International Health and Cooperation

Modules

First Year

Online Theoretical Training (29 ECTS) – September to March:

• Fundamentals of International Health Analysis and Management – 5 ECTS (Online)
  • Principles and structures of international cooperation – 1 ECTS
  • Public and private organizations in health – 1 ECTS
  • Principles of logistics in cooperation – 1 ECTS
  • Foundations for anthropological study in cooperation – 1 ECTS
  • Introduction to sexual and reproductive health in LICs – 1 ECTS
• Study Methods in International Public Health – 5 ECTS (Online)
  • Health determinants in Low-Income Countries (LICs) – 1 ECTS
  • Basic statistical methods – 1 ECTS
  • Epidemiology in LICs I – 1 ECTS
  • Introduction to qualitative methodology – 1 ECTS
• Approaches to Adult and Childhood Pathologies – 6 ECTS (Online)
  • Introduction to prevalent pathologies in low- and middle-income countries – 2 ECTS
  • Basic child health – 1.5 ECTS
  • Introduction to travel medicine – 1.5 ECTS
  • Foundations for laboratory diagnosis – 1 ECTS
• Methodologies and Analysis Systems – 3 ECTS (Online)
  • Epidemiology in low-income countries – 1 ECTS
  • Advanced statistical methods – 1 ECTS
  • Qualitative health research – 1 ECTS
• Organization, Management, and Health Care Actions – 10 ECTS (Online)
  • Anthropology and health – 0.5 ECTS
  • Participatory methodologies in cooperation – 1 ECTS
  • Mental health approach in cooperation projects – 1 ECTS
  • Humanitarian crises and health emergencies – 1 ECTS
  • Public health sanitary actions – 1 ECTS
  • Gender and sexual and reproductive health – 1 ECTS
  • Logistics management in international health cooperation – 1 ECTS
  • Priorities and needs in child health – 1 ECTS
  • Traveler’s medicine and international vaccination – 0.5 ECTS
  • Adult health pathologies and problems – 1 ECTS
  • Theoretical and systematic framework of research in health cooperation – 1 ECTS

Applied In-Person Training (16 ECTS) – April to June:

• Prevention and Safety in Emergencies: Clinical Practice and Diagnosis – 10 ECTS (In-person)
  • Sexual and reproductive rights and safe motherhood – 1 ECTS
  • Logistics management in humanitarian health action – 1 ECTS
  • Pediatrics and child healthcare – 1 ECTS
  • Biogeography and travel medicine – 1 ECTS
  • Adult health problems and priorities – 1 ECTS
  • Laboratory diagnostic techniques – 1 ECTS
  • Public health: Water, hygiene, and sanitation (WASH) – 1 ECTS
  • Care and interventions in health emergencies – 1 ECTS
  • Psychosocial perspective in international health work – 1 ECTS
  • Health education – 1 ECTS
• Projects, Methods, and Intervention Tools in Cooperation – 6 ECTS (In-person)
  • International cooperation models and projects – 1 ECTS
  • Health policies and systems – 0.5 ECTS
  • Medical anthropology – 1 ECTS
  • Epidemiological applications in public health – 1 ECTS
  • Health statistics – 1 ECTS
  • Qualitative health studies – 1 ECTS
  • Research methodology in international health cooperation – 0.5 ECTS

Second Year

• Curricular Internship – 9 ECTS (225 hours)
• Master’s Thesis (TFM) – 6 ECTS