Helps students develop their own capacities to analyze, criticize, evaluate, and construct policy-oriented arguments. Dr. J. McDonough 5 credits Seminars, field studies. One 2-hour session each week and four hours of field work each week. One section explores the managerial skills required of public health professionals in any setting - leadership negotiations, interdisciplinary teams, and communication. The alternative section focuses on the policy process from a political perspective, identifying key shareholders, political processes, government structure, and the role of conflict resolution in the formation of health policy.
Fieldwork provides practical experience in health care management or health policy development.
Two 2-hour sessions each week. These questions are addressed in this introductory course that defines the scope of the field, highlights contemporary issues, and reviews selective case studies of international health policies and practices. The course begins with an examination of world health and development and the rapid health transitions taking place around the world. Interspersed throughout are several case studies of challenges facing the modern practice of international health. This introductory course complements PIH 200a and prepares the student for other international health offerings, including PIH 244b and PIH 251d.