About this course: Whether you've traveled before or not, living and working overseas can be challenging. Learn how best to prepare and make the most of your time internationally. This course will prepare you to work and live overseas. It explores the epidemiology of common morbidity and mortality among travelers and examines key prevention, safety, and travel medicine principles and services to contextualize risks and maintain wellness. The course reviews applicable interventions, appropriate vaccines, and personal protection methods to prepare you to respond to expected and unexpected situations and will challenge you to examine travel health and safety priorities through case studies and discussions. The Honors Lesson will assist you with personal preparations for travel through the creation of a country-specific profile.
Who is this class for: This class is for anyone who travels or is preparing to travel internationally, especially those traveling to low- and middle-income countries for academic, professional, and healthcare-related reasons.
Taught by:Â Â Anna Kalbarczyk, Research Associate
International Health
| Basic Info | Course 3 of 7 in the Foundations of Global Health Specialization |
| Level | Beginner |
| Commitment | 4 weeks of study, 2 hours per week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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- Reading: Syllabus
- Reading: Foundations of Global Health Specialization
- Discussion Prompt: Introduce Yourself
- Video: Project Planning
- Video: Working in the Field
- Video: Tales from the Field: Steve Harvey
- Reading: Ouma and Dimaras: Views from the global south
- Video: Preparing to Travel
- Video: Travel Warnings and Alerts
- Video: Health Insurance
- Video: Emergencies
- Video: Tales from the Field: Summer and Shaun
- Video: Vector-Borne Diseases and Prevention
- Video: Food and Waterborne Diseases
- Video: Rabies, Altitude, and Sun Exposure
- Video: Injuries
- Reading: Rates of intentionally caused and road crash deaths of US citizens abroad
- Video: Tales from the Field (Julie Denison)
- Video: Finding Care Overseas
- Video: The Returned Traveler
- Video: Mental Health Considerations for Travelers
- Video: Burnout and Vicarious Traumatization
- Reading: Aid workers, assuming survivors' agony, at risk of 'vicarious trauma'
- Discussion Prompt: Zombie Penguins
- Video: Moving Around
- Video: Staying Safe
- Video: Looking After Yourself
- Video: Tales from the Field: Joanne Katz
- Video: Safety and Gender-Based Violence
- Video: Lesbian-, Gay-, Bisexual-, Transgender-, Queer-, and Intersex-Specific Considerations
- Reading: A few resources on safety
- Discussion Prompt: Current Events in Health and Travel
- Video: Culture Shock
- Video: Tales from the Field: Courtland Robinson
- Reading: Culture Shock and Travelers
- Video: Ethical Considerations of Training
- Video: Ethical Practices/Behaviors in Global Health
- Discussion Prompt: Ethical Dilemma
- Video: The Importance of Learning Languages
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was a great way to learn the safety measures we should consider while travelling to foreign places
Unexpectedly super useful course. Very well organized and elaborated and highly recommended to anyone planning a trip especially to low- and middle-income countries. The only con I can think of is that some lecture videos could be a bit shorter.
The course is definitely good for a first-time traveller outside the USA, but as I have lived in 10 countries and worked in around 20 more ina 35-year timespan, I learned little new information from this course. It was fun taking it though.
LH
This course is very useful in preparing me for my summer internship at South Asia. it incorporate information on various aspects you will encounter in a global traveling settings, such as vaccine, founding, diseases, food, housing, safety, and so on.