Professional Certificate Course in International Refugee Care
Course Code: PCC – IRC 702
Overview
Today’s world has more international refugees seeking relief and asylum than at any time since the end of WWII. Eighty-six percent of refugees are hosted in developing countries, severely straining existing social infrastructures. This course will introduce the principles of international refugee care, including the four recognized phases: pre-emergency/mitigation phase, emergency phase, post-emergency/maintenance phase, and the resolution/repatriation phase. Throughout these phases, refugee care leaders must attend to complex issues over security, dependency, mental health, location of settlements, and host-refugee relationships.
This is a comprehensive course made up of 10 weeks of structured learning, and is built around the required textbook “The New Odyssey: The Story of the Twenty-First Century Refugee Crisis Hardcover,” by Patrick Kingsley (Liveright Publishing Corp, 2017). Academic credit earned is 2 credit hours. Sample the INMED learning experience with this 15-minute Free Demo Online Course.
Competency Objectives
At the completion of the Professional Certificate Course in International Refugee Care, learners will be able to demonstrate using case-studies and simulation:
- Describe the scope of the worldwide refugee crisis
- Identify the basic issues involved in meeting the needs of refugees
- Design comprehensive refugee care interventions for specific populations
- Explain crisis resolution alternatives
COURSE FACULTY
Nicholas Comninellis, MD, MPH, DIMPH
70 million person today, mostly women and children,
have been forced from their homes and seek refuge.
