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Health in All Policies Training for Multisectoral Action (in 2021 exceptionally delivered as synchronous webinar)
Description: At the end of the module students will be able to • Discuss examples of HiAP implementation at the local, regional and/or global level and identify challenges in HiAP implementation • Discuss...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-03-15
Institution: Germany - Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Berlin
ECTS credit points: 2 ECTS credits
Biomedical manuscript writing and literature review
Description: This module aims at training students in scientific writing and biomedical publishing. At the end of the module the student should be able to: • demonstrate how to review the literature (how to...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-06-14
Institution: Germany - Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Berlin
ECTS credit points: 2 ECTS credits
Quality Improvement: a Key for Health Systems Strengthening
Description: At the end of the course participants should be able to: • Critically analyse the importance of improving quality in health systems • Analyse strengths and weaknesses of different types of...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2020-11-01
Institution: Germany - Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg
ECTS credit points: 7.5 ECTS credits
Health Systems in Fragile Settings
Description: At the end of the module, the student should be able to: ● Describe and critically evaluate strategies, policies and options for strengthening the health system in fragile settings ● Analyse...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-03-11
Institution: UK - Institute for Global Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
ECTS credit points: 5 ECTS credits
Supply Chain Management in Health care
Description: By the end of the course, student will be able to : • Identify and analyse components of the supply chain cycle • Analyse the required integration of health commodities supply management in...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-09-20
Institution: Switzerland - Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute, Basel
ECTS credit points: 6 ECTS credits
Health Economics and Health Financing
Description: After successfully completing the module, students will be able to: • Evaluate why economic considerations are important when addressing the health system • Describe the main financing and...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-02-08
Institution: Switzerland - Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute, Basel
ECTS credit points: 6 ECTS credits
Clinical Decision-Making for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (Acronym DR-TB)
Description: At the end of this course, participants should be able to: • Define the problems with DR TB in their country in terms of occurrence, diagnosis and treatment, using available data; • Assess...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2020-02-17
Institution: Belgium - Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine
ECTS credit points: 5 ECTS credits
Rebuilding Disrupted Health Systems – Developing context-specific strategies for health care policies, implementation and governance
Description: By the end of the course student should be able to: 1. Identify policy and implementation gaps and discuss options to address these in fragile and conflict affected environments 2. Discuss...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-03-29
Institution: The Netherlands - Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam
ECTS credit points: 5 ECTS credits
Applying the Rights Based Approach in achieving health related SDGs.
Description: By the end of the course participants should be able to: • Critically appraise the importance of the rights based approach in achieving the promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-05-17
Institution: Germany - Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg
ECTS credit points: 2 ECTS credits
Analysing Disrupted Health Systems (ADHS)
Description: At the end of the module the participants should be able to: • Use adequate tools for health system analysis in countries in crises and adapt them to the local context; • Assess the structure...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-08-16
Institution: The Netherlands - Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam
ECTS credit points: 4 ECTS credits
Monitoring & Evaluation in a dynamic health environment (M&E)
Description: •Compare and critically discuss the functions of monitoring and evaluation of health programs within health systems • Contrast and adapt monitoring and evaluation plans, designs, tools and...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-08-16
Institution: The Netherlands - Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam
ECTS credit points: 3 ECTS credits
Molecular Medical Parasitology
Description: By the end of this course students should be able to: • Recognise the importance of molecular biology for the study of parasites of medical importance, their vectors and its applications...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2020-04-02
Institution: Portugal - Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical , Universidade Nova de Lisboa
ECTS credit points: 6 ECTS credits
Social Marketing and Communication
Description: After successfully completing the module, students will be able to: ● Apply key social marketing concepts, principles and ethical considerations ● Practise the various planning steps in...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2020-12-21
Institution: Switzerland - Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute, Basel
ECTS credit points: 6 ECTS credits
Health Policy and Systems Analysis
Description: After successfully completing the module, students will be able to: ● Critically analyse the concepts of disease and risk factor patterns in relation to concepts of priority health problems...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-05-17
Institution: Switzerland - Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute, Basel
ECTS credit points: 6 ECTS credits
Economic Evaluation of Health Care
Description: At the end of this module, students will be able to: • Construct a decision tree model, interpret the results and engage with policy discourse around the application of economic evaluation data...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2020-01-01
Institution:
ECTS credit points: 6 ECTS credits

Fifteen years of the tropEd Masters in International Health programme: what has it delivered? Results of an alumni survey of masters students in international health

L. Gerstel1, P. A. C. Zwanikken1, A. Hoffman2, C. Diederichs3, M. Borchert3 and B. Peterhans2

1 Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2 Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
3 Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charite – Universit€atsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany