MedTreks Kenya

Global Health Field Course

This is a hands-on global health clinical field experience, focusing on issues relevant to global health in resource-limited settings of rural Kenya, working through a collaborative partnership with Village HopeCore International – a community health program located on the slopes of Mt. Kenya, serving over 700 villages.

Welcome To MedTreks Kenya

This course was created for healthcare professionals who will be joining the MedTreks Kenya Global Health Field Course

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This Course Is For:

  • Doctors, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Physical Therapists, Social Workers& EMTs

    Interested in expanding their skillset in understanding best practices in Global Health & Humanitarian Medicine.

  • Healthcare Professionals

    Who are interested in gaining more knowledge on the topics of Global Health & Humanitarian Medicine

Course Curriculum

    1. Welcome to MedTreks Kenya!

    2. Staying Healthy Abroad

    1. Strengthening the Global Health Workforce - Welcome to MedTreks Kenya!

    2. Population & Global Health with Dr. Rasori

    3. Maternal Child Health with Dr. Rasori

    4. Resources

    1. Intro to Global Health: Course Contents & Description

    2. Overview of Global Health Topics in this Course

    3. Defining Global Health

    4. History of Global Health

    5. The Role of Global Health in Medicine

    6. The Global Burden of Disease

    7. Global Health Disparities

    8. Understanding Determinants of Health

    9. Understanding Determinants of Health

    10. The Millennium & Sustainable Development Goals

    11. The Future of Global Health

    12. Sources

    1. Micro Topics in Global Health

    2. Malaria

    3. Malaria by Dr. Rasori

    4. HIV

    5. Hypertension

    6. Vision and Eye Health

    7. Sexual & Reproductive Health

    8. Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

    9. Traveler's Diarrhea by Dr. Rasori

    10. Sources

    1. Intro to Global Child Health

    2. Who is Most Vulnerable

    3. The Leading Causes of Child Death: Neonatal

    4. The Leading Causes of Child Death: Respiratory Infections

    5. The Leading Causes of Child Death: Diarrhea

    6. The Leading Causes of Death: Malaria

    7. Other Leading Causes of Child Death

    8. Implementation of Child Health Interventions in the Health System

    9. Sources

    1. Intro to Maternal Health

    2. Definition of Maternal Health

    3. Background of maternal health in developing countries

    4. When it Comes to Maternal Health

    5. Where is the Maternal Mortality?

    6. Top Causes of Maternal Mortality & Morbidity in the Developing World

About this course

  • Free
  • 48 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

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