Certificate in Global Health

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Instructions

Submit a minimum of a 1-paragraph response to each question included below. Each question refers to a specific module in the online course. Please ensure that all of the responses are your original work and are not copy and pasted directly from the module or any other outside source. Each response will be read and evaluated by Global Health University staff. The student will receive an evaluation of Honors, Pass, Low Pass, or Fail on their Global Health University Transcript.

We advise that you read the courses and articles and write your responses in a Word document that you can save on your computer. Then, after you have written an answer to each question, you may copy and paste your work from the Word document onto this form.There is no deadline for completion.

Grading Criteria

Honors: Responses are of excellent quality, demonstrating critical analysis and a comprehensive understanding about the course material.
Pass: Responses are of good quality and demonstrates understanding of key concepts, but lacks in-depth analysis of course materials.
Low Pass: Responses are of mediocre quality and demonstrate minimal effort.
Fail: Responses are of poor quality and demonstrate a lack of effort or lack of understanding, and/or responses are plagiarized.

Course Modules

Global Health Course

Global Health Course Module 1: What are the essential best practices in global health?

Global Health Course Module 2: What is local capacity building? Describe at least two examples of building local capacity.

Global Health Course Module 3: What are the two main roles that local doctors should play in partnerships?

Global Health Course Module 4: Describe the features of an evaluation system and briefly discuss the four main components of valid metrics.

Global Health Course Module 5: What is the problem of the "last mile" and how can this problem, along with financial and education barriers, be resolved?

Global Health Course Module 6: What are the six aims of quality medical care? Why is it important to ensure that these are provided alongside financial resources?

Global Health Course Module 7: What harm can be caused by volunteers in a healthcare delivery setting? What barriers can volunteers help to reduce and how?

Global Health Course Module 8: Describe ways in which short-term interventions can have a negative impact on communities, and also describe how untrained volunteers can have a negative impact.

Global Health Course Module 9: What commonly occurs when equipment is donated which hasn’t been requested, or which isn’t in quality condition?

Global Health Course Module 10: Identify two reasons why it is important to compensate local and permanent staff.

Global Health Course Module 11: What are some of the main causes of brain drain and what can be done to reduce brain drain?

Social Entrepreneurship Course

Social Entrepreneurship Course Module 1: In a paragraph, describe the term “social entrepreneurship”.

Social Entrepreneurship Course Module 2: Describe the six defining characteristics of a social entrepreneur.

Social Entrepreneurship Course Module 3: What is the difference between social entrepreneurship and charities?

Social Entrepreneurship Course Module 4: What is an example of social entrepreneurship that you’re familiar with, and why do you consider it to be social entrepreneurship?

Social Entrepreneurship Course Module 5: What are three ways that a social venture can be assessed? Briefly explain each of the three.

Social Entrepreneurship Course Module 6: How is patient capital different from venture capital, and how can it be used to improve global health?

Social Entrepreneurship Course Module 7: What is social investment, and why is it difficult to determine the social return on investment?

Social Entrepreneurship Course Module 8: Why is it crucial to recognize and support the social entrepreneurship talent in developing countries?

Social Entrepreneurship Course Module 9: What is the Base of the Pyramid, and what must companies do to sell their products in an ethical and effective manner?

The Importance of Avoiding Pitfalls in Global Health & Development

Pitfalls Course Module 1: List and briefly explain three ways to guide resource allocation.

Pitfalls Course Module 2: Describe the complexities of treating multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.

Pitfalls Course Module 3: Identify and briefly describe the four main pitfalls in global health work and give one example of a program that failed because of one of these pitfalls.

Pitfalls Course Module 4: What are the two primary pitfalls in development work? Also, describe one new example (not already described in this module) of a program that was unsuccessful due to one of these pitfalls.

Pitfalls Course Module 5: What are Global Public-Private Partnerships (GPPPs)? Identify a strength and a weakness of GPPPs.

Pitfalls Course Module 6: Briefly describe three pitfalls that NGOs must avoid in order to be successful. Also, describe one new example (not already described in this module) of a program that was unsuccessful due to one of these pitfalls.

Pitfalls Course Module 7: Briefly describe three worst practices of volunteering abroad and explain three possible reasons why short-term interventions are often unsuccessful.

Pitfalls Course Module 8: What are the four most significant shortcomings to microfinance? Also, describe one new example (not already described in this module) of a program that was unsuccessful due to one of these pitfalls.

The Science of Global Health Delivery

Learning from business models is one strategy that can be implemented in order to help reduce the effects of the implementation bottleneck. Please discuss advantages and disadvantages to the implementing strategies used by the Coca-Cola, matches, and cell phone business models in the global health sector.

Issues in Medication Management

Identify two barriers to medication adherence, two ways to increase adherence, and identify two possible effects of non-adherence.

Global Health Metrics

What are the differences between outputs and outcomes and why is it important to measure outcomes?

Expert Panel Recordings

The links to required 1-hour webinar recordings are included below. Each recording includes strategies and lessons learned from a panel of leading experts. Please click on each link, listen to the required webinars, and complete the required responses.

Strategies for Responsible Global Health Engagement Expert Panel

Submit here your comprehensive notes for the webinar. Your notes must be complete and demonstrate confirmation that you listened to the webinar in its entirety. The notes do not need to be in full sentences.

Suppose you just came up with a great idea that could potentially increase the rate of antenatal care visits among women living in rural Sub-Saharan Africa. Before implementing your intervention, what are some steps you would take in order to avoid overlap and enhance efficiency?

David Barash mentioned that it is extremely important to think about the environment in which medical technologies are being deployed. If you were approached by a friend for advice regarding donation of medical equipment to a hospital in low resource setting, what factors would you suggest that she look into while evaluating potential recipients?

Strategies for Improving Health Outcomes Expert Panel

Shubha Kumar explained the seven underlying principles of Social Return on Investment (SRI) and how their application in global health projects have been used to generate funding and public support. In your opinion, what are the three most important principles and why?

Your friend has recently watched a documentary about malaria in rural Kenya and has developed interest in starting an initiative that involves purchasing mosquito nets in the US and having them shipped to a Kenyan village that she has been researching online. What are the three key strategies that you would recommend that she undertake before starting the project?

Lessons Learned in Healthcare Delivery, and Embracing Every Challenge as an Opportunity to Grow Expert Panel

Submit here your comprehensive notes for the expert panel. Your notes must be complete and demonstrate confirmation that you listened to the expert panel in its entirety. The notes do not need to be in full sentences.

Declaration

By typing my name below, I certify that I have carefully read the required articles. I confirm that all of my submissions are my own independent work, and I have not received assistance of any kind from others. I also understand that I must not share my work with any others.