College: School of Medicine and Public Health, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, School of Veterinary Medicine
Designation: Interdisciplinary program
Majors and degrees offered: None
Other: Graduate certificate
Faculty: Professors Baumann (Nursing), Haq (Population Health Sciences), Johnson (Pharmacy), Olsen (Veterinary Medicine); Associate Professors Durkin (Population Health Sciences), Ladinsky (Population Health Sciences), Patz (Population Health Sciences); Assistant Professors Arcari (Population Health Sciences), Keller (Medical History & Bioethics), Wendland (Anthropology/Medical History & Bioethics); Clinical Associate Professor Kraus (Pharmacy); Visiting Associate Professor Conway (Pediatrics)
The certificate in global health is a collaborative effort of UW faculty from the schools of Medicine and Public Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine, and the Division of International Studies. The certificate includes a program of courses and field experiences designed to expose students to issues relevant to global health and health issues that transcend national boundaries, emphasizing health and diseases in developing countries. The certificate is designed for health professional, graduate, or continuing students including practicing health professionals. A capstone certificate in global health is also offered for students not currently enrolled in a UW-Madison graduate degree program. Capstone certificate applicants are admitted as Special students through the Division of Continuing Studies; see www.dcs.wisc.edu/capstone.
Students will have opportunities to attain greater global awareness and increased cultural competence through academic preparation and practical experiences abroad. As a result, they will be better prepared to deal with diversity and address health disparities in Wisconsin and beyond. Certificate recipients may serve needy populations internationally, or work among the increasingly diverse population of Wisconsin and the United States. Global health training can offer students opportunities to develop cultural skills to serve immigrants and ethnic minorities. Global health study and field experience can also offer students opportunities to learn about prevention and management of infectious diseases that are less common in Wisconsin such as tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS. Knowledge of such diseases will allow graduates to contribute to public health initiatives, to detect and treat emerging infectious diseases, and to prevent and manage outbreaks.
The certificate requires a minimum of 9 credits, including core requirements and elective credits. Required courses include the following: Fundamentals of International Health Care Systems; Topics in Epidemiology-Global Health; Foundations in Global Health Practice; and a Global Health Field Experience. Students will work with faculty advisors to select and design the field experience.
Students may also choose from a variety of elective courses with content related to global health. These courses include but are not limited to the following: Health and Disease in Uganda; Health and Disease in Thailand--Pathogens, Animals, People, and Plants; Field School for the Study of Language, Culture and Community Health in Ecuador; International Health and Global Society; World Hunger and Malnutrition; Global Environmental Change and Disease Risk; Health, Illness and Healing in Contemporary Africa; Global AIDS: Interdisciplinary Perspectives; Special Topics in Global Infectious Diseases; Anthropology and International Health; Parasitology.
For more information: Lori DiPrete Brown, Assistant Director, Center for Global Health, 4230 Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53706; 608/262-4801; dipretebrown@wisc.edu; www.pophealth.wisc.edu/gh/.