International health is a discipline that systematically identifies and compares the factors affecting the health of all human populations, with special emphasis on health problems related to poverty in low and middle income countries and attention to issues of equitable access to health. 

The key knowledge, skills and abilities of this discipline allow research and critical analysis related to principal health challenges, health determinants, health systems, health economics, health governance and policy, and health services management.

Researchers in the field of international health should have the skills to analyse and propose sustainable solutions for health problems in a wide range of social, political and economic contexts, especially when faced with diverse options and approaches. Researchers working in international health should have:

• A sufficient level of expertise to analyse scientific evidence and generate new hypotheses
• A sufficient level of training in research methodology to analyse, design and develop research projects in health systems, prevention, control and treatment of infectious and chronic diseases
• A strong multidisciplinary background in health sciences and social sciences in order to interpret and apply the results of their research in local, national and international contexts and within complex situations.

Candidates

Candidates for this Master's degree should have an interest in clinical research in international health issues from a multidisciplinary perspective. The programme is intended for students who have completed a degree in health sciences or biomedicine and who want to develop a research career in this field with an open mind and a willingness to work in diverse geographical, cultural and political-economic settings.

Registration

Interested candidates should:

1. Send the following documentation to formacion@isglobal.org:
   • Letter of motivation
   • C.V.

Tuition 2016-17

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Students take 18 common credits, 24 credits in their speciality and 18 credits in the form of a final research project.

Common credits (18 ECTS)

This module is offered in both face-to-face and online formats.

• Systems Medicine (6 ECTS)
• Research Tools and Methodologies (6 ECTS)
• Instruments of Design and Analysis for Research  (6 ECTS)

Specialty credits: International health (24 ECTS)

Required (12 ECTS)

• Bioethics (3 ECTS)
• Health Systems and International Organisms in International Health (3 ECTS)
• International Health Determinants (3 ECTS)
• Principal Health Problems and Responses (3 ECTS)

Elective (12 ECTS to be chosen from the courses offered)

• Applied Epidemiology in International Health (3 ECTS)
• Chronic Diseases in a Globalised World (3 ECTS)
• Clinical Trials (3 ECTS)
• Development and Application of Vaccines in International Health (3 ECTS)
• Environmental Epidemiology (3 ECTS)
• Maternal and Reproductive Health in International Health (3 ECTS)
• Qualitative Research Methods (3 ECTS)
• Strategies for the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases (3 ECTS)

Final Master's project (18 ECTS)

For more information: http://www.ub.edu/medicina/masters/mrc/trabajo.html

Total (60 ECTS)

Calendar: September 2016 - June 2017

Tatiana García, Student of the 2015-2016 Class

Ramón Díaz-Regañón, Student of the 2014-2015 Class

Fenella Beynon, Student of the 2014-2015 Class

Lucía Fernández, Student of the 2013-2014 Class

Sozinho Acacio, Student of the 2013-2014 Class