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Table 1 Overview of the Global Health Module (Year 5)

From: Medical students as global citizens: a qualitative study of medical students’ views on global health teaching within the undergraduate medical curriculum

Element

Title

Teaching Methods

Session 1

Planning Your Elective

Lecture

Session 2

Gender and Global Health

Lecture

Session 3

Health Systems and Burden of Disease

Lecture

Session 4

Global Health Dilemmas and the Student elective

Facilitated group tutorials based on anonymised case studies

Session 5

The Global is Local: Healthcare of migrants, refugees and the undocumented in London

Lecture followed by facilitated group tutorials based on anonymised case studies

Session 6

‘Ebola: The UK response to a global public health emergency’

Lecture

Assessment

Pre Elective Country Study

Written analysis of personal learning goals, anticipated challenges, healthcare and burden of disease (25,00 words) added to Student Portfolio

Assessment

End of Year Exam

Single Best Answer questions