GMED X300 - Non-Communicable Disease in Low Resource Settings
Description
This course prepares physicians and other health care providers to provide care for immigrants, refugees and other mobile populations in several sub-specialties, including cardiology, hematology, oncology and surgery.
Estimated Time To Complete
Allow 29 hours, including additional time for bonus materials.
Objectives
At the end of this course the participant should be able to:
- Analyze differences in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) between low-resource and high resource settings, including epidemiology, prevention, and clinical diagnoses and treatments, from a medical perspective.
- Appraise key interventions in the field of NCDs, from prevention to emergency health care, including malnutrition, pediatrics, neonatal resuscitation, obstetrics, and gender related care.
- Manage the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases at the clinical level.
- Evaluate a wide range of clinical skills from selected medical specialties to care for NCDs in low resource settings, including hematology, oncology, cardiology, and dermatology.
This course is composed of eight sections:
- Emergency Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Gender/Sex-Based Care
- Heart and Kidney Disease
- Hematology and Oncology
- Dermatology
- Other Medical Specialties
- Clinical Case Vignettes
Accreditation
Accreditation information is available here.
CME/CEUs Available
28.25 hours
Contact the Office of Continuing Professional Development at cme@umn.edu if you have questions about your CME credits.
ASTMH CTropMed® Online Exam Review
If you purchase 2 or more of our online courses you will get access to our ASTMH CTropMed Online Exam Review for free. It will become available in Canvas automatically. If you would like to view more information you can do so here.
Pricing
Regular Rate: $795/course
For physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and other health care providers
Discount Rate: $400/course
For medical trainees, including medical students, residents and fellows outside the U of M Global Medicine Pathway; retirees; active U.S. military personnel; health professionals from low and lower-middle income countries as defined by WHO; and University of Minnesota Global Medicine Pathway faculty
Complete Package: $7,550
Includes up to 4 weeks of the annual In-Person Global Health Course, Complete Online Global Health Curriculum, and the U of M ASTMH CTropMed® Online Exam Review
CDC Employee Rate: Preapproved, full-time CDC employees are eligible for a discounted rate; contact globalhealth@umn.edu for information.
Institutions and Organizations Pricing: Volume discounts and customization options are available for your trainees. Learn more about pricing for institutions and organizations.
Accrediting Associations
Applies Toward the Following:
- Clinical Tropical Medicine & Global Health Curriculum : Complete Package