Workshop 2 01/12

Science, Health and Medicine

Carsten ManteltropEd - MSc Programme in International Health Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

International Health …

• transcends boundries and cultures• integrates multiple disciplines and sciences• has a geographic dimension with focus on Africa, Asia,

Latin America and Central Europe• has a poverty dimension• is equity-oriented • assists in a global learning effort• assists in institutional development in the South • is Public Health with a specific focus

The tropEd Network

• The network: 31 European plus 3+3 non-European Universities (South Africa, China, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, India)

• The EM consortium: 8 plus 4 of the above

• > 10 years of intense collaboration

EMMC and Applied Research

• MSc – thesis requirement: mostly field research with primary data collection

• Co-Supervision of theses

• Research projects within the network

• Joint network responses to calls

EMMC and Policy making

• European forum on teaching and training in International Health

• Formal collaboration with WHO and other UN institutions (UNICEF, UNHCR, ICRC etc.)

• Governmental and NGO partners

EMMC Added Value for Students

• Stimulates new ways of thinking• Generates wealth of new cultural opportunities• Offers diverse perspectives• Extends language-learning skills• Exposes students to new learning methods• Develops permanent network links across Europe• Assists future employment prospects• Provides considerable “added value” to graduates’ CVs

EMMC Visibility

• Partners in Action 3 Projects• Summer schools• Taster modules• Education fairs (not really helpful) • EC needs to do more re: Ministries of Education and

European Embasssies• Action 4 not yet having an impact (?)

EMMC Attractiveness

• Quality higher education with cultural diversity• Unity of teaching and research• Tutorship, social and psychological support

(“Pastoral care“)• Lifelong learning opportunities• Tuition fees

EMMC Alumni

• Alumni word-of-mouth is most important source of information

• Establishment of new institutional links• Creation of job and internship opportunities • Invitations as guest lecturers• Ongoing research collaboration

EMMC Good Practice

• Quality assurance, accreditation and auditing procedure through peer-review

• Common modules and thesis work with uniform requirements

• Common teaching materials • Training-of-trainers scheme• Formation of a legal association • Fostering of institutional change