TabsSummary Course details Course type: Online courseDuration: 12 weeks (online)Home fee: £1,550Overseas fee: £1,5503 good reasons to study This is a flexible online programme that enables you to stay at ‘home’ whilst being an (international) student learning with other students from different parts of the world in a high-quality research-led academic environment.You will gain knowledge in global health inequalities and the determinants of health operating at local and global levels.You will develop practical skills and strategies for protecting and promoting the health of populations in various global settings. This is an Online / Part-Time, Masters level 20 credit module available for continuing professional development. This module forms part of our MSc Global Health. Programme Outline The module introduces you to the emergence of global health as a discipline, its meanings, key concepts, and values that drive its practices and your position within the discipline. You will develop a critical understanding of key concepts in global health, its history, and the power imbalances inherent within the discipline, necessitating reflectivity, safeguarding, and ethical practices. Through this module you will be able to critically explore how the social determinants of health operating at local and global levels influence the unequal distribution of ill-health. Learning is supported by a range of online teaching methods that include directed and self-directed learning, debates, seminars, group work, case studies and threaded discussion boards. You will also develop skills in critical thinking, collaboration, and communication supporting you in driving innovative solutions that help to improve health outcomes. Summative assessment: A 3500-word individual case study essay. Topics will include Emergence of global health as a discipline The contested concepts ‘decolonising’ Demographic, nutritional and epidemiological transitions Social determinants of health and inequalities Globalisation and health Positionality Safeguarding and ethics in global health practices Getting the evidence and critical appraisal 20 Academic Credits - Assessments Please see attached specification for assessment information. Assessments are optional but advise all students to take the assessments to cement their learning and to earn highly transferrable credits. For an additional fee of £95, you can be entered for full Academic Credits for this course (Masters level credit). The academic credits are offered to provide choice and flexibility to all of our students and students who do not wish to do the assessments will be awarded a Certificate of Attendance. Applicants wishing to find out more about the assessment should contact MyLSTM@lstmed.ac.uk(link sends e-mail). Entrance RequirementsEnglish language requirements: The programme is taught in English. Students whose first language is not English must provide evidence of an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score of at least 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in all learning components, or a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of at least 88 for the Internet-based Test (iBT), with minimum scores of 21 for Listening and Writing, 22 for Reading and 23 for Speaking. Tests should be within their validity period of 2 years. We also accept other evidence - a full list can be found on our English page - https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/study/international-and-eu-students/english-language-requirements AimsThis course aims to: Critically discuss global health as a discipline and the meaning of power inherent within it, including the importance of reflectivity, safeguarding and ethical practice Critically assess the influence of social determinants of health and globalisation on health and health equity Critically reflect on the influence of nutritional, epidemiological, and demographic transitions in global health Critically appraise and apply key concepts in global health responding to an important global health issue Make an enquirya00Vg00000AYkx7 Submit your enquiries here Programme Version Name First Name * Last Name * Email * Phone Country * --Select-- Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Caribbean Netherlands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curacao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea-Bissau Guinea Guyana Haiti Heard and McDonald Islands Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian Territory, Occupied Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Barthelemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint-Martin (France) Saint-Martin (Pays-Bas) Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia (Slovak Republic) Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka St. Pierre and Miquelon Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The Netherlands Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (British) Virgin Islands (U.S.) Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Nature of Enquiry * --Select-- Course Availability Course Information Fees & Payment Scholarships Disability Accommodation Visa & Immigration Other Subject Description How did you hear about LSTM? --Select-- LSTM Website Word of Mouth Alumni Recommendation Course Search Website Search Engine Advert Professional Journal Careers Fair/Exhibition IEC Abroad Other Keep me informed about this course Keep me informed about LSTM news Apply Start date End date Home fee Overseas fee 16 September 2024 13 December 2024 £1,550 £1,550 Apply Start date: 16 September 2024 End date: 13 December 2024 Home fee: £1,550 Overseas fee: £1,550 Apply 423 reads