基本素養 Basic Literacy

□ 文化素養
Cultural Literacy
□ 歷史意識
Historical awareness
□ 藝術涵養
Art and visual literacy
□ 公民素養
Civic literacy
□ 國際視野
Global Vision
□ 生命關懷
Concerns of Life

核心能力 Competence

■ 語文欣賞及運用能力
To use language skills
■ 慎思明辨能力
To think critically
■ 跨領域能力
To cross disciplinary boundaries
■ 社會變遷因應能力
To adapt to social change
■ 生活實踐能力
To practice
■ 創新與領導能力
To innovate and lead

課程概述 Course Description

Global Health has grown rapidly in the past few decades. Experts in this field have been exploring existed health related problems in the world and several social factors (like poverty, education, governance, culture and environment) which might result in these problems and have been trying to come up with some ideas/strategies to solve these problems. This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of what problems regarding global health are faced by people currently and what strategies can be used to resolve these problems. Many critical issues will be discussed in this course, including global burden of diseases, public policy analysis process, global healthcare system and global health promotion and disease prevention.

課程學習目標 Course Objectives

  • describe the critical issues in global health field
  • make a comprehensive analysis toward global health issues and find problems
  • develop innovative strategies or possible solutions to problems

    • 課程進度 Progress Description

    進度說明 Progress Description
    1Course introduction and grouping, Introduction of Global Health
    2Global food and drug issues
    3Global health system
    4Infectious diseases
    5HIV/AIDS
    6Spring Holidays
    7Vaccination and Antimicrobial resistance
    8Non-Infectious disease (chronic diseases)
    9Cancer
    10Rare disease and orphan drug
    11Mental Health (including depression, psychology and suicide)
    12Vulnerable population (children, elderly, pregnancy, disability, youth, low-income, rural…)
    13Medical research and health technology
    14Team-based oral presentation (1) Group 1-4
    15Team-based oral presentation (2) Group 5-9
    16Dragon boat festival
    17Global health: past, current and future
    18Tern in the final team-based term paper (10 pages) by email
    　以上每週進度教師可依上課情況做適度調整。The schedule may be subject to change.

    有關課程其他調查 Other Surveys of Courses

    1.本課程是否規劃業界教師參與教學或演講? 否
    Is there any industry specialist invited in this course? How many times? No
    2.本課程是否規劃含校外實習(並非參訪)? 否
    Are there any internships involved in the course? How many hours? No