INTHE4030 ¨C Fundamentals in International Community Health

Course content

The course focusses on core concepts and topics related to international community health and global health. The emphasis is on understanding and appraising global community health challenges and examining how these relate to individual, societal, cultural and environmental changes.The course seeks to explore the role of various actors and evaluate strategies and programs, aimed at improving community health.The course is divided into four-modules. They focus on relevant and fundamental global community health topics:

• Health System and Interventions

• Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

• Drugs, Pharmaceuticals, and Medicines

• Migration and Health

Admission to the course

This course is only available for students at the master programme:

International Community Health (master)

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Teaching

The course consists of lectures and seminars. In the seminars, the students do exercises and assignments related to the course.To be able to take the exam, you must complete the following requirements for the course:

• 80% attendance in the seminars.?

The quota for absence is meant to cover normal sickness absence and the like. You are therefore not given a valid absence from classes based on a medical certificate, even if the absence is due to obstacles for which you yourself cannot be blamed. In special cases, for example in the case of serious or long-term illness, you can apply for special needs provisions.

• One compulsory task per week (oral or written).

If you are ill or have another valid reason for being absent from compulsory activities, you can apply for a postponed deadline or to take the compulsory activity again.

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Examination

Written school examination, individual

To be able to take the exam, you must complete the following requirements for the course:

• 80% attendance in the seminars

• One compulsory task per week (oral or written).

Examination and grading at The Faculty of Medicine.

Examination support material

No examination support material is allowed.

Language of examination

The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about?the grading system.

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• Withdrawal from an exam
• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Explanation of grades and appeals
• Resitting an exam
• Cheating/attempted cheating

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