Graduate Certificate in International Public Health
Course Code: PCC – IPH 901
Overview
Promoting health in a low resource and/or cross-cultural setting presents special challenges, and requires particular skills. This Graduate Certificate Course enhances expertise in diseases of poverty, maternal-newborn health, international public health, cross-cultural skills, disaster management, low-resource health leadership, and healthcare education. Academic credit earned is 10 credit hours. Sample the INMED learning experience with this 15-minute Free Demo Short Self-Paced Course.
Competency Objectives
At the completion of the INMED Graduate Certificate Course in International Public Health learners will be able to demonstrate using case-studies and simulation:
- Management and prevention of the leading diseases of poverty
- Care for the health of pregnant women and newborns
- Skill in community-wide health promotion and death/disability prevention
- Culturally appropriate healthcare
- Proficiency in disaster mitigation and response
- Design and implementation of team-lead healthcare interventions
- Transfer of healthcare skills to other personnel
Time Frames
This Graduate Certificate Course includes 8 weeks of structured learning with assignments due each Sunday night. Each week includes a required virtual class with the faculty for discussions, simulations, case studies and final exams. This weekly required virtual class may last up to 120 minutes.
Course Faculty
Nicholas Comninellis, MD, MPH, DIMPH
GRADUATE DIPLOMA OPTION
INMED highly recommends that the Graduate Certificate Course in International Public Health be complemented with a supervised Service-Learning experience in international public health, available throughout the INMED Graduate Diploma in International Public Health and the Master’s Degree in International Health (MIH).
