Learning outcomes

To give the students insight on magnitude and causes of human mobility and its effects on health.

Contents

• Magnitude and causes of internal displacement,immigration and emigration and definitions of human mobility status
• Special issues in health of individuals and populations residing outside their home region
• Human trafficking
• Characteristics of travel and travelers in the world
• Impact of human mobility on transmission of pathogens, example of influenza: pandemic modelling, spread and containment
• Road traffic and health
• Individual and institutional competences in transnational health care
• Transnational encounters in health care
• Impact of globalisation on global medicines and vaccines production, global view to counterfeit drugs

Further information on prerequisites and recommendations

Students have to register for the course on the internet at http://www.uta.fi/nettiopsu/. Deadline for the registration is two weeks before the course starts.

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures	11 h	0 h
Seminar	15 h	0 h

Teaching language

English

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Active participation in group works, reading sessions and seminars, passing exam.

Further information

Attendance is open for all university of Tampere students but limited to 32 students. If more students wish to take the course, preference is given to degree students in health sciences and others will be accepted in the order of registration

Belongs to following study modules