Certificate in Global Health
The rigorous academics at the School of Public Health stress our commitment to global engagement, innovative approaches to online education and on-the-ground field work for students. Global health and issues of international concern permeate across the school’s various degree programs and students can also attain a special Certificate in Global Health from the School of Public Health.
Our global health programs are aligned with the Association of Schools of Public Health’s Global Health Competency Model. Under this nationally-endorsed educational model, our MPH degree programs focus on the ASPH’s seven foundational, global health domains:
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Capacity Strengthening
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Collaborating and Partnering
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Ethical Reasoning and Professional Practice
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Health Equity and Social Justice
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Program Management
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Socio-cultural and Political Awareness
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Strategic Analysis
Local Collaborations
Locally, we collaborate and interact with the UN Association of Philadelphia, the World Affairs Council and the International Visitor's Council to provide educational opportunities for students. In addition, the School of Public Health is actively engaged in the activities of the Consortium of Universities on Global Health (CUGH), and the Global Health Council.
Fellowships
We have established career development opportunities with the Global Health Fellows Program and the CDC Center for Global Health.
Global Health Field Practice Experience
The Global Field Practice Experience is intended to provide students with a distributed and evaluated global health training experience that require students to synthesize and integrate knowledge acquired in coursework and other learning experiences, and apply theory and principles in a situation that approximates some aspect of professional practice in global health and international development as well as:
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Understand the meaning and importance of global health practice;
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Understand the purpose of needs assessment and observe how to conduct a community-based needs assessment in a global health setting;
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Identify sources of evidence-based strategies for the design of health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention programs in global health;
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Understand and observe common elements among planning models and be able to develop a plan for a global health program;
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Understand major implementation issues, common barriers to implementation, and strategies for minimizing barriers to implementation;
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Identify and observe strategies for scaling up and sustaining global health programs;
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Apply planning and evaluation skills to real-world problem solving; and
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Enhance practice skills of leadership, effective teamwork, and the mastery of competencies in global health.