Learning outcomes: After successful completion of the course students will
- have increased awareness of global health problems, their geographic distribution, and factors associated with ill health
- have increased knowledge on ways to assess health on the population level
- be oriented to selected international health-related organizations and about alternative national strategies for health care provision
- know the current epidemiology of selected public health priorities
- have increased capacity to study and work in multicultural, multidisciplinary, and foreign environment

Essentials of global health problems, ways of assessing health on population level and knowledge of health-related organizations and strategies.

0 – 300 euros

For exchange and degree students of University of Tampere and Tampere University of Technology (academic year 2015-2016) courses are free of charge. Course fees for students not registered at the University of Tampere (or at the Tampere University of Technology) for the academic year 2015-2016. Further information: http://www.uta.fi/admissions/summer_school/fees.html.

The students of the University of Tampere may apply to the course as others (see link below) but no admission fee applies to them

http://www.uta.fi/admissions/summer_school/index.html

http://www.uta.fi/admissions/summer_school/index.html

10-Aug-2015 – 14-Aug-2015

Course attendance, submission of individual study reports, a written exam

Skolnik R. Global Health 101, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2012

Min-max number of students: 16-32

The course is part of University of Tampere Summer School 2015.
Please see the teaching timetable and lecture rooms (PDF) at: http://www.uta.fi/admissions/summer_school/courses.html.