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GHHM
COURSE PROSPECTUS
2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
02 What is GHHM 12 Admission requirements
and how to apply?
04 Why this course 13 Glossary
05 Course information 14 Contact us
11 Modules
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WHAT IS GLOBAL HEALTH & HUMANITARIAN
MEDICINE COURSE?
Overview
The Global Health & Humanitarian Med-
icine (GHHM) course is organised by
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). It is a
part-time, blended learning course cur-
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rently delivered exclusively online due
to COVID-19 restrictions. The course is
designed to equip medical doctors with
medical knowledge and public health
skills required to work in low and mid-
dle-income countries, including human-
itarian crisis contexts. It is organised Objective
through contributions of clinicians, col-
leagues from academic institutions, inter- One of this program’s main objectives is
national organisations, and MSF, to pro- to expand access to global health teach-
vide up-to-date teaching and guidance ing with a strong focus on the principles,
on key areas in tropical medicine, global standards, and experiences with human-
health, and humanitarian medicine. The itarian medical interventions. In order to
GHHM also prepares students to take the achieve this, we provide a hybrid teach-
Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene ing model—a common online platform
(DTM&H) examination organised by the and webinars, which provide access to
UK Royal College of Physicians (RCP). expert faculty from all over the world and
. Parasitology training for students done at
Aim our collaborating institutions - Infectious
diseases training and research center,
The GHHM course aims to provide afford- Christian Medical College, Vellore Faculty
able global access to high-quality teach- of Health Sciences, Manipal Academy of
ing in tropical medicine, global health, Higher Education, Manipal, Jawaharlal
and humanitarian medicine to improve Institute of Postgraduate Medical Edu-
patient care, organisation of health ser- cation and Research, Puducherry (JIP-
vices, and humanitarian medical in- MER, Puducherry), National Institute of
terventions in low and middle-income Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg,
countries. South Africa, the London School of Hy-
giene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
and the University Medical Centre, Am-
sterdam, Netherlands.
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Philosophy reference materials, and publications. We
acknowledge that most of our students
We run the GHHM course through a team work full-time while taking this course.
of experts from both MSF and academic Consequently, we aim to be as flexible
institutions. and supportive as possible within the re-
mits of the requirements of the DTM&H
The course content follows the syllabus Exam.
of the DTM&H Exam in line with the latest
edition of the Oxford Handbook of Trop- Whom is the course for?
ical Medicine. Still, it extends also to the
programmatic organisation of health ser- The GHHM course is designed for med-
vices and the principles, standards, and ical doctors who hold a medical qualifi-
organisation of humanitarian medical cation from a recognised medical school
interventions illustrated by recent opera- in any country and have a minimum of
tional field experiences of MSF and other two years of post-internship work expe-
humanitarian actors. rience. While we welcome applications
from qualified medical doctors from all
The teaching is organised through a countries, we prioritise applications from
“blended learning” approach with week- medical doctors who intend to or are al-
ly seminars accessible via webinars. Fur- ready working in low and middle-income
thermore, through our online platform, countries through MSF, Ministries of
we conduct moderated clinical and pro- Health, and other health care providers
grammatic group exercises, along with and medico-humanitarian organisations.
access to the GHHM Course Handbook,
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WHY THIS COURSE ?
Medical doctors working in low resource postgraduate education. Further, most of
settings face many challenges in provid- the countries are in the stage of epidemi-
ing health care and organising human- ologic transition where the morbidity of
itarian medical interventions. Though tropical diseases is compounded by the
such exposure provides them with an im- increasing burden of non-communicable
mense acumen of hands-on experience, diseases, which needs training tailored to
their opportunities to formal continued the unique challenges faced by the medi-
medical education are limited. At present, cal personnel. As a solution to this quan-
there are few available high-quality post- dary, MSF collaborates with academic
graduate teaching of clinical and public institutions to create a blended learning
health programs providing the breadth course in global health through online
and detail of a diploma or masters in teaching with a strong focus on the prin-
tropical medicine and global health. The ciples, standards, and experiences with
costs of courses that are available are of- humanitarian medical interventions.
ten high. In addition, due to the increased
workload, most doctors are engaged in
the field, limiting their access to full-time
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COURSE INFORMATION
Course Duration benefit from online and classroom meth-
ods by holding seminars delivered via vir-
The GHHM course starts from June end tual webinars, online forums, online case
2021, and the classes will run until mid- discussions, and a library of e-resources.
April 2022, which is about 40 weeks of The Online Platform has weekly quizzes,
teaching. From June to April, we guide a library of lectures, relevant articles, the
our students through key topics in trop- GHHM Course Handbook, and reference
ical medicine and public health in prepa-
ration for the DTM&H examination and
practice beyond the exam.
Where & How We Teach
This is a blended learning course – with a
combination of weekly live seminars, on-
line materials, and online group discus-
sions. All students must join the weekly
webinar for approximately two and a half
hours, comprising of two lectures and
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a quiz. There is time for questions and
answers after each talk. The speakers
are experts in their fields, and we expect materials and is a platform for case dis-
you to be prepared with questions and cussions. Case discussions can be held
interact with them as much as possible. with the entire teaching group, and there
We record most of our seminars. If you are small closed group online discussion
miss a session, a recorded version will be group areas for the discussion of cases or
available for catch-up within three weeks topical program challenges.
on our Online Platform. Please note that
some lecturers are not comfortable with The course is organised through the MSF
their lectures being recorded, and in UK office in London in collaboration with
those cases, we will not be able to upload the Infectious Disease Department of the
those lectures. Royal Free Hospital of the Royal Free Lon-
don (RFL) NHS Foundation Trust and the
Our key aim is to deliver high-quality MSF India office in Delhi in collaboration
medical education to a global medical with the Christian Medical College (CMC)
audience. Online education allows us to Vellore, the Manipal Academy of Higher
reach individuals who would not have Education (MAHE) and the Jawaharlal
had the time, money, or opportunity to Institute of Postgraduate Medical Educa-
participate otherwise. However, we also tion & Research (JIPMER) in Puducherry.
recognize the irreplaceable components We intend to develop a new partnership
of classroom-based teaching. We aim to
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with an academic partner in West Africa.
For the DTM&H Exam, all students must
attend once a 2-4 days parasitology lab-
oratory training at one of the DTM&H ac-
credited parasitology laboratories collab-
orating with the GHHM course. However,
because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this
laboratory training has been conducted
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virtually in the course year 2020-2021 via
our partner organisations in India for the
South Asia course and in-house by the
GHHM team for the UK course. Virtual
laboratory training may continue in the
course year 2021-2022, depending on the Costs
COVID-19 context.
We run the GHHM course with a small ad-
When again possible, the required in-pres- ministrative team on a highly subsidized
ence parasitology laboratory training is basis, with MSF contributing to about
offered at the London School of Hygiene 50% of the program’s cost; all course fees
& Tropical Medicine (LSH&TM), the Uni- go towards covering a percentage of the
versity Medical Centre (UMC) Amsterdam, costs of the course. We will provide you
the National Institute of Communicable with an invoice and be happy to issue let-
Diseases (NICD) of Johannesburg, the ters to support funding applications (e.g.,
Welcome Trust Laboratory of CMC Vellore from study budgets).
and the microbiology departments of
KMC Manipal and JIPMER in Puducherry.
The London-based course (GHHM UK) GHHM Course Fee
is available to medical doctors in Africa,
Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. Based on the World Bank income clas-
The Delhi-based course (GHHM South sification, the following amount is to be
Asia) is available to medical doctors in paid as a one-time fee either to MSF India
Asia and Oceania. or MSF UK, depending on the enrolled
course site. DTM&H examination fees
Course Contributors (paid directly to the RCP) approx. £250.
The examination is expected to be held
We collaborate with international aca- online in April/May 2022.
demics, clinicians, and experts to pro-
vide you with outstanding teaching on • £2,760 for students whose country
key technical areas and programmatic of residence is in the European Eco-
aspects in global health and humanitar- nomic Area or a High Income Country
ian medicine. You can learn more about (HIC)
the GHHM team members by visiting the • £750 for students whose country of
‘Meet the GHHM Team’ tab of the GHHM residence is in an Upper Middle In-
South Asia website : come Country (UMIC)
https://ghhmsouthasia.msfindia.in/ • £650 for students whose country of
residence is in a Lower Middle Income
Country (LMIC)
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• £ 550 for students whose country of amount of independent learning. We will
residence is in a Low Income Country provide comprehensive reference materi-
(LIC) als for each module.
The fee tiers are based on the World Bank The GHHM course is loosely based on the
income classification. To find out which content of the Oxford Handbook of Trop-
tier you fall into, For more information, ical Medicine and covers much of the syl-
refer to labus required by the DTM&H examina-
https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org / tion. For full and up to date details, please
knowledgebase/articles/906519 go to the RCP DTM&H homepage: https://
www.rcplondon.ac.uk/diploma-tropi-
Course Structure & Content cal-medicine-and-hygiene
The course is divided into 25 topic mod- While knowing some of the minutiae
ules. Each module will consist of online may be needed for the exam, in MSF’s
videos, weekly seminars, and online ref- experience, there is vital information
erence materials for self-directed learn- that can make the difference between
ing. There is a weekly quiz, which is aimed life and death or help you be a far more
to get you to read broadly around multi- effective doctor or programme manager
ple topics. We organize approximately 90 in resource-limited settings that are nev-
hours of weekly seminars through our er taught or covered by exam-focused
40 teaching weeks. In addition, we also courses. With this in mind, we aim to allo-
conduct additional teaching weeks and a cate one-third of teaching time to putting
two-day Revision Weekend closer to the clinical knowledge into context. We will
DTM&H examination. All students intend- focus on the practical aspects of human-
ing to appear for the DTM&H examination itarian work, including clinical and pro-
need to attend parasitology laboratory grammatic challenges, through a series
training with a minimum of 12 hours of of interactive exercises and ‘Field talks’
laboratory experience. from experienced MSF staff. We will also
create opportunities to share your experi-
Our online component includes approx- ences from working in humanitarian set-
imately 150-200 hours of online teaching tings with your peers.
materials covering lectures, videos, and
demonstrations. Through our Online Student Workload
Platform, every two weeks, there will be
an online group discussion activity based The weekly seminars run from:
around clinical cases or programmatic • 18:00-20:00 GMT every Wednesday
challenges; students must participate (for the GHHM UK course), and
in all the online activities. Moreover, the • 16:00 to 18:00 IST every Thursday (for
Online Platform also provides weekly up- the GHHM SA course)
dates on the GHHM course activities, ref- You are required to spare approximately
erence materials, and updates regarding two hours and a half every week for the
GHHM topics, with access to the weekly lectures. In addition, there are weekly
MSF Global Health Review, providing a quizzes and fortnightly group activities
selection of published articles in peer-re- that you must complete before the given
viewed journals. We also expect a large deadlines. In a usual week throughout the
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10-months course year, we recommend • Throughout the week: Review online
that students commit 6- 8 hours a week, materials. Video lectures will often be
which includes the 2-hour seminars, on- in 3-4 segments with a short activity
line activity, and self-directed learning. between each part or extra reading
material. The course’s modular struc-
However, the student workload is higher ture means that many of the online
when attending the minimum 12 hours videos are essential viewing to help
parasitology laboratory training; addi- prepare for upcoming seminars.
tional teaching weeks (on Saturdays;
5 hours each); and two-days Revision Things To Remember
Weekend (16 hours) in the weeks of the
final preparation for the DTM&H exam- • Respond to case discussion.
ination. A typical week during the course • Check the news feed for interesting
would look similar to the following: items relevant to the course that will
extend your knowledge of how topics
• Monday: prepare Weekly quiz in ad- apply to the real world.
vance of the weekly seminar (Wednes- • Check the GHHM Course Handbook
day or Thursday); check the GHHM for key and additional readings.
online platform for materials: there
will be two weekly activities: video Attendance
lectures or case discussion.
• Wednesday 18:00-20:00 GMT or The minimum requirement for the course
Thursday 16:00-20:00 IST: webinar, completion is:
Quiz answers released and discussed.
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1. 70% attendance in the weekly webi- timely intervals throughout the exer-
nars. cise. The goal is to have a dynamic
2. Contribution to 70% of the online discussion.
group activities • Discussions occur when there is di-
3. Completion of Mock Exam (held in alogue; therefore, you need to build
December) upon other students’ posts and re-
4. Participation in the 12 hours of basic sponses to create discussion threads.
microscopy and parasitology training Make sure to revisit the discussion
forum and respond (if necessary) to
We understand that you have existing what other learners have posted to
work commitments and if you foresee your initial responses.
yourself struggling to meet the atten- • When relevant, add to the discussion
dance requirements, please let us know, by including prior knowledge, work
and we will do what we can to help. experiences, references, websites,
However, please remember that you will resources, etc. (giving credit when ap-
only be eligible to take the RCP DTM&H propriate).
examination if you fulfill the attendance
requirements and complete the required GHHM Peer Learning
online activities.
Our students have diverse experiences in
Active Class Participation tropical medicine, public health, and in-
fectious diseases. We like to tap into this
We believe that learning is improved with knowledge and invite you to share your
interaction, discussion, and applying experiences with the class. We may ap-
knowledge gained to manage problems. proach you to facilitate a case-based or
We expect all students to contribute group discussion.
regularly to seminar discussions via the
webinar chat facility. We will run several Our Success
activities that rely on students to prepare
online materials released a week before The GHHM course has successfully com-
an interactive classroom session. pleted five years of teaching, with 370
Active Online Participation
One of the requirements for completing
this course is to make substantive con-
tributions to online discussion threads,
which will form a regular part of your on-
line learning. You are probably wonder-
ing what that means! We’ve guidelines
to help keep online discussions dynamic
and valuable and to help us evaluate your
contributions to the online platform:
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• Submit initial post(s) early in the
online activities and subsequent re-
sponses to other students’ posts at
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medical doctors having sat the DTM&H prepare still for the DTM&H Exam of June
Exam and the overall majority of them 8, 2021, because of the COVID-19 Pan-
having obtained the DTM&H. From July demic had to be cancelled in 2020. The
2020 until May 2021, the GHHM UK course call for applications for the next GHHM
runs its sixth-course year for 80 students, course year 2021/2022 was opened on
and the GHHM South Asia course its March 22 and will close on April 26.
fourth-course year for 45 students. In
addition, more than 120 medical doc-
tors have completed the GHHM course
2019/2020 but remain enrolled as they
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MODULES
1. Bacterial infections 14. Other topics of tropical medicine
2. Bites, stings and poisoning 15. Outbreaks
3. Covid-19 16. Paediatrics
4. Field Talks 17. Parasitic infections
5. Fungal infections 18. Public Health
6. Global Health 19. Sexual and Reproductive Health
7. Human Immunodeficiency Virus 20. Travel Medicine
8. Humanitarian crises – Complex 21. Tropical Dermatology
humanitarian emergencies
22. Tropical Ophthalmology
9. Malaria
23. Tuberculosis
10. Maternal Health
24. Vectors / Ectoparasites
11. Mental Health
25. Viral infections
12. Non-Communicable Diseases
(NDCs) An updated breakdown of online materi-
als and planned webinar sessions will be
13. Nutrition available on the GHHM online platform.
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ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND HOW
TO APPLY ?
During the academic year 2021-22, the inclusion criteria for the candidates are:
• Registered medical practitioners: MBBS with at least two years of post-internship work
experience
• Proficiency in the English language
The candidates would be eligible to enroll if they meet the inclusion as mentioned above
criteria. Medical doctors with a demonstrable interest in tropical medicine with a humani-
tarian assistance background will be given priority.
For this course year, we aim to enroll 60 students for the GHHM South Asia course and 100
students for the GHHM UK course. We expect to grow of 75% - 100% each year for the fol-
lowing two years.
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GLOSSARY
AIDS Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
CMC Christian medical college
DTM&H Diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene
GHHM Global health and humanitarian medicine
GMT Greenwich mean time
HIV Human immunodeficiency virus
IST India standard time
KMC Kasturba medical college
MoH Ministry of health
Moodle Modular object oriented dynamic learning environment
MoU Memorandum of understanding
MSF Médecins sans frontières
NCD Non-communicable disease
RCP Royal College of physicians
SA South Asia
TB Tuberculosis
UK United Kingdom
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CONTACT US
Application enquiries:
GHHM South Asia Course: ghhm.southasia@new-delhi.msf.org
GHHM UK Course: ghhm@london.msf.org
Postal Address:
GHHM South Asia Course: Second floor, 136, Zamrudpur, New Delhi -
110048, India
GHHM UK Course: MSF UK, Lower Ground Floor, Chancery Exchange,
10 Furnival Street, London, EC4A 1AB
Website:
GHHM South Asia Course: https://ghhmsouthasia.msfindia.in/
GHHM UK Course: https://msf.org.uk/global-health-and-hu-
manitarian-medicine-course
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