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1- Understand the significant challenges in the international health arena and be able to discuss and suggest potential solutions.
2- Critically evaluate the activities of key organisations that exert influence at a macro level, such as the World Bank, the G7, WHO, FAO etc.
3- Apply situation analysis, stakeholder mappings and evidence-based interventions to a global health challenge in a particular region or country.
4- Identify and analyse tools to set change in motion for current Global Health challenges
Three weeks are allocated to understand an Overview of Global Health actors and their role in setting the International Health agenda.
We will then allocate two weeks for each of the following case studies: Reproductive Health and Women's Reproductive Rights, Built Environment and Development and Nutrition and Food security.
Two weeks are allocated to students' work and presentations. Students are expected to learn how to conduct a situation analysis, map stakeholders and identify possible evidence-based policies or interventions.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 22 |
Specified Learning Activities | 6 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 80 |
Total | 108 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Presentation: Students will generate/participate in a class discussion on a Global Health challenge using a cultural/communication piece as a trigger. Students must participate in all other class discussions |
Week 4 | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | Yes | 40 |
Presentation: Students will prepare in pairs a 20' lecture on a global health challenge. They are expected to actively participate in other student's lectures. |
Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | Yes | 60 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities
Not yet recorded.
Name | Role |
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Assoc Professor Mary Codd | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Brendan Drumm | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Patricia Fitzpatrick | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Carolyn Ingram | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Cliona O'Sullivan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor David Weakliam | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Darin Elabbasy | Tutor |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 25, 29, 30, 32, 33 | Tues 11:00 - 12:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 23, 24, 26 | Tues 11:00 - 12:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 11:00 - 12:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 31 | Tues 11:00 - 12:50 |