Professional education in crisis preparedness and disaster medicine
Our courses offer a unique opportunity to learn how to navigate complex health systems and reflect on ethical dilemmas that may arise between different stakeholders. With practical and ethically grounded strategies, you will be better equipped to make a difference in crisis-affected areas around the world.
Our courses
In this course you will gain an overall understanding of global health and how disasters and health crises affect public health, as well as insights into international response mechanisms with a focus on international humanitarian response.
Course syllabus for Global health, disasters and health crises (3 credits)
The course provides you with a comprehensive understanding of sexual and reproductive health and child health in disasters and health crises, along with tools to improve these areas.
In this course you will gain a comprehensive understanding of the global burden of disease and be equipped with tools to plan ethically anchored health interventions during health crises and disasters.
In this course, you focus on planning health responses in disasters and crises, with an emphasis on international humanitarian programs. You develop practical skills to navigate complex health systems and address ethical challenges between key actors.
Project planning and response in disasters and health crises (3 credits)
A unique course that prepares specialists in anesthesia and intensive care for work in humanitarian setting. You will get practical skills that enable you to work with anesthesia and care of critically ill patients in resource-limited environments and in disasters.
Course syllabus for Anesthesia and critical care with limited resources (1, 5 credits)
The course prepares you to work in disasters, health crises, and other resource-limited settings. You gain practical tools for planning and implementing humanitarian health interventions, as well as an understanding of key principles in global health and the humanitarian system. Through theoretical components and simulations, you will develop the ability to assess health needs, manage acute situations, and navigate ethical and organizational challenges in complex contexts.
Course syllabus for Health assistance in humanitarian crises (12 credits)
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Many of these courses are customised courses, which give your employees access to the latest advances in medical science and research, on your own terms. If you are interested in setting up any of these courses for staff in your organisation, please contact Kristoffer Mörtsjö, see contact details below.