Content and course structure –Core Course Basel
Content:
The four main categories of the MIH core course as defined by tropEd are:
1. Introduction and orientation
2. Concepts and research methods (4½ - 7½ ECTS)
3. Health problems and responses (4½ - 7½ ECTS)
4. Health systems, management and communication (4½ - 7½ ECTS)
(Indicate the distribution of time for the four main categories)
Content
Contact
hours
SIT
Introduction
and orientation
Setting the Scene
21 hours
36 hours
Concepts and
research
methods
Health problems
and responses
Basic Tool Kit
Applied Epidemiology
Community Approach
Essential Laboratory
Health Care
Reproductive and Child
Health
Information, education
and communication
Management Strategies
52 hours
20 hours
41 hours
26 hours
84 hours
31 hours
94 hours
40 hours
54 hours
40 hours
22 hours
50 hours
75 hours
135hours
Health systems,
management
and
communication
135 hours
45 hours
Course Structure
Building blocks
of the
core course
Setting
the Scene
Basic Tool Kit
Applied
Epidemiology
Contents
Hours (SIT)
Introduction to HCTMC, PHC and
international health
Concept of learning
Introduction and professional
presentation
Introduction to library, on-line
catalogues, computers
Basic statistic and tutorial
Epidemiology
Introduction to epidemiological
software
Introduction to qualitative research
methods
PRA
The epidemiological framework
The population based sampling
Study protocol
Study instruments
36 hours
94 hours
40 hours
Community
Approach
Essential
Laboratory and
Parasitology
Health Care
Reproductive
and
Child
Health
Information,
Education and
Communication
Management
Strategies
The analytical plan
Presenting the study
Field study in a rural part of
Switzerland
Introduction to medical parasitology
Essential laboratory
Integrated vector management
Gender and Health
Malaria, Filariasis, Viruses-HepatitisHepatopathies, Schistosomiasis
STI, Respiratory Infections, TB,
Diarrhoea, HIV/AIDS North-South
Contrast
Primary Oral Health Care
IMCI, EPI, Growth and Nutrition
Mental Health, Neglected Tropical
diseases, Non communicable
diseases, public health in prisons, one
medicine
Water, Sanitation / climate change,
Accidents due to Venomous and
Poisonous Animals,
Visit to WHO and ICRC
Introduction to reproductive health
FP, Safe motherhood
Neonatology and Paediatrics incl.
AIDS
HIV/AIDS
Reproductive rights
Socio – economic mediators of sexual
and reproductive health
Working in groups
Culture’s consequence
Communicating effectively about
rational drug use
Writing in international health
Introduction to health systems
Health Sector Reform
SWAP
HIS Monitoring and Evaluation
The role of cost-effectiveness
analysis
Financing and payment of health
services
Human Resource Management
Technologies in health service
provision
Project cycle management
Health promotion strategies
Social marketing
Access to essential drugs
Health in humanitarian assistance
Quality assurance
Social marketing
54 hours
40 hours
135 hours
45 hours
50 hours
135 hours