Academic Institutes
Medsin has strong links with the International Health BSc Courses in the UK, as well as a number of Postgraduate Centres. Find out more below.
UCL Institute for Global Health
The UCL Institute for Global Health is developing an institution-wide agenda leading to strategies, programmes, research and teaching to bring combined expertise to bear on the Grand Challenge of Global Health.
The Institute hold monthly global health seminars which all Medsin members can attend. To find out when the next seminar is or to watch the videos of the previous seminars, click here.
Centre for International Health and Development, UCL
The BSc in International Health formly at IHMEC,is now run from the Centre for International Health and Development (CIHD). This is a year-long course for intercalating medical students. The BSc was the first of its kind in Europe, teaching students from within UCL and also from medical schools across the UK and Europe.
Overall, the course is designed to give students a thorough understanding of the principles of health, globalisation, human rights, economic, social and political development and the arguments surrounding their interactions.
There is more information available here.
Medsin has a good relationship with the CIHD and it's lecturers. In addition, John Yudkin, the founder of the course, is a Medsin patron.
Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, University of Leeds
Click here to find out more about the BSc course at Leeds University.
Birmingham University
Click here to find out more about the BMedSci course at Birmingham University.
Bristol University
Click here to find out more about the BSc course at Bristol University.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is an internationally recognised postgraduate centre of excellence in public health, international health and tropical medicine.
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh offers an intercalated BMedSci degree in International Public Health Policy. The intercalated degree offers a range of teaching on topics such as determinants of global health, health systems, international health policy, and globalisation. To find out more, including details about applying, access the programme's website here.
Last updated on Tuesday 05 August 2008 at 23:05.
