Course Information
Course title
Essentials of Global Health 
Semester
108-1 
Designated for
 
Instructor
Wan-Chen Lee 
Curriculum Number
PH3040 
Curriculum Identity Number
801E38100 
Class
 
Credits
3.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
Half 
Required/
Elective
Elective 
Time
Monday 6,7,8(13:20~16:20) 
Remarks
The upper limit of the number of students: 50. 
Ceiba Web Server
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1081PH3040_ 
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

Population health and health care system of a nation are increasingly affected by the processes of globalization. This introductory course is aimed to provide an overview of the emerging field of global health. Thru lectures and discussion sessions we will introduce the principles and goals of global health, measurement tools for global health research, and the contemporary development of global health. Invited speakers will address global health theories and practices on a range of topics, such as health care delivery systems, control of communicable and non-communicable diseases, occupational health, environmental health, and the rising influences of global trade policies on health and health inequalities. This course is designed for undergraduate students majoring in global health and students in other departments who may or may not have previous exposure to public health sciences. Each session runs for 3 hours, starting with a one-hour lecture and followed by small-group discussions led by TA, and ending with a final plenary discussion involving the instructor and the whole class. 

Course Objective
Students will obtain knowledge on public health sciences with a global perspective. 
Course Requirement
Students are expected to:
1) read assigned readings and submit a short essay (within 1 A4 page) prior to each class;
2) actively participate in small group discussions and the plenary discussion;
3) work with classmates as a team for final project. 
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
 
Office Hours
 
Designated reading
To be assigned weekly. 
References
To be assigned. 
Grading
 
No.
Item
%
Explanations for the conditions
1. 
Final Project 
30% 
Students should work in groups of 4-8 people writing a proposal aimed at solving a specific global health challenge. The proposal needs to be structured with the following parts: abstract, statement of the problem, and description of solution. Timeline for the final project: (1) Each group is required to submit an outline (2 A4 pages) of the final project on November 13 (Week 10). The outline should include the details of the project topic. (2) Each group is required to submit a revised outline of the final project on December 4 (Week 13). The outline should include the details of the project topic as well as some preliminary thoughts regarding the solutions. (3) The presentation PowerPoint should be uploaded on CEIBA at least one day before the final presentation (i.e. before 23.59 Sunday). Timeline for the final project: (1) Each group is required to submit an outline (2 A4 pages) of the final project on November 14 (Week 10). The outline should include the details of the project topic. (2) Each group is required to submit a revised outline of the final project on December 5 (Week 13). The outline should include the details of the project topic as well as some preliminary thoughts regarding the solutions. (3) The presentation PowerPoint should be uploaded on CEIBA at least one day before the final presentation (i.e. before 23.59 Sunday). 
 
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
Week 1
2019/09/09  Introduction (Prof Wan-Chen Lee 李婉甄)  
Week 2
2019/09/16  Global burden of diseases (Prof Hsien-Ho Lin 林先和) 
Week 3
2019/09/23  NTUPH conference week (No class) 
Week 4
2019/09/30  Moved to 10/7 (class canceled due to Typhoon)

Environmental health (Prof Shih-Wei Tsai 蔡詩偉) 
Week 5
2019/10/07  Environmental Health (Prof. Shih-Wei Tsai)
 
Week 6
2019/10/14  Occupational health (Prof Hsiao-Yu Yang 楊孝友) 
Week 7
2019/10/21  Anti-malaria mission in Sao-Tome and Principe (Prof Kun-Hsien Tsai 蔡坤憲) 
Week 8
2019/10/28  Aging and health (Prof Karen Chen 程蘊菁) 
Week 9
2019/11/04  Women's Health (Prof Chen-I Kuan 官晨怡) 
Week 10
2019/11/11  Project Discussion  
Week 11
2019/11/18  Suicide: a global perspective (Prof Shu-Sen Chang 張書森) 
Week 12
2019/11/25  Health systems and health (Prof Jui-fen Rachel Lu 盧瑞芬) 
Week 13
2019/12/02  Children’s health (Prof Hung-Chieh Chang 張弘潔) 
Week 14
2019/12/09  The migrant workers' health and citizenship (Ms. Wu Jing-ru 吳靜如 Taiwan international workers association 
Week 15
2019/12/16  First session:
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) in Global Health: NGO experiences in Cambodia and other ASEAN Countries (Prof Kai-Lih Liu 劉凱利)

Second session:
Classroom exercise by group to prepare for final presentation project  
Week 16
2019/12/23  The role of NGO in global health (Ms. Jodie Peng 彭逸如, World Vision, and Betty Yao, Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps.) 
Week 17
2019/12/30  Global Mental health: cross-cultural issues (Prof. Michi Fu 傅美蓁) 
Week 18
2020/01/06  Project presentation (all students)