Electives
Elective courses are offered through the Office of Global Programs throughout the year. Three on campus courses are offered during the M1 year. To register, please contact Marcia Hopp at marcia-hopp@uiowa.edu.
On-Campus
- 050:281 Global Health Issue I (Fall 2011)
One credit elective.
Monday 5:00-6:30 pm. First class session will be September 12.
Topics include: Introduction to Global Health Issues; Health and Development, Social Determinants; Measuring Health and Disease; American System and Disparities; Poverty and Health; Gender and Health; Child Health; Immigrant and Migrant Health; Particularly Vulnerable Populations; and Major Players in Global Health.
- 050:285 Global Health Issues II (Spring 2012)
One credit elective.
Monday 5:00-6:30 pm First class session will be January 23.
Topics discussed include: Health as a Human Right; Why is the Third World the Third World?; Global Burden of Communicable Disease, Forgotten Diseases; Outbreaks and Pandemics; Trends in Non-communicable Disease; Malnutrition and Obesity; Clutural Issues in Healthcare; Violence and Healthcare; Emergency Response and Development.
Global Health Issues I is a prerequisite unless special permission is granted by instructor.
- 050:287 Global Programs Seminar
One credit elective.
Thursdays 12:30-1:20 pm. First class session will be September 1.
Topics presented will include: Genetics Research and global implications; the UI Ponseti project; Infectious disease in Brazil and India; International Health Partnership in Tanzania; Global HIV trends; Center for International Rural and Environmental Health Initiatives; International Child Abuse; Emerging Pandemics, and more.
- Medical Spanish Program
Each spring semester, we offer a Sunday afternoon medical Spanish proficiency program focusing on oral communication skills. This is a no cost program specifically for our medical students.
Off-campus
To register for an off-campus elective, please email robin-paetzold@uiowa.edu.
- 050:284 Global Cross Cultural Elective PC Only (M1/M2 summer) Cannot be completed on a MAC.
- 050:282 Global Cross Cultural Clerkship PC Only (M4) MAC Form (M4 Word Doc)
Global Individually Arranged Electives
The minimum program length that will be considered for an individually arranged elective is four weeks. Global Programs offers opportunities across a range of settings including on campus courses, in domestic community sites both in and outside of Iowa, and in international communities including but not limited to:
- North America: US, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Haiti, West Indies and Cuba
- South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela
- Europe: Turkey, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom, Ireland, Romania
- Africa: Cameroon, East Africa, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Western Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Egypt
- Asia: Russia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Cambodia, People’s Republic of China, Thailand, Cook Islands, Philippines, Samoa, Vanuatu, East Timor
- Australia: New Guinea, South Australia
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