Table 1 Course outline, February-March 2021. Schedule sequence of some topics was determined by expert availability
From: Remote online global health education among U.S. medical students during COVID-19 and beyond
| Session 1 |
| • Course welcome (introductions, syllabus, textbook, readings, course website, etc.) |
| • Introduction to global health |
| • Global health disparities and non-communicable diseases |
| • Introduction to international child health |
| Session 2 |
| • Diarrheal illnesses |
| • Rehydration techniques |
| • Practical skills session: making oral rehydration solution from household ingredients |
| Session 3 |
| • Health care delivery |
| • Improving post-hospital discharge care and survival |
| • Global neurology |
| Session 4 |
| • Humanitarian emergencies |
| • Malnutrition |
| • Practical skills session: screening for acute childhood malnutrition using a mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) tape (UNICEF) |
| Session 5 |
| • Maternal health |
| • Practical skills session: improvising a condom-based uterine balloon to manage postpartum hemorrhage (Burke) |
| • Newborn health |
| • Practical skills session: basic newborn resuscitation |
| Session 6 |
| • HIV/AIDS |
| • Tuberculosis |
| Session 7 |
| • Malaria |
| • Acute respiratory infections |
| • Practical skills session: making a water-bottle spacer for an asthma inhaler [28] |
| Session 8 |
| • Critical care medicine in resource-limited settings |
| • Global oral health and essential dental procedures for non-dentists (taught by faculty from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine) |
| Session 9 |
| • Tropical medicine and neglected tropical diseases |
| • Infections in returning travelers |
| Session 10 |
| • Training opportunities and careers in global health |
| • Discussion panel with three global health practitioners discussing and answering students’ questions related to career models, balancing family-work-travel, global health ethics, etc. |