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SL52116: Global health

[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Life Sciences
Credits: 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 100
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CWOI 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Seminar presentation (CWOI 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit, you will be able to: 1. Discuss emerging issues and challenges in trans-national health. 2. Critically discuss the global burden of disease and the role of the pharmacists and the pharmaceutical industry. 3. Discuss the role of epidemiology in health. 4. Critically discuss the nature of public health and how it is delivered. 5. Demonstrate an awareness of government agendas for health and social care in the UK. 6. Demonstrate an awareness of current local and national public health policies. 7. Demonstrate the ability to provide input into local, national or international public health policies with a view to enhancing service delivery.


Synopsis: This unit will provide the student pharmacist with a critical awareness of current issues affecting global public health and the pharmacists potential role in contributing to improving global health outcomes, and for the student pharmacist to critically evaluate scientific and health policy information and to present a given topic as an oral communication.

Content: Pharmaceuticals and global health Concepts and controversies in global health Socioeconomic determinants of health and disease Health, poverty and development Health inequalities Pharmaceutical innovation in the 21st century Local, national and global public health Resurgence of infectious diseases and control strategies Management of communicable disease Pandemic planning The roles of government, non-government organisations, regulators and the pharmaceutical industry in responding to global pharmaceutical needs Health care systems and financing; health governance and political factors

Course availability:

SL52116 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following courses:

Department of Life Sciences

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