A Strategy for Developing and Institutionalizing Global Health Programs at Northw

描述(由申请者提供)：西北大学提议建立一个校园范围的全球健康计划办公室，其使命是通过创建一个真正的跨学科的校园范围的计划来改变西北大学的国际健康教育，使我们的学生和教师准备好应对21世纪的全球健康挑战，例如全球疾病负担、移民健康、医疗人员从资源贫乏环境到资源丰富环境的人才外流，以及在获得医疗保健方面的健康差距。我们的计划建立在西北大学过去几年制定的成功的全球健康计划的基础上，包括：(1)全球健康辅修课程，注册学生人数超过250人；(2)全球健康辅修课程，目前提供10门课程；(3)与墨西哥、中国、南非、乌干达和法国的合作机构合作，为西北大学的学生设计海外公共健康计划；(4)面向一年级医学生的全球健康计划；以及(5)指导全球健康方面的小组研究。我们建议显著扩大这一倡议，并开发一个真正整合的大学范围的计划。全球卫生项目办公室将实施旨在扩大教师对全球卫生的兴趣和专业知识的倡议，开发新的全球卫生课程，扩大国际学习和研究，加强国际伙伴关系，并发展促进全球卫生研究和研究所需的机构基础设施，并创建跨学校和学科的真正跨学科合作。建议的一些具体机制包括：(1)课程开发赠款；(2)将全球卫生纳入核心医学课程；(3)医学院的全球卫生集中；(4)全球卫生中未成年人的公共卫生五年选项；(5)全球卫生团队海外学生研究项目；(6)教师全球化赠款；(7)玻利维亚和卢旺达的新研究地点；(8)规划教师跨学科研究的补助金；(10)将世界带到西北大学，这是一项重大倡议，旨在赞助全球卫生学者的访问，并对海外医疗保健服务的创新进行研究；以及(11)创建一个互动公共网站，以传播和发布通过该计划开发的学术和方案材料，促进与校园和海外项目参与者的交流，并为其他机构的全球健康知识和课程开发做出贡献。公共卫生相关性：对全球卫生问题的复杂性和迫切性的日益认识并没有导致我们许多高等教育机构对教育和研究项目进行必要的重组。因此，学生和医疗保健专业人员经常在准备不足的情况下出国，无法为全球卫生问题的长期解决做出真正的贡献。我们的项目旨在让学生和教师深入了解国内和全球力量之间的复杂互动，影响不同社会卫生政策的文化和政治现实，以及将这些问题的影响传播到世界各地的国际环境。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Northwestern University proposes to establish a campus-wide Office of Global Health Programs, whose mission is to transform international health education at Northwestern by creating a truly interdisciplinary campus-wide program that will prepare our students and faculty to meet the 21st century challenges of global health, such as the global burden of disease, immigrant health, brain drain of medical personnel from resource-poor settings to resource-rich settings, and health disparities in access to health care. Our program builds on the successful Global Health programs developed at Northwestern over the past few years, including: (1) a Global Health Minor with over 250 enrolled students; (2) new curricular offerings in Global Health 10 courses now offered; (3) public health programs abroad designed for Northwestern students in collaboration with partner institutions in Mexico, China, South Africa, Uganda, and France; (4) global health programs for first year medical students; and (5) directed group research in Global Health. We propose to significantly expand this initiative and to develop a truly integrated university-wide program. The office of Global Health Programs will implement initiatives designed to expand faculty interest and expertise in global health, develop new global health courses, expand international study and research, strengthen international partnerships, and develop the institutional infrastructure required to facilitate global health study and research and create truly interdisciplinary collaborations across schools and disciplines. Some of the specific mechanisms proposed include: (1) curriculum development grants; (2) integration of Global Health into the core medical curriculum; (3) a Global Health concentration in the Medical School; (4) a MPH five-year option for Minors in Global Health; (5) Global Health Team Projects for student research abroad; (6) faculty globalization grants; (7) new research sites in Bolivia and Rwanda; (8) planning grants for interdisciplinary faculty research; (10) Bringing the world to Northwestern, a major initiative to sponsor visits by global health scholars, and to conduct research on healthcare delivery innovations abroad; and (11) creation of an Interactive Public Website to disseminate and publish scholarly and programmatic materials developed through the program, facilitate communication with project participants on campus and abroad, and contribute to Global Health knowledge and curriculum development at other institutions. Public Health Relevance: Increasing awareness of the complexity and immediacy of global health problems has not resulted in needed reorganization of educational and research programs at many of our institutions of higher learning. As a result, students and healthcare professionals often go abroad with inadequate preparation and are unable to make a real contribution to the long-term solution of global health problems. Our program is designed to provide students and faculty a deep understanding of the complex interaction between domestic and global forces, the cultural and political realities that impact health policies in different societies, and the international environment that spreads the impact of these problems throughout the world.