QUICK REFERENCES:

• Overview/Syllabus: [Jan-Feb 2026 M4 Course]

• Schedule with Session Locations & Zoom Links: [UPDATED 1/26/26 - Jan-Feb 2026 M4 Rotation Schedule]

• Course Module Overview (One-Pager): [Jan-Feb 2026 M4 Module Overview]

OVERVIEW

Welcome to the Global Health Course!  A variation of this course has been offered for UC students and residents since 1994. 

The Global Health Course is offered five times a year, tailored to our varied learners. A longitudinal R1 course is designed for our TCH/UC residents to prepare them for their GH Field Experience later in the year. The Jul/Nov/Feb/Apr courses are designed for our UC COM medical student and UC pharmacy student rotations, and integrated with our UC Family Medicine Guatemala Field (or Telehealth) Experiences.  The course is also offered to UC nursing and other allied health professions students and non-UC students participating in the integrated Guatemala Field Experience.  For more information on the Course, contact Dr. Rosado, or, for questions related to the Guatemala Field Experience, contact Dr. Onusko (onuskoee@ucmail.uc.edu) or visit the GH Field Experience page.  

Most course topics are now designed as independent learning modules (below).  Live sessions, including the Course Orientation, take place at the College of Medicine according to your course schedule.

COURSE LEARNING MODULES

Learning Modules for the topics covered in the Global Health Course are linked below.  See your specific syllabus/schedule to confirm the modules you are assigned. Please email Dr. Rosado if you have any questions about the material, encounter a link error, etc.  .  

1 GENERAL & INTRODUCTORY TOPICS:

• Introduction to Global Health

• Global Health Ethics

• Approach to Clinical Care in Low Resource Settings

• Assessing Global Health Priorities on a Macro Level/Global Health Measurement

• Development Overview & the SDGs

• Social Determinants of Health Introduction

• Pharmacy Essentials in Global Health

• Community Health Workers in Global Health

• Working with Medical Interpreters

• Starting & Sustaining an NGO

• Cultural Humility

2 FIELD EXPERIENCE & GUATEMALA ORIENTATION:

• Global Health Trip Orientation

• Effective & Ethical Short-Term Trips

• Orientation to Wuqu Kawoq (Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3) (Recording of live orientation at beginning of trip)

• Orientation to Guatemala

• Guatemala SDH (Social Determinants of Health) (Presentations)

• Guatemala Culture Book Study (I, RIgoberta Menchu)

• (optional / not assigned) - Poverty and Microfinance in Guatemala Movie Study (Living on One Dollar)

• Anticipatory Guidance for Child Health in Guatemala (Wuqu’ Kawoq Protocol)

3a INFECTIOUS DISEASE & NUTRITION/MALNUTRITION:

• Nutrition in Global Health: Protein-Energy Malnutrition, Micronutrient Deficiencies, & Anthropometrics

• Infectious Disease in Global Health (Overview)

• Approach to Fever in Tropics

• HIV in Global Health

• Tuberculosis in Global Health

• Malaria and Mosquito-Borne Diseases

3b NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDs), MENTAL HEALTH, WOMEN'S & CHILD HEALTH:

• NCD’s in Global Health: Hypertension, Diabetes, Chronic Respiratory Disease, and Cancer & Pain

• Neuropsychiatric Conditions - Global Mental Health

• Cervical Cancer Screening in Population Health

• Family Planning

• Maternal Mortality in Global Health

• Child Health in Global Health

4 DOMESTIC UNDERSERVED & HEALTHCARE POLICY:

• Health Policy & Reform

• Medicaid and Safety Nets in US Healthcare

• Local Population Health / Health in Cincinnati

• SDH in Domestic Healthcare - Field Experience & Toolbox

• Healthcare in Rural America

5 ELECTIVE PROJECT

• Elective Project (If your rotation/course requires the completion of an Elective Project, please visit this Elective Project module page)

Please email Dr. Rosado or Dr. O’Dea if you have any questions about the material, encounter a link error, etc.  Some sessions may involve online learning modules through Canvas; if so, you will receive an invitation via email from Dr. O'Dea with links to the Canvas-based modules.  

COURSE SYNTHESIS ACTIVITIES

Course participants may be required to complete a few course and field experience related synthesis activities. Please see your Course Syllabus to see if these activities have been assigned to you:

• 500 YEARS: Please watch the documentary “500 YEARS” and be prepared to discuss during the trip. Those of you with UC credentials can access via this link: https://www.kanopy.com/en/uc/video/617259 or you should be able to access the movie with any public library card / account.

• Photovoice Project: Each trip, our participants are asked to reflect upon their experience and share a photo with us.  Here are examples of Photovoice Projects from previous participants.