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Implementation research for public health
Description: . At the end of the course students are expected to be able to: 1. Formulate implementation research problem statement 2. Explain the characteristics of implementation research 3. Identify...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2025-08-19
Institution: Indonesia - Post Graduate Programme, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta
ECTS credit points: 4 ECTS credits
Social Determinants of Health from a Global Perspective
Description: At the end of the course students will be able to: 1. Assess the global distribution of health outcomes (burden of disease) and their social determinants and make relevant comparisons between...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2024-10-15
Institution: Spain - Barcelona Institute for Global Health - University of Barcelona
ECTS credit points: 3 ECTS credits
Mixed Methods in International Health Research
Description: Focusing on the joint application of quantitative and qualitative tools and methods, this course aims to train participants to conduct mixed methods research. At the end of the module the student...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2025-05-26
Institution: Germany - Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg
ECTS credit points: 3 ECTS credits
Public Health Systems - Challenges and Opportunities: the Case of Nepal
Description: At the end of the module the student should be able to … ● ● explain and evaluate the health care delivery system in Nepal ● identify major sources of health-related information and...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2025-05-05
Institution: Germany - Center for International Health at the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München
ECTS credit points: 3 ECTS credits
Global Mental Health in Low and Middle Income Settings
Description: At the end of the module the student should be able to: - Explain epidemiology and sociocultural concepts of Global Mental Health in different settings - Debate colonial continuities in Global...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2025-02-10
Institution: Germany - Center for International Health at the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München
ECTS credit points: 3 ECTS credits
Community Oriented Primary Care
Description: At the end of the module the student should be able to: 1. Propose an intervention/ programme/ service for a common health problem, disease or condition for a community health team 2. Discuss and...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2025-02-24
Institution: Germany - Institute of International Health, Berlin
ECTS credit points: 3 ECTS credits
Biomedical manuscript writing and literature review
Description: At the end of the module the student should be able to: ● demonstrate how to review the literature (how to identify and critically appraise relevant articles) ● demonstrate how to avoid...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2025-04-24
Institution: Germany - Institute of International Health, Berlin
ECTS credit points: 2 ECTS credits
Planetary and Human Health in All Policies Training for Multisectoral Action (former name: Health in All Policies Training for Multisectoral Action)
Description: At the end of the module students will be able to: ● Critically discuss examples of Planetary Health and Health in All Policies implementation at the local, regional and/or global level and...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2025-03-10
Institution: Germany - Institute of International Health, Berlin
ECTS credit points: 2.5 ECTS credits
Health Systems in Fragile Settings (HSF)
Description: At the end of the module, the student should be able to: ● Describe and critically evaluate strategies, policies and options for strengthening the health system in fragile settings ● Analyse...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2025-01-20
Institution: UK - Institute for Global Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
ECTS credit points: 5 ECTS credits
Supply Chain Management in Health care
Description: After successfully completing the course, participants will be able to: ▪ Identify and analyse components of the supply chain cycle ▪ Appraise the required integration of health commodities...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2025-09-01
Institution: Switzerland - Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute, Basel
ECTS credit points: 6 ECTS credits
Health Economics and Health Financing
Description: After successfully completing the module, students will be able to: ● Describe key concepts in health economics ● Evaluate why economic considerations are important when addressing the health...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2025-06-23
Institution: Switzerland - Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute, Basel
ECTS credit points: 6 ECTS credits
Clinical Decision-Making for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (Acronym DR-TB)
Description: After completion of the course, participants should be able to: ● Characterize the problems with DR-TB in their country in terms of occurrence, diagnosis and treatment, using available data.
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2023-02-27
Institution: Belgium - Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine
ECTS credit points: 5 ECTS credits
Applying the Rights Based Approach in achieving health related SDGs.
Description: By the end of the course participants should be able to: • Critically appraise the importance of the rights-based approach in achieving the promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2025-05-12
Institution: Germany - Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg
ECTS credit points: 2 ECTS credits
Analysing Disrupted Health Systems (ADHS)
Description: At the end of the module the participants should be able to: 1. Analyse the structure and features of disrupted health systems; 2. Distinguish key health sector actors’ agendas and propose a plan...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2025-11-10
Institution: The Netherlands - Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam
ECTS credit points: 3 ECTS credits
Molecular Medical Parasitology
Description: By the end of this course students should be able to: • Evaluate the significance of molecular biology for the study of parasites of medical importance, their vectors and its applications; •...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2025-03-28
Institution: Portugal - Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical , Universidade Nova de Lisboa
ECTS credit points: 6 ECTS credits

Fifteen years of the tropEd Masters in International Health programme: what has it delivered? Results of an alumni survey of masters students in international health

L. Gerstel1, P. A. C. Zwanikken1, A. Hoffman2, C. Diederichs3, M. Borchert3 and B. Peterhans2

1 Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2 Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
3 Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charite – Universit€atsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany