanzania & Kampala, Uganda; 3-months
[CD][OOT] http://gorgas.dom.uab.edu/ The Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine; Peru (3
sites); 3 months
[CD][OOT] http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/cpd/stmh.html Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene,
LSHTM, London; 3 months
[CD][OOT] http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/learning--teaching/lstm-courses/professionaldiplomas/dtmh Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, LSTM, Liverpool; 3 months
[PE][OOT] http://hapi.uhn.ca/clinics_&_Services/clinics/travel_tropical_medicine.asp Travel &
Tropical Disease Clinic, Toronto General Hospital
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[PE][OOT] http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/tropmed/ J D MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases, McGill
University; note laboratory training also available
[PE][DE][LOC] http://ngdi.ubc.ca/ Neglected Global Diseases Initiative – UBC, contact Jocelyn Conway,
Coordinator, jocelyn.conway@ubc.ca
HIV
[MP][ONL][LOC] http://www.cfenet.ubc.ca/clinical-activities/clinical-education-andtraining/opportunities AIDS Care Rounds
[MP][ONL] http://www.tree4health.org/distancelearning/ see HIV/AIDS Seminar Archive
[MP][ONL] https://edgh.washington.edu/clinical-education-modules
[PE][LOC] HIV Inpatient Ward, St. Paul’s Hospital, contact Kirstie Lang, ID electives administrator
kirstiel@mail.ubc.ca NOTE: This is obligatory; the Enhanced Skills Program Coordinator makes these
arrangements on your behalf.
[PE][LOC] Immunodeficiency Clinic, St. Paul’s Hospital, contact Francesca Fung, IDC electives
administrator ffung@cfenet.ubc.ca NOTE: The Enhanced Skills Program Coordinator makes these
arrangements on your behalf.
[ES][LOC] http://postgrad.familymed.ubc.ca/e3-enhanced-skills-programs/category-2/#HIV
[SC][ONL] http://www.cfenet.ubc.ca/clinical-activities/education-training/online-courses HIV
Diagnosis & Management OBLIGATORY
[FC][ONL] http://go2itech.org/resources/e-learning see Clinical Education Modules (there are other
extensive resources on other topics of interest)
[PE][OOT] http://www.faces-kenya.org/what-we-do/education/step/ Family AIDS Care & Education
Services, Nyanza Province & Nairobi, Kenya
Tuberculosis
[MP][ONL] http://www.cugh.org/resources/educational-modules TB: Ancient Disease, New Threat
OBLIGATORY
[MP][ONL] http://www.go2itech.org/resources/tb-prevention-toolkit TB Prevention Toolkit
[PE][LOC] http://www.bccdc.ca/dis-cond/a-z/_t/Tuberculosis/clinprog/default.htm
Nutrition & malnutrition
[MP][ONL] http://www.cugh.org/resources/educational-modules Acute Malnutrition OBLIGATORY
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[CD][FC][ONL] http://www.uniteforsight.org/global-health-university/ see Certificate in Nutrition, Food
& Hunger
5. Child health
[MP][ONL] http://www.cugh.org/resources/educational-modules Global Child Health, Parts I & II
OBLIGATORY
[CD][FC][ONL] http://www.uniteforsight.org/global-health-university/ see Certificate in Maternal &
Child Health
[PE][OOT] http://globalhealth.pediatrics.ubc.ca/
6. Surgery
[MP][ONL] http://www.cugh.org/resources/educational-modules Surgery and Global Health
[CD][FC][ONL] http://www.uniteforsight.org/global-health-university/ see Certificate in Surgery and
Global Health
[FC][CD][DE][ONL] http://www.internationalsurgery.ubc.ca/
See site for choices
7. Global Public Health in resource-limited settings
[MP][FC][ONL] http://www.jhsph.edu/academics/online-learning-and-courses/onlinetrainings/index.html an incomparable trove of modules, courses and courseware from the Bloomberg
School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University [JHSPH]; see also https://www.coursera.org/jhu
[MP][SC][FC][CD][ONL][OOT] http://www.jhsph.edu/departments/international-health/centers-andinstitutes/ Explore the resources at any of the 13 specialized centers or institutes at JHSPH
[MP][ONL] http://hbsp.harvard.edu/list/ghd Harvard Global Health Delivery Cases
[CD][ONL] http://www.uniteforsight.org/global-health-university/ see Certificates in -- Health
Education Strategies, -- Public Health Management, - -Community Development
[FC][LOC] http://spph.ubc.ca/programs-and-students/spph-courses/ Explore course offerings
[CD][LOC] http://www.sfu.ca/fhs/future-students/graduate/diploma-in-global-health/overview.html
[CD][OOT] http://www.ghd-si.utoronto.ca/global-health-resources/university-of-toronto-global-healtheducation/#CanadianampInternationalGlobalHealthAcademicPrograms-7
[CD][ONL] http://www.jhsph.edu/departments/international-health/certificates/globalhealth/index.html Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
[DE][LOC] http://spph.ubc.ca/programs-and-students/graduate-degree-programs/mph/
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[DE][LOC] http://www.sfu.ca/fhs/future-students/graduate/master-of-public-health/concentrationrequirements.html#global-health
8. Disaster Preparedness & Response
[MP][ONL] http://globalhealth.med.ubc.ca/resources/tools/ see section: Disaster Management
[SC][OOT] http://www.globalhealth.umn.edu/education/disaster-camp/index.htm 3-day course
[CD][OOT] http://hsi.mcgill.ca/ McGill Humanitarian Studies Initiative [2 years, part-time]
[FC][ONL] http://www.internationalsurgery.ubc.ca/ see SURG514: Surgical Care Issues in Humanitarian
Disaster Response
[MP][SC][FC][CD][ONL][OOT] http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/center-forrefugee-and-disaster-response/education_training/index.html explore links under Humanitarian Health
Education & Training
9. Epidemiology, Biostatistics & other Research skills
[MP][ONL] http://www.cugh.org/resources/educational-modules Establishing a Career in Global
Health Research
[PE][DE][OOT][LOC] http://www.ghrp.ubc.ca/ UBC Global Health Research Program; contact Karen
Lockhart, Research Manager Karen.lockhart@ubc.ca for information on research elective opportunities
[CD][ONL] http://www.uniteforsight.org/global-health-university/ see Certificate in Global Health
Research, and Certificate in Monitoring & Evaluation, and Certificate in Global Health Technology
[FC][LOC] http://spph.ubc.ca/programs-and-students/spph-courses/ Explore course offerings
[MP][ONL] http://www.cgh.uottawa.ca/whocc/projects/eo_toolkit/index.htm Equity-Oriented Toolkit
for Health Technology Assessment [extensive resource collection]
[PE][OOT][ONL] http://www.cgh.uottawa.ca/eng/projects.html for information on Equity Research
Studies contact Jennifer O’Neill Jennifer.oneill@uottawa.ca
[PE][DE][OOT]
http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/units/community_health_sciences/departmental_units/cgph/i
ndex.html Centre for Global Public Health, U Manitoba; see Projects for relevant faculty members for
inquiries
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