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The Global Health Institute
Debra Olson, DNP, MPH
Professor and Associate Dean for Education
Why Global?
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Why Global?
Public health challenges are no longer just local,. .
longer just within the domain of public healthspecialists. They
are among the key challenges to oursocieties. They are political
and cross-sectoral.Theyare intimately linked to environment
anddevelopment. They are key to national, regional and
. Gro Harlem Brundtland
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Why Teaching and Learning?
Gaps in Access - need for a coordinated system-wide approachto
assure access to ublic health trainin and education
Gaps in Competency need for public health professionals
torespond to critical public health issues
Gaps in Capacity - need to stimulate the interest of future
generations of the public health workforce, to increase the-
,
address the consequences of major changes in the provision
of
personal health services and in provision of population
focusedservices
Why Teaching and Learning?
Extend knowledge: Advance alearning platform that
deliverstechnology enhanced online and onsiteshort-term intensive
educationalexperiences as meets the educationaldeliver needs of a
lobal workforce
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Teaching and Learning in a Digital World
Why Uganda?
Iceland 2008
India 2009
Uganda 2010
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Why Uganda?
1. Extend knowledge: Advance a learning platform that-
term intensive educational experiences as meets theeducational
delivery needs of a global workforce
2. Apply knowledge: Engage experts among theUniversity of
Minnesota faculty and global communitiesto support a diversity of
learning needs
. xc ange now e ge: ar ner w ns u ons arounthe globe to prepare
the next generation of health
professionals where they will live, work and play
Extend
Apply
Exchange
INDIAEnvironmental
Learner
ICELAND
THAILAND
HONGKONG
Maternal ChildHealth
Health
Health CareManagement
Informatics
InfectiousDisease
ON-LINE
ON-SITE
LATIN & SOUTHAMERICA
AFRICA
FoodSafetyEvidence BasedPractice
ClinicalTrials
CHINAMAINLAND
EUROPE
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Why the Global Health Institute?
An Immersion Experience for One Health Approaches
oono c seases,
Global Public Health Systems,
Participatory Epidemiology
Applied Biostatistics
Experiential Exercises
Why Why Why Why - Why?
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Why One Health?
