Global Health & Disasters Course

While our 2025 course agenda is being finalized, you can view proposed agenda here: 2025 GHDC Course Schedule

Please find the learning objectives for the course listed below.

1) Evaluate key determinants and interventions in global public health across diverse conditions.
Participants will assess major global health issues including climate change, emerging and chronic diseases, maternal and child health, air pollution, and non-communicable diseases, while formulating context-sensitive strategies for prevention and intervention.

2) Analyze the structure, ethics, and historical context of global health systems and partnerships.
Participants will critique the roles of international agencies, power dynamics, colonization legacies, and sustainable development goals to develop ethically informed and culturally responsive approaches in global health practice and research.

3) Formulate diagnostic, management, and prevention strategies for pediatric populations in disaster settings.
Participants will create evidence-based care plans for trauma, toxic exposures, diarrhea, malnutrition, neonatal care, mental health, and infectious diseases in children affected by natural or human-caused disasters.

4) Demonstrate application of clinical and public health decision-making tools in emergency and resource-limited settings.
Participants will apply triage protocols, needs assessments, surveillance systems, and disease outbreak response plans in simulated and real-world disaster scenarios.

5) Design integrated approaches to immunization, disease control, and health system strengthening.
Participants will plan and critique vaccination strategies (e.g., polio, measles), pandemic preparedness measures, and global eradication campaigns in relation to their roles in overall health security and primary care frameworks.

This two-week course is held on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado. You can find information on visitor parking by clicking here.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The University of Colorado School of Medicine and The Center for Global Health at the University of Colorado School of Public Health. The University of Colorado School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

 

The University of Colorado School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 45.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Yes, there will be cost for external participants. Please visit our CU Storefront to register. 

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