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Global Health Epidemiology

MH160032Interdisciplinary Electives6 ECTSEnglishsummer semesterTUM School of Medicine and Health
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What it is about

You learn the basics and current topics of Global Health Epidemiology: concepts of global health, the epidemiology of important communicable and non-communicable diseases, and influences such as globalization, climate, urbanization and the environment. By the end you will be able to place causes, control and prevention measures, as well as governance and ethical questions in the global health context.

What you will be able to do

  • Global Health understand
  • Apply epidemiological fundamentals
  • name social and ecological determinants
  • discuss important global health topics
  • present control, surveillance and intervention methods
  • understand governance, policies and implementation research
  • explain ethical questions

What the module consists of

  • Vorlesungweekly delivery of the content
  • Seminardiscussions of lecture topics and case studies
  • Gruppenfallstudienapplication of the learned material in group work (partly in seminars)

Teaching method

  • wöchentliche Vorlesungdelivery of the subject fundamentals
  • Seminar mit Diskussionendeepening, exchange and reflection of the presented topics
  • Gruppenfallstudienpractical application and development of solutions in a team
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