globalhealthU THE BASICS
2011-2012 CURRICULUM INTRO
globalhealthU is GlobeMed’s signature Global Health Education and Leadership Development Curriculum. This student-designed and driven program uses a peer-to-peer model to equip 1,500 students from 46 chapters with a critical understanding of issues in global health, with an emphasis on leadership skills and personal discernment. Throughout the year, chapter members undergo a full program of activities, readings, conversations, debates, and lectures that explore a diverse range of questions and issues. As students engage in in-depth discussions on the interconnections of poverty and health through globalhealthU, they concurrently witness the direct impact of their partnership with a grassroots health organization on poverty and health in partner communities. The knowledge and skills GlobeMed members develop position them as future leaders in the multidisciplinary field of global health.
THE GOALS
ORIENTATION Chapter members are equipped with a thorough understanding of the values of GlobeMed and explore their personal values.
STUDENTS’ ROLE Following a critical discussion of our role in perpetuating poverty, we seek to understand how we can be effective advocates. REFLECTION Chapters reflect on the year behind them both as individuals and in the context of their chapter.
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CONCLUSION
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IN THE NETWORK
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‣ To develop a nuanced understanding of global health: enable POVERTY AND HEALTH students to discuss and question key issues in global health, not Chapters conceptualize poverty and just ‘know facts’. seek to explore the connections ‣ To challenge students to think critically: provide space for big between global health and poverty. questions and equip students to think critically on those questions. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS ‣ To build leadership skills for a lifetime commitment to global health: provide a framework for exploring and developing We consider the views of six leadership skills, empowering GlobeMed students to become developmental economists to leaders in a multitude of fields and careers after graduation. explore the root causes and paths ‣ To build community: enable chapters to build community around out of poverty. a common purpose and a shared set of values. INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION ‣ To encourage interior formation: encourage deep reflection on students’ own personal roles and responsibilities in global health. Chapters conduct an in-depth investigation on a topic of interest.
GLOBEMED’S GLOBAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM
THE CURRICULUM
What students are saying
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GlobeMed gives me the truly unique opportunity to engage with, work alongside, and learn from incredible students and partners around the world, each passionate about making a positive impact on the world. I have yet to find another class, club, or organization about which I can say the same. -Emily Chiu -University of Michigan
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Each year the globalhealthU curriculum focuses on a guiding question; in 2011-2012 GlobeMed chapters seek to answer, “what is the relationship between poverty and health?”. Poverty and health are central themes across all of our partnerships, and we believe that to truly foster tomorrow’s leaders in the field of global health, it is crucial that our students gain a comprehensive understanding of the intersections between poverty and health. It is through seeking to understand the dynamics between poverty and health that students are able to collaborate with their partner organization to actively address the root causes of ill health in their communities. In this way, the globalhealthU curriculum is both a driver of our partnership model and a platform on which they build leadership and critical thinking skills that will carry them into their future work.
HOW IT WORKS
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Contribute to content by telling us about your specialized knowledge in global health. Connect to public globalhealthU events on a campus near you. Let us know if you can offer publishing solutions. Learn more about connecting students to a community based organization you care about through GlobeMed’s partnership model.
IMPACT globalhealthU is an essential component of the GlobeMed model and has a deep impact on the health of our chapters and partners, and on the future of our students. ‣ Students gain a solid foundation of global health knowledge and critical thinking skills that will translate into their future path. ‣ While involved in GlobeMed, students use these skills to seek a meaningful and high impact relationship with their partner organization that will have an impact on thousands of community members for years to come. ‣ globalhealthU provides a long-term skill set for the next generation of leaders. Even after students graduate and leave their GlobeMed chapter, they can apply the knowledge and skills they learned in globalhealthU.
BY THE NUMBERS
87% We are grateful for the guidance of Still Harbor in the development of the globalhealthU curriculum.
of students reported that globalhealthU has increased their knowledge of global health issues
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students say GlobeMed has increased their leadership abilities
Contact globalhealthU@globemed.org to learn more