Sylabus
Day 1
Theoretical (09:00 - 12:00):
- welcome and introduction to the course
- introduction to the Prague Center into the institute of hygiene and epidemiology
- the class participants will be placed into groups, or "group syndicates" each focus on a different region of the world
Syndicate: North America
Syndicate: Central and South America
Syndicate: Africa
Syndicate: Asia I
Syndicate: Asia II (optional)
Syndicate: Europe
- Basic introduction to Global Health: epidemiology and global health concepts between clinical medicine and public health medicine
- Basic introduction to Global Health equity, public health medicine, occupational health/medicine, community medicine, clinical epidemiology and global burden of disease: general concepts
Practical application (13:00 - 15:00):
- introduction to partners, players, actors within the Global Health paradigm: resource descriptions and introductions
- initial phase 1 introduction to the tabletop exercise (public health disaster for each Syndicate)
- each group syndicate has one focus group region of the world, disasters for each from historical reference will be chosen:
- - Chemical
- Nuclear
- Aviation
- migration crisis
- Drought
- Solar storms
- Floods
- war/conflict
- War/conflict (cyber)
- Earthquakes / tsunamis / volcano
- Climate crisis / ecological degradation
- Emerging and infectious disease
- Parasitic infections
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Non-communicable disease prevalence
- Immunization and vaccination (primary prevention)
- Occupational hazards and risk assessment
* - Group syndicate outcomes described (what students must complete in their groups in order to obtain credit): 1) one press briefing (3 minutes maximum)
Here, students must provide information to the public about their chosen disaster/health event. Students must then field questions from the audience and answer. 2) one clinical briefing for subject matter experts (SMEs)[10 minutes maximum]
Here, through group work, a presentation must be provided for subject matter expert’s as to the specific pathophysiology and global public health impact of their given disaster/health event. Students must be able to answer questions from the audience about their subject matter clinical briefing. 3) one six-page group report for credit
Students must provide a briefing report of their disaster/health event, the structure of which must have an abstract, introduction, background, methodology, results, discussion and conclusion sections. Skyler the guidelines must be followed with referencing, no plagiarism and basic grammar and flow. This paper will be submitted online in the MS teams platform.
* Office Hours and Course Feedback: (15:00-16:30)
- Any other guest lecturers and I will be available for student questions and discussion, this is not mandatory for the course, there were also feedback from the course Lecturers and myself about the day and self-reflection and how the course is going
Group work: (MS Teams)
- students are sent home and are encouraged to communicate amongst themselves with specific questions about the disaster they have been given in their region of the world, and must apply the concepts learned in a theoretical lecture section from the morning of our best they will proceed and handling their disaster. This section will be handled online/virtually within each group syndicate among themselves.
Day 2
Theoretical (09:00 - 12:00):
- environmental degradation and climate health
- human rights and civil liberties and public health
- Global burden of disease and health equity
- Global Health Engagement: defense, health and environmental state and global agencies responding to war and disaster
* 13:00 - 15:00
- SLOT 1: Assist. Prof. Petr Smejkal (antimicrobial resistance)
- SLOT 2: Prof. Vladimir Bencko (mental health / psychosocial health)
- SLOT 3: Prof. Milan Tuček (occupational hazards and risk assessment)
Practical application 15:00 - 16:00:
- Press briefings: each group has three minutes to provide a press briefing and all non-participating groups/syndicates have the opportunity to ask questions for the group about their specific disaster
- review and update of the tabletop exercise for each group syndicate
- Application of theoretical lecture material into the tabletop disaster event
- update about the group syndicate press briefing and six page report: questions answered
Group work:
- students are sent home and are encouraged to communicate amongst themselves with specific questions about the disaster they have been given in their region of the world, and must apply the concepts learned in a theoretical lecture section from the morning of our best they will proceed and handling their disaster. This section will be handled online/virtually within each group syndicate among themselves.
Day 3
Practical/clinical day: 09:00 - 11:00:
- Global Health: patient versus population Medicine (mini-Group work, each group is given one patient case. Each group will receive a patient case relating to their disaster/health event. Presentation by each group must walk through their initial impression, diagnostics they would request, differential diagnosis for each patient and preventative measures, treatment plan and best next steps and the given environment for their given region. Patients are based on disease epidemiology for each disaster chosen (i.e. burns for volcano, trauma for war/conflict etc)
- Case studies and Global Health: malaria, Ebola, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), Trauma, Cancers
* Practical application and Group work Conclusions and final
* presentations: 12:00 - 15:30
- each group will provide an abstract of their six-page report, they will have 10 minutes to present their disaster, their own lessons learned and the outcomes and conclusions of their paper
Course conclusion 15:30 (Day 3)
Anotace
Introduction to Global Health: short course will be realized in an alternative way due to the absence of Dr. Quinn on Thursday May 26, 2022 starting at 9 a.m., teaching room Nr.1, 3rd floor
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM)
Vídeňská 1958/9, 140 21 Praha 4
Tutor: Dr. Petr Smejkal
IKEM is available by subway line C, station Kačerov and after that by bus Nr. 183 (station IKEM)
Welcome to the inaugural Global Health short course provided by the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, supported by Prague Center for Global Health. There are significant health security risks and threats that are growing due to environmental degradation, emerging and infectious diseases, increasing prevalence of non- communicable diseases, intensity of human conflict, and interconnected world and disasters affecting communities large and small. In this short three-day intensive study, students have the opportunity to learn the basic theoretical knowledge of Global Health and apply practical concepts in the form of group work. In this intensive three day course, students will be provided significant background reading material in the form of lectures and seminar presentations and have the ability to apply concepts directly to real world problems. In order for students to obtain credit, attendance is mandatory in person or online, one press briefing, one 6-page paper report and participation with case studies are required.