Medical Peace Work is an emerging field of expertise in health work, violence prevention, and ...pan class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">peace-building. These interactive cases will introduce you to some of the key concepts, opportunities and dilemmas in the peace health field. These audio-visual teaching case are intended to be used as the basis for group work and class discussion in both, formal and non-formal educational settings for health professionals and their students
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In this course you will examine the interconnections between poverty, development and violent conflict. This is one of seven Medical Peace Work cou...rses.
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Medical Peace Work is an emerging field of expertise in health work, violence prevention, and ...pan class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">peace-building. These interactive cases will introduce you to some of the key concepts, opportunities and dilemmas in the peace health field. This case is about encountering victims of torture in a GP’s surgery. It follows the story of a young woman from Uganda who is a victim of torture. This is one of seven Medical Peace Work courses.
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This course describes the health effects of war, weapons and strategies of violent conflict. Beginning with weapons of mass destruction it then moves on to other weapons and strategies of war such as the use of landmines and mass rape. The course concludes with a number of lessons which give an hist...orical and practical analysis of the response of health professional groups to war and militarisation.
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This course has been created for people with some experience in healthcare. It is particularly relevant to students in clinical healthcare professions (such as medicine, nursing, and allied health) and equally relevant to those working in broader di...sciplines (such as public health, global health, and development studies). Explore this one of six case studies in Medical Peace Work, illustrating how healthcare and allied professionals can respond to a nuclear explosion, and understand its determinants.
All Medical Peace Work case studies and other information are available at: http://www.medicalpeacework.org/mpw-courses/mooc.html
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GMS Zeitschrift für MedizinischeAusbildung 2015, Vol. 32(5),ISSN 1860-3572
Internationalizing higher education is considered to be a major goal for universities in Germany and many medical students aspire to include international experiences int...o their academic training. However, the exact meaning of “internationalizing” medical education is still poorly defined, just as is the possible pedagogic impact and effects. Against this background, this article presents the special track curriculum on global health (in German: Schwerpunktcurriculum Global Health, short: SPC) at Justus Liebig University Giessen, which was established in 2011 as a comprehensive teaching program to integrate international perspectives and activities systematically into the clinical years of the medical curriculum
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Teaching Cases in Medical Peace Work. Medical Peace<.../span> Work is an emerging field of expertise in health work, violence prevention, and peace-building. These interactive cases will introduce you to some of the key concepts, opportunities and dilemmas in the peace health field. This audiovisual case is related to domestic violence. Contents of this case study: Introduction & prevalence, Risk groups, signs & symptoms, Issues around disclosure, Danger assessment, Safety planning, Referral pathways, Summing up.
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These twelve case studies are intended to be used as the basis for group work and class discussion in both, formal and non-formal educational settings for health professionals and their students. Accompanying teaching notes are available for teacher...s and trainers upon login at the Case Centre.
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This is one of seven Medical Peace Work courses.
This is one of seven Medical Peace Work cases.
These audio-visual teaching case are intended to be used as the basis for group work and class discussion in both, formal and non-formal educational settings for health professionals and their students
Teaching Cases in Medical Peace Work.
Medical Peace... Work is an emerging field of expertise in health work, violence prevention, and peace-building. These interactive cases will introduce you to some of the key concepts, opportunities and dilemmas in the peace health field.
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The world’s climate is changing. There is scientific consensus that since 1980 global temperatures have increased by almost 1°C. Most people experience climate change through extreme weather events, new and re-emerging infectious disease, and the long term effects of sea level rise, impoverishmen...t and armed conflict. This 30 minute film describes the range of morbidity and mortality of climate change related phenomena in six countries around the world.
The film describes the ways in which climate change will have – is already having – significant effects on human health. These effects are unequally distributed in terms of geographic location, social status, access to power or resources, and benefit from energy.
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The case is intended to be used as the basis for group work and class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a Medical ...edbox">Peace Work situation. This is one of seven Medical Peace Work courses.
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Hands-on information and practical advice for everyday life and work in the field as well as background information on crisis management structures in international organizations lie at the heart of the new handbook. It has been developed in the rea...lm of Europe’s New Training Initiative for Civilian Crisis Management (ENTRi) by the project coordination team at ZIF.
The handbook is designed to accompany civilian experts on their way to crisis management missions. In addition to providing a general overview of the institutional landscape of crisis management as well as relevant concepts, the handbook also provides practical information on a variety of issues that are common to working in a mission. From dealing with health and security challenges to technical information on radio operation, map reading, four-wheel driving – the ENTRi handbook is a valuable companion for work in a mission.
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The Active Learning Package is designed to provide methodology, substantive support and practical instruction for the training of health personnel in Health as Bridge for Peace issues. https://www.who.int/hac/techguidance/hbp/active_traini...ng_package/en/index5.html
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This guide highlights actions health professionals can take to make the Arms Trade Treaty effective.