Abstract
Global health education is a growing academic field both in terms of the number of students seeking training in the field and the number of institutions offering formal degree and certificate programs. Training and education opportunities are available for people at all career stages, including those who wish to add a global health perspective to their primary professional training. Interdisciplinary by nature and design, global health training requires mastery of core content and competencies which can best be acquired through a combination of interactive classroom work and field-based experiential learning. Several pathways exist for acquiring global health expertise including those grounded in the social sciences, public health, and medicine. Training ranges from formal degree programs and postgraduate fellowships to short-term certificate courses and on-the-job knowledge and skills transfer. This chapter provides a brief history of training in global health, followed by a broad review of the types of educational and training opportunities to which students have access. This chapter also presents the availability and value of training for people in high-income and low- and middle-income countries.
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Adams, L.V., Dev, A. (2021). Global Health Professionals: Education and Training. In: Kickbusch, I., Ganten, D., Moeti, M. (eds) Handbook of Global Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45009-0_107
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