Career Resources
Global Health Courses
This is a selected list of the UW Health Sciences offerings in international
health. For a more comprehensive list of international health related
courses throughout the UW, visit the UWSOM
International Health Group website.
Fall Quarter
G H 511 Problems in International Health (4) Dr. Steven
Gloyd
Explores social, political, economic, environmental determinants of developing
countries' health; traces development of societal responses to problems.
Includes: origins of primary health care; child survival; traditional
systems; population; water; sanitation; international agencies; impact
of economic policies. Case study formulating pharmaceutical policy in
a developing country. Offered: jointly with EPI 531; A.
UCONJ 501 International Health (1) Daren Wade, Dr. Virginia
Gonzales and Dr. Elaine Jong
Weekly seminar introduces students to issues and opportunities of participating
in health care systems in other countries. Guest speakers bring many
perspectives of international health care experiences. Class discussions
help prepare students to explore international health issues and multidisciplinary
approaches to international health work. Undergraduates are encouraged
to enroll as are graduate and professional students.
Contact Daren Wade, dwade@u.washington.edu
Winter Quarter
ANTH 474 Social Difference and Medical Knowledge (5) Janelle
S. Taylor
Explores relations between medical and social categories: how social
differences become medicalized; how medical conditions become associated
with stigmatized social groups; and how categories become sources of
identity and bases for political action. Considers classifications (race,
gender, sexuality, disability) and how each has shaped and/or been shaped
by medical science/practice
HSERV 536 Emerging Infections of International Public Health
Importance (3) Dr. Ann Marie Kimball
Overview of current emerging infections worldwide and contributing factors.
Design of a surveillance and prevention strategy required. Offered: jointly
with EPI 529; in residence, odd years; online, evenyears; W.
HSERV 539 Research Methods in Developing Countries (3/4) Dr.
Steven Gloyd, Mock
Simple, practical methodologies to obtain and validate information regarding
health status and health services in developing countries. Usefulness,
validity, limitation of vital records, health reports, household (and
cluster) surveys, nutritional anthropometry, and qualitative methods
discussed. Lectures, computer lab, and student participation in community-based
survey. Offered: jointly with EPI 539; W.
MED 560 Advanced Global Health (2) Drs. Ann Marie Kimball
and Sally Stansfield
This survey course will introduce students to a broad array
of activities and current issues in global health. Topics will include
cultural competency, ethics, human rights, health care delivery systems,
global/local interface, epidemiology, infectious disease, health outcomes
research, reproductive health and innovations in global health. This
course will next be offered in Winter 2004. For more information contact Laura
Certain, lcertain@u.washington.edu.
NURS 581 Study of International Health (2-3) Dr. Sue Hegyvary
International health based on the concept of health ecology. Assigned
readings, discussions, and analyses include different perspectives,
strategies, systems, and the wide range of conditions and forces that
affect global and local health and illness. Emphasizes roles of health
care providers. Credit/no credit only.
Spring Quarter
HSERV 534 Global Population Health and Development (3) Dr.
Stephen Bezruchka
Looks at determinants of population health in different countries, to
learn about the constraints of typical public health and development
paradigms. Topics include colonialism, development and underdevelopment,
political economy, culture, health behaviors, hierarchy, health care
and medical harm. Prerequisite: experience working in a health program.
MED 561 Tropical Medicine (1) Dr. Wes Van Voorhis
This course will teach health science students about the pathophysiology,
epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment with limited-resources,
and resolution of disease conditions that are more commonly seen in
less-developed countries or resource-limited settings. Topics will
include: nutrition, respiratory diseases, febrile diseases, systemic
diseases, dermatological diseases, HIV, STDs, TB, malaria, diarrheal
diseases and public health. This course will next be offered in Spring
2004. For more information contact Paul
Drain, pkdrain@u.washington.edu.
SOC W 514 International Social Work and Development Practice
(3) Dr. Nancy Farwell
Practice provides an introduction to development perspectives, selected
global social issues, and practice approaches, primarily in developing
countries. The impact of global interdependence and development frameworks
on local problems and solutions is examined. The major part of the course
focuses on global social issues with particular attention to practitioner
roles in social work and social development. Students are encouraged
to investigate ways in which individual problems relate to structural
issues, how to utilize participatory approaches in community assessment
and change, and how problem-solving skills used in an empowerment framework
can address situations in which people experience discrimination and
marginalization. Power dynamics in the context of helping, and the importance
of critical consciousness within one's role as practitioner and facilitator
are examined.
UCONJ 503 International Health (1) Daren Wade, Dr. Virginia
Gonzales and Dr. Elaine Jong
Weekly seminar introduces students to issues and opportunities of participating
in health care systems in other countries. Guest speakers bring many
perspectives of international health care experiences. Class discussions
help prepare students to explore international health issues and multidisciplinary
approaches to international health work. Undergraduates are encouraged
to enroll as are graduate and professional students.
Contact Daren Wade, dwade@u.washington.edu
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