Global Internship Experience and/or Summer Overseas Field Course
Students in the global health certificate program will be required to complete a global health experience, whether in an international setting or in the United States. Though students will be strongly encouraged to perform their experience overseas, the experience must be relevant to a health topic that transcends boundaries, regardless of the location. Students within the SPHTM, who are already required to complete an internship or practicum, will not be required to find an additional placement; however, their internship must qualify for the certificate program in that it must take place overseas or be on a topic relevant to global health.
Students who cannot complete the experience can explore opportunities available through the Tulane community or look for an independent opportunity. The Office of Global Health will work with students to determine available opportunities that satisfy the requirements of the certificate.
Tulane Overseas Opportunities
The Tulane University Law School's Payson Center for International Development is pleased to offer courses in seven (7) locations as part of the 2011 Global Development Summer Institutes. The Summer Institutes offer intensive, two (2) week to three (3) week long programs with one (1) to two (2) courses per location. All courses earn three (3) credits each. Courses are open to graduate students and non-Tulane graduate level-students. Click here to see the Payson Center Summer Institute Program
The Tulane-Xavier Minority Health International Research Training (MHIRT) Program is sponsored by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health to provide short-term (10-12 weeks) research training opportunities for minority students interested in a career in international health research. Sites sponsoring MHIRT students are bases for established international collaborative research programs for faculty of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (SPHTM). Click here to see more about the MHIRT Program.
The Stone Center for Latin American Studies strongly encourages students to avail themselves of a variety of overseas programs, including several which are directly operated by Tulane. These include summer, semester and year-long programs in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and South America. Courses are taught in Spanish, Portuguese, Kaqchikel Maya, and English, with offerings in Area Studies, Tropical Ecology and Environment, Diaspora Studies, Business, Linguistics, Public Health, Social Systems, Historic Preservation, Cultural Studies, International Relations, Art, Anthropology, and more. Click here to see the Stone Center's international opportunities.
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The Health Systems Management department in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine is offering an overseas program in China for the summer of 2011:
The program is open to all Tulane University students (graduate and undergraduate), with a few openings available to graduate students from other Universities. Program students will be enrolled in two courses - HSMG 6040 Comparative Health Systems & HSMG 6980 Health Systems of China (see course descriptions below). Following the classroom courses, students will have the option to head to China's capital city, Beijing for a week-long cultural immersion experience. In Beijing, students will partake in guided tours of various cultural sites such as the Great Wall of China, Tiananmen Square, and the Forbidden City. Students also will involve themselves in cultural activities such as attending the Peking Opera, taking kung fu lessons, and visiting traditional hutongs to enjoy tea with some local residents.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
HSMG 698 – Health Systems of China (2 Credit Hours)
It is a well-known fact that China is the most populous nation in the world. But here's a question for you: how the does a country—especially one in the midst of rapid economic development—provide health care to 1.3 billion people? Through this program, students will learn about China's complex and fascinating healthcare system along with other healthcare systems around the world. During their coursework, students will be introduced to various aspects (cultural, social, economic, epidemiological) of the country's healthcare system. Since the course will be delivered on location in China, the classroom lessons will be augmented through a series of field visits and real world observations. Further, China's recent health reform strategies will be critically examined through directed readings, seminar lectures, and discussions with leaders of the Chinese healthcare system. The course also will examine the financing of the health care system and will evaluate and analyze how providers are incentivized and paid. To provide a comprehensive understanding of the health sector organization, students will visit a number of sites including primary care centers, tertiary hospitals, public health entities, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, and research organizations. Also, students will travel to areas in rural China to learn how health care is provided outside the country's major urban areas.
HSMG 6040 - Comparative Health Systems (3 Credit Hours)
An overview of the determinants of health systems and the components of the system in developed and developing countries of the world. The course will examine in-depth the health systems of a number of selected countries. For comparative analysis, different health systems of the world will be categorized into four groups. Both intra-group and inter-group differences in health care costs, delivery, and organization of health care and health status of the population will be examined. Recent proposals for health-sector reform will also be analyzed and evaluated.
