Content and course structure- Core course Heidelberg
Content
Introduction and
orientation
45
Contact
hours
SIT (in
hours)
“Creating a Learning Community (Module 1)”
45
45
Selected topics from “Determinants of Health (Module 3)”
36
40
149
185
40
65
56
70
7
15
30
39
52
70
0,5 ECTS
Concepts and
research
methods
225
7,5 ECTS
-
Concepts and definitions of health
Introduction to environmental factors affecting health
Fundamentals of medical anthropology
Gender: Concepts and issues
Introduction to societal and cultural influences on health and health
disparities
Poverty and equity in health
“Research Foundations in International Health (Module 4)”
Content see table 2
Health problems
and responses
Selected topics from “Introduction to International Health
and Health Systems (Module 2)”
-
150
-
5 ECTS
-
Introduction to major endemic diseases: viral and bacterial, parasitic,
non-communicable
Disease examples: STDs, HIV/AIDS, TB, leprosy, malaria,
schistosomiasis, toxoplasma, hydatid disease, intestinal nematodes,
filariae, smoking-related diseases, obesity, diabetes mellitus and
cardiovascular disease
Poisoning and accidental injury
Violence
Surgery and anaesthetics
Diagnosis and essential laboratory
Selected topics from “Determinants of Health (Module 3)”
-
Burden of disease
Reproductive health and safe motherhood
Neonatal and infant morbidity and mortality
Principles and strategies for disease control and health promotion
Concepts and principles of primary health care
Global trends in health
Nutrition
Integrated management of childhood illness
Physical, mental and social health of adults
Urban health
Air, water and noise pollution
Toxic chemicals and health
Risk management in environmental health
Methods of environmental impact assessment
Case Studies used in “Research Foundations in
International Health (Module 4)”
Health systems,
management and
communication
210 SIT
Selected topics from “Introduction to International Health
and Health Systems (Module 2)”
-
Introduction to International Health and health systems
Stakeholders in International Health
Health systems in low and middle income countries
Comparison and rankings of health systems globally
“Health Policy, Health Economics & Evaluation” (Module 5)
7 ECTS
Content see table 2
“Health Planning and Management (Module 6)”
68
101
483
630
Content see table 2
Total
Table 2:
Note: c = contact hrs; s = self-study hrs
Building blocks of Contents
the core course
Creating a Learning
Community
(Module 1)
Introduction to
International Health
and Health Systems
(Module 2)
-
Orientation to the programme
Orientation to the facilities and services of the University of Heidelberg
Introduction to University computing and library resources
Orientation to living in Germany
Teambuilding workshop
45 c/hrs
-
70 c/hrs
34 s/hrs
-
International Health and health systems
Stakeholders in International Health
Health systems in low and middle income countries
Major endemic diseases: viral and bacterial, parasitic, noncommunicable
Disease examples: STDs, HIV/AIDS, TB, leprosy, malaria,
schistosomiasis, toxoplasma, hydatid disease, intestinal nematodes,
filariae, smoking-related diseases, obesity, diabetes mellitus and
cardiovascular disease
Poisoning and accidental injury
Diagnosis and essential laboratory
Violence
Surgery and anaesthetics
-
Concepts and definitions of health
Burden of disease
Reproductive health and safe motherhood
Neonatal and infant morbidity and mortality
Principles and strategies for disease control and health promotion
Concepts and principles of primary health care
Global trends in health
Nutrition
Integrated management of childhood illness
Physical, mental and social health of adults
Urban health
Environmental factors affecting health
Air, water and noise pollution
Toxic chemicals and health
Risk management in environmental health
Methods of environmental impact assessment
Fundamentals of medical anthropology
Gender: Concepts and issues
Societal and cultural influences on health and health disparities
92 c/hrs
18 s/hrs
-
Health Problems
and Determinants
of Health
(Module 3)
Hours
(SIT)
45 SIT
104 SIT
110 SIT
Research
Foundations in
International Health
(Module 4)
-
Poverty and equity in health
-
Research methods in International Health
Ethical principles for research in International Health
Formulating a research project
Introduction to proposal writing
Introduction to qualitative research
Observation: Types and techniques
Interviewing: Types and techniques
Types of Qualitative Research:
(e.g. Observation, Interview, sampling, focus group discussion)
Developing guidelines for focus group discussions
Qualitative data analysis
Presenting qualitative data
Foundations and scope of epidemiology in International Health
Demography
Measures of disease occurrence
Screening and diagnostic testing
Infectious disease epidemiology
Measures of association and causality
Confounding, interaction and stratified analysis
Introduction to biostatistics: Types of variables, summarising data,
tables & graphs, measures of location and variation
The Normal distribution, sampling variation, standard errors and
confidence intervals
Principles of statistical testing
Significance tests and confidence intervals for qualitative variables
Significance tests and confidence intervals for quantitative variables
Sampling and sample size calculations
Correlation and regression
Overview of advanced regression methods
Design of survey instruments
Reliability and validity in survey-based studies
Methods of survey administration: data collection and management
Analysis of survey results
Observational study designs
Randomized clinical trials
Introduction to health services research methods
Tutorials in the use of Epi-Info software
156 c/hrs
44 s/hrs
Health policy and evaluation
What is health policy and how does health policy develop?
Health policy and health systems design
Introduction to health economics
Consumer, firm and social choice
Burden / cost of illness, cost benefit analysis and cost effectiveness /
utility analysis
Financing of health systems
52 c/hrs
18 s/hrs
Health Policy,
Health economics
and Evaluation
(Module 5)
-
200 SIT
70 SIT
Health Planning
and Management
(Module 6)
-
Health planning and management
Organisational behaviour and development
Leadership and management styles
Communication, negotiation and conflict resolution
The financial management cycle
Budgeting basics
Budget control and cash flow analysis
Financial statements
Physical asset management
Quality improvement in health care
Managing for quality
Health planning: Methods and tools of assessment, monitoring and
evaluation
The Health and Management Information System (HMIS)
Application of Project Cycle Management (PCM) to health planning
Application of LogFrame methods to health planning
Health planning workshop
68 c/hrs
33 s/hrs
101 SIT