GHEE's Minor Global Health program is a 12-week course for 3rd year Bachelor students (primarily Medicine, but also Clinical Technology, Nanobiology, Erasmus University College and Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management). The course is organized is such a way that you have lectures, practicals and masterclasses for 5 weeks on all aspects of Global Health. Thereafter you go abroad for about 6 weeks to experience Health & Healthcare in a completely different setting and culture. The Minor is concluded with two Symposia, one where as a group students present their experiences abroad, and one with a specific topic with invited speakers.
The Minor Global Health started in 2010 as a rather small program: 33 students going to 3 countries (Malawi, Zambia and Suriname). Since then the program has grown to include around 120 students each year going to 48 institutes in 19 different countries in 2019 (The Netherlands, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Suriname, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Iran, Oman, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and Viet Nam).
In the Minor Global Health you will come to learn every aspect of Global Health and international Healthcare in low and middle income countries (LMIC), as well as emerging economies to contrast with health and healthcare in The Netherlands. Determinants of Health and Disease (local, regional, national and international), the Global Burden of Disease, Universal Health Coverage, Health Care systems in diverse cultural backgrounds and learning to deal with limited resources (preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic) will be the main themes.
Next to Health & Healthcare at a tertiary level (urban, university medical center) you will be exposed to Health & Health Care in a rural setting (district hospital, related health centers and health posts, primary health care, community health, public health). All this in a very different culture and climate.
You can choose from 5 continents, 19 countries and 48 institutes:
After completing the Minor Global Health the student is able to:
The Minor Global Health is open to 3rd year Bachelor students in Medicine, Clinical Technology, Nanobiology, Erasmus University College (LS track) and the Institute of Health Policy & Management (and others) with:
Every week has its own theme, the most important diseases and aspects of the organization of healthcare in ‘low-, middle income and emerging economies’, urban as well as rural, will be discussed.
The following themes will be presented:
For the compulsory assignment students can choose to:
Education will consist of:
Students will participate in the regular activities of the participating host institutes abroad including:
ALL education during the Minor Global Health is compulsory.
And:
The Minor Global Health will have at least 20 contact hours per week; and a minimum of 200 contact hours for the minor as a whole.
Maximum number of students that can participate per minor (per site-country): 8
Minimum number of students that can participate per minor (per site-country): 4
Maximum total number of students that can participate: 120
Minimum total number of students that can participate: 60
The final mark will consist of:
The marks of all parts need to be sufficient (5.5 or higher = 60%).
Students will get direct feedback on their assignments. The assignment will be discussed individually with their supervisors. Feedback on the exam will be through an inspection session.