GLOBAL HEALTH CENTER
Professionals’
Training
in Global Health
Course Syllabus
Fall, 2015
Our mission …
To train health professionals for volunteer medical work in lower income
countries, including disaster relief.
PROFESSIONALS’ TRAINING IN GLOBAL HEALTH – 2015 Class Schedule
Thurs. 9/10
8:30 – 9:30
Welcome, Meet Classmates,
Course Outline & Logistics
Thurs. 9/10
9:30 – 10:00
Pre-course Questionnaire & Quiz
Thurs. 9/10
10:15 – 11:45 Water & Sanitation
Thurs. 9/10
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12:45 – 3:30
Tropical Dermatology
Fri. 9/11
8:30 – 12:00
Obstetrics: Overview & Demonstration
Fri. 9/11
1:15 – 3:30
Thurs. 9/17
8:30-9:45
Obstetric Fistulas, Female Circumcision, &
Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgeries
Thurs 9/17
10:00-11:45
IMCI - Integrated Management of
Childhood Illness
Thurs. 9/17
12:45-3:00
Trauma Overview & Resuscitation Review
Thurs. 9/17
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3:00-4:00
Respiratory Disease in Children
Michael Wall
Fri. 9/18
8:30 – 10:00
Malaria
Tim Herrick
Fri. 9/18
10:15 – 12:00 Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Fri. 9/18
1:00 – 3:30
Thurs. 9/24
8:30 – 11:30
Meningitis, Tick Borne Fever & Myiasis
Helminthes & Tropical ID Photo Cases
Thurs. 9/24
12:30 – 2:30
TB & Leprosy
Thurs. 9/24
2:45 - 4:00
Surgical Triage in the Field
Fri. 9/25
8:30 – 11:30
Relief Team Mental Health & PTS
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Andy Harris
Justin Hartmann
Patti Norris
Arnold Peterson
Wellington Manullang
Clinical Diagnosis & Rx of HIV/AIDS
Melissa Nyendak
& TB/HIV Co-infection
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Rahel Nardos
Jared Austin
Ross Bryan
Malaika Little
Evaluation & Management of Disorders
Toni Eigner
of the Mouth & Teeth
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Paul Sehdev
Kevin Winthrop
Jim Peck
Michelle Cox
PROFESSIONALS’ TRAINING IN GLOBAL HEALTH – 2015 Class Schedule
Fri. 9/25
12:30 – 1:30
Fri. 9/25
1:45 – 3:30
Thurs. 10/1
8:30 – 10:45
Thurs. 10/1
11:00 – 12:00 Global Violence Against Women and Children
Thurs. 10/1
1:00 – 2:00
Nutrition and Fluid Replacement Following
Trauma & Burns; Case-based Approaches
Thurs. 10/1
2:00 – 4:00
Water-borne Infections: Cholera, Typhoid
Amoebiasis & Shigella; Rickettsia; Vaccines
Kevin Winthrop
Fri. 10/2
8:30 – 11:15
Managing Operations and Quality
Jim Huntzicker
Fri. 10/2
12:15 – 1:45
Epilepsy Diagnosis and Treatment
Martin Salinsky
Fri. 10/2
2:00 – 3:30
Ethics & Global Health
Field Radiology
Mark Kettler
Diagnosis and Treatment of Trachoma,
Andy Harris
Red Eye & Other Common Eye Conditions
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Skin & Soft Tissue Infections
Abdominal Emergencies
Amy Marr
Pamela Avila
Robert Martindale
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Honora Englander
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Thurs. 10/8
8:30 – 9:30
Ketamine Anesthesia
Thurs. 10/8
9:30 – 11:00
Regional Block Anesthesia, practicum
Rick Westermeyer,
Mike Murphy & Bob DeMaster
Thurs. 10/8
12:00 – 2:00
Global Health Fair, Vey Auditorium, Doernbecher Hospital
Thurs. 10/8
2:15 – 3:45
Resilience Building for Work in Stressful
Environments
Fri. 10/9
8:30 – 11:00
Orthopedics for Generalists
Fri. 10/9
11:00 – 12:00 Orthopedics Practicum
Eric Obrien
Fri. 10/9
1:00 – 1:30
Andy Harris
Mike Murphy
Sydney Ey
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Film & Discussion, Crossing Cultures
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Todd Ulmer
PROFESSIONALS’ TRAINING IN GLOBAL HEALTH – 2015 Class Schedule
Fri. 10/9
1:30 – 3:30
Cross-Cultural Communication
Clifford Coleman
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Thurs. 10/15
8:30 – 11:30
Laboratory Identification of Ova &
Parasites; Preparation of Stains; Point-of-care
Testing with Hand-held Chemistry Analyzers
Thurs. 10/15
12:30 – 4:00
Medical Teams International Safety &
Security Training
Fri. 10/16
8:30 – 11:30
Schisto, Leishmania, Tropical
Phagedenic Ulcer; Chickungunya &
Yellow Fever; Encephalitides:Tick borne,
West Nile & Japanese; Rabies & HSV
Fri. 10/16
12:45 – 4:00
MTI Security Field Exercise
Kevin Foley
Dominic Bowen
Courtney Smurdon
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Paul Sehdev
Dominic Bowen
Courtney Smurdon
Note: The MTI Security Field Exercise will be held at Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue Training
Center in Wilsonville. See Directions and Map.
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Thurs. 10/22
8:30 – 11:30
Malnutrition in Low Income Countries,
Feeding Programs for Malnourished Children,
& Anthropometry
Diane Stadler
Thurs. 10/22
12:30 – 1:45
Family Planning
Mark Nichols
Thurs. 10/22
2:00 – 4:00
Sexually Transmitted Infections: Syndromic
Management in Resource-Challenged Settings
Fri. 10/23
8:30 – 10:00
Red Cross Code of Conduct
Stages of Disaster Response
Fri. 10/23
10:15 – 11:30 Essential Medications in the Field &
WHO Formulary
Steve Sethi
Fri. 10/23
12:30 – 2:00
Bill Messer
Fri. 10/23
2:15 – 3:30
Teresa Gipson
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Hemorrhagic viruses: Dengue and Ebola
Joe DiCarlo
Psychological Trauma in Libya
Omar Reda
The Big Invisible Elephant in the Room
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PROFESSIONALS’ TRAINING IN GLOBAL HEALTH – 2015 Class Schedule
Thurs. 10/29
8:30 – 11:00
Ultrasound Instruction & Demonstration
Thurs. 10/29
12:00 - 4:00
Ultrasound Lab/Practicum
Raja Rao, Renee Dversdal,
Mark Kettler, Catherine Erickson, Christine Schutzer
Al Sabbaj
Note: Ultrasound training will be held in Sim Center, on 4th floor of Collaborative Life Science
Building on S. Waterfront, Classroom 2 (4S028) and PACU (4S046)
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Fri. 10/30
8:30 – 11:30
Emergency Medicine Procedures Lab:
Splinting, Lacerations, Intubation
Ross Bryan
Note: This practicum will be held at VirtuOHSU, Richard Jones Hall, 2nd floor
Fri. 10/30
12:00 – 1:00
Graduation Luncheon with MTI President Jeff Pinneo
Location: BRB 381
Fri. 10/30
1:15 – 2:45
Tropical Travel: Risks & Recommendations
Fri. 10/30
2:45 – 3:15
Post-course quiz & questionnaire
Please note:
All sessions will be at Mackenzie Hall Room 2201 on the OHSU
Marquam Hill campus except for the Security Training on Fri. Oct. 16
and the Ultrasound and EM practicums on 10/29 & 10/30.
Donna Scurlock
In case of last minute speaker cancellations, two excellent films are available:
- A Walk to Beautiful (A Documentary on Fistula Patients in Ethiopia), 54 min.
- If We Knew Their Stories (A Documentary on Refugees), 20 min.
These may be borrowed for overnight use.
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