Free Global Health Class through the University of Colorado School of Medicine

Beginning May 4, 2015
This Global Health MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) provides introductory global health knowledge needed to contextualize experience, optimize self-reliance and situational awareness to mitigate institutional risk, and allows learners to be more effective in their work in low-to-middle-income countries.

 The six-week class, , focuses on: (1) changing trends in the 21st century, including urbanization, environmental stress, and resource scarcity; (2) global health security, with a focus upon access to food, water, and energy; (3) the global burden of disease; (4) stakeholders, human rights, and economics; (5) complex humanitarian emergences and the legal basis for interventions; and (6) how to prepare to be an effective global health participant and savvier world traveler. 

The course is meant to be a stand-alone introduction to global health, but also serves as the first step toward a more advanced certification. Those wishing to obtain additional hands-on skill sets are invited to participate in an in-person three-day Global Health Advanced First Aid course—offered throughout the world in 2015—to be certified as a Global Health Responder through the University of Colorado School of Medicine. CU Medical School Faculty—leaders in austere care medical education—will be leading the courses. Details including dates and locations can be found at here.

To learn more please go to our website​. Register here