GLOBEMED’S GLOBAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM
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Track 1
THIS TRACK
After completing the Introduction Track, we move to Track 1! Throughout this Track, we attempt to answer two key questions:
TRACK 1 Goal: Learn about the many facets of poverty. Investigate how poverty is intimately related to health and GlobeMed’s work.
THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND LESSON PLANS & RESOURCES Check out inside.globemed.org for this Track’s weekly lesson plans and resources!
Track 1 Overview
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What is poverty? What is the relationship between poverty and health?
This is the first part in our three part exploration of poverty and health. We hope that this track provides all chapter members with a more thorough understanding of what poverty is, the impacts of living in poverty, and how poverty is intricately related to global health.
During Week 1, we look at the quantitative aspects of poverty, including official definitions, statistics, and other data. This information shows of governments, international organizations, and other groups conceptualize poverty. From this understanding, we evaluate the merits and disadvantages of the quantitative labeling. In Week 2, we examine poverty through a qualitative lens. Perhaps more important than the numbers surrounding poverty are the accompanying stories. Through reading personal narratives and challenging ourselves develop an empathetic imagination, we work on understanding poverty on a deeply human level. In Week 3, we examine the cycle between poor health and poverty. Using case studies for guidance, we view how once in poverty one is more likely to become ill, and once ill one is more likely to fall into poverty. Such injustice illustrates how global health is inseparably connected to poverty, and we discuss how GlobeMed’s work links into this cycle. During Week 4, we take time to synthesize and reflect. In an attempt to develop a holistic understanding of poverty and health, we explore how the numerically based definitions, narratives, case studies, and other external knowledge interact together to form a comprehensive picture of poverty and how it relates to health. To actively engage members, we create a physical, nuanced representation of the poverty-health cycle.
CONTACT US
Rachel Markon & Neal Emery, co-Directors of ghU globalhealthU@globemed.org
In totality, this Track should leverage the foundational knowledge from the Introduction Track, provide an understanding of the complex poverty-health relationship, and set the groundwork for Track 2’s exploration of the root causes of poverty.
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