GDEV 3091

Global Health Case Studies from Weill Cornell Medicine

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Weill Cornell Medicine faculty from several clinical departments including the department of medicine, department of surgery, department of anesthesiology, department of pediatrics, department of psychiatry, department of radiation oncology, department of public health, and department of emergency medicine, share their experiences in global health and international work. These global health experts will present their experiences abroad in a seminar style course.

Enrollment Information REF-F25 Enrollment limited to: graduate, senior, junior, or sophomore students.

Exploratory Studies (CU-ITL)

Last 3 terms offered 2024FA, 2023FA, 2022FA

Learning Outcomes REF-FA25

• Students will be able to: Describe discrete, short-term interventions in global health including medical mission style surgery and anesthesia services and emergency responses to humanitarian and natural disasters, such as the COVID-19, Ebola, or Zika outbreaks, the Haitian Earthquake, and the Syrian Refugee Crisis.
• Students will be able to: Describe the sustainable nature of existing global health initiatives such as Physicians for Human Rights work, cervical cancer screening, and long-term research collaborations in low- and middle-income countries through an understanding of the biosocial factors that impact health like poverty and economics, gender violence, and access to natural resources.
• Students will be able to: Compare and contrast the differences between traditional medical mission style work abroad and a biosocial approach to global health.

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