Global Health & Humanitarian Medicine

Course Info:

This course is designed to strengthen the skills and knowledge base of medical professionals and healthcare providers who plan to work in the fields of global health or humanitarian medicine in resource limited regions of the world. 

Course Objectives: 

This course is an overview of core topics and advances in global health and humanitarian medicine.  Upon completion of the course, the participants will be able to:

  • Outline core concepts in providing effective, sustainable and cost efficient global health and humanitarian medical assistance in resource limited settings.
  • Describe the most important  medical advances in 21st Century global health. 
  • Learn how to identify, evaluate and select medical volunteering positions in the developing world. 
  • Explain recent advances in child and maternal health, family planning and how these affect population growth and climate change in the developing world.
  • Describe core concepts in how to stay healthy while working and volunteering  abroad including travel immunizations, prevention & treatment of common vector-borne diseases: malaria, dengue, chikungunya., and organizing an effective travel medical kit for the developing world.

COURSE TOPICS

Course topics include: 

  • Advances in 21st Century Global Health
  • Humanitarian Medicine: Beyond Disaster Relief
  • Improving Child and Maternal Health in the Developing World
  • Innovations in child and school health. Scaling up cost-effective Public Health interventions
  • Travel Medicine & Staying Healthy While Working in Humanitarian Medicine Programs
  • New and Innovative Programs Global Health Delivery Programs

Target Audience

The course is designed for medical professionals and healthcare providers who plan to work or volunteer in the fields of global health and humanitarian medicine. This course will be applicable to the following medical professionals:

  • Specialty Physicians
  • Non-specialty Physicians
  • Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners
  • Nurses
  • First Responders 
  • Wilderness and Emergency Medical Technicians
  • Paramedics 
  • Military medical personnel

CME Accreditation

Physician (MD,DO) & Advanced Practitioners (NP/PA) CME 

“This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Wilderness Medical Society and MedTreks International. The Wilderness Medical Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 The Wilderness Medical Society designates this hybrid activity for a maximum of 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.”
All education content presented in this activity has been reviewed and validated as appropriate in keeping with sound scientific principles.
The faculty and staff involved with this hybrid activity have signed disclosure statements indicating they have no conflicts of interest or relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest with respect to this course content.

Nursing Continuing Education

All of our courses are approved for nursing continuing education. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP16597, for 10 contact hours”. 

CME Accreditation WMS

Make a Difference

Over the past twenty years there has been a dramatic increase in travel to the developing world by health professionals wishing to work and/or volunteer in developing nations.

As medical professionals, we have a unique skillset, one that we can bring anywhere in the world to help individuals and communities who have less resources.

This course updates health care providers on new advances and resources in the fields of global health and humanitarian medicine. It focuses on enabling participants to provide medically and cost effective humanitarian assistance and to design and implement sustainable global health programs in the developing world.

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