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Assessing Student Performance

Richard Skolnik – Author of Global Health 101 The end of the school year is the perfect time to think about how to measure the extent to which students have met your learning objectives. To get a ‘fix’ on what … Continue reading

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Teaching Tuberculosis

Richard Skolnik – Author of Global Health 101 Despite substantial progress in reducing the burden of TB disease, TB remains the leading cause of curable communicable diseases in the world. It is estimated that about 8.7 million people fell ill … Continue reading

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Advising on Global Health Internships and Jobs

Richard Skolnik – Author of Global Health 101 Students don’t just want to take Global Health courses…they also want internships and jobs in Global Health. If students and teachers are ‘lucky,’ then they may have access to advisory services on … Continue reading

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Keeping the Classroom Alive with Global Health ‘Cases’ and Role Playing

Richard Skolnik – Author of Global Health 101 One aim of teaching global health is to help students master the basic concepts and frameworks that concern our field. These include, for example, the burden of disease, tools for comparing alternative … Continue reading

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New Foundations for Global Health – “The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010”

Richard Skolnik – Author of Global Health 101 (A major new study on the burden of disease has just been published. This builds on and updates the data on the burden of disease that appears in Global Health 101. Richard … Continue reading

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Now that you are done with GH 101, what do you do for an encore?

Richard Skolnik – Author of Global Health 101 A quick scan of the internet suggests that the number of colleges with Global Health majors, minors, and concentrations is continuing to increase. It also appears that colleges and universities are offering … Continue reading

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Making Global Health Policy in the Classroom

Richard Skolnik – Author of Global Health 101 My students have always appreciated a focus on learning key concepts and frameworks that concern Global Health and the opportunity to apply them in class to “real life” situations. Given both student … Continue reading

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Global Health 101: Student Writing on Global Health

Richard Skolnik – Author of Global Health 101 Writing about global health can help students strengthen their analytical skills, improve their writing, and prepare for “life in the real world.” This should be true whether you teach in a liberal … Continue reading

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Guest Teachers from Afar– Teaching Global Health

Richard Skolnik – Author of Global Health 101 Teaching global health in Washington, DC is a delight in many ways. Students in DC have a keen interest in Global Health. There are Global Health activities everywhere, all the time. In … Continue reading

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Keeping Up with Global Health – Some of the Best Resources You May Not Have Heard Of

Richard Skolnik – Author of Global Health 101 Being a good teacher of Global Health requires that we keep current in our field. It also requires that we have access to good teaching materials. In this blog, I offer some … Continue reading

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