OBJECTIVES:

1. Access resources that are typically available in low income countries/low-middle income countries (LIC/LMICs), such as WHO’s Hinari online library

2. Choose, innovate, and utilize cost-effective tests and tools in low-resource settings, including diagnostic imaging, on site labs, and rapid tests.  

3. Describe important WHO/UNICEF programs/protocols and understand the importance of systems-based, integrated approaches to care, including:

   1. IMCI (Integrated Management of Childhood Illness) 

   2. Extended Programme for Immunizations (EPI; EPI-Plus)

   3. Syndromic Management of STIs

4. Describe public health “best buys” of prevention in LRS including: Immunizations (EPI), Trauma & head injury prevention, Access to clean water, Undernutrition screening and prevention, Cancer prevention and screening

5. Recognize the heightened importance of physical exam skills, expanded differential diagnosis, mental health awareness, and cultural values recognition and awareness of corruption in care in low-resource settings and LIC/LMICs.

INSTRUCTIONS:  

WATCH the "Approach to Clinical Care in Low Resource Settings" video presentation.  Then READ assigned article.  Note taking is encouraged.  After completing the assignments, take your MODULE QUIZ, which will be automatically submitted to the course instructor.  This module should take around 1 hour to complete.  

• WATCH: Approach to Clinical Care in Low Resource Settings video (35 minutes)(PDF of PPT)

• READ: Practical Realities of Doing Volunteer Work in the Developing World

• QUIZ: Take the MODULE QUIZ when you have completed the above assignments.

MODULE EXTRAS (OPTIONAL): 

• EXTRA: My Top 10 Misconceptions About International Health

• REFERENCE: IMCI 2012 Protocol

• REFERENCE: IMCI Worksheet