General description

Forced and voluntary forms of migration are current and challenging issues in an increasingly globalized world. Various crises force people to leave their homelands as refugees. Polarizing social conditions in Central Africa and the Middle East feed into the migration crises we are seeing in the Mediterranean region. Migration has its own demographics which may affect the health of the migrant in many ways, both short and long term. Also multicultural encounters within health care are explored in this course.
The migration of health workers redistributes skilled health professionals and contributes to health-related disparities. The course analyses the dynamics of the global health work crisis and investigates mitigation strategies, such as skills transfer and local capacity building.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of the course, a student
? is able to distinguish forms of migration as well as main forces behind migration
? appraises the multiple dynamics between migration and health
? is able to analyze multicultural encounters within health care
? critically assesses the global health work crisis and related mitigation strategies
? has developed skills to think and act out of the box

Contents

- Magnitude and causes of internal displacement, immigration and emigration
- Forced and voluntary forms of migration
- Multiple dynamics between migration and health
- Multicultural encounters in health care
- The global health work crisis and related mitigation strategies

Teaching methods

- Lectures (8×2 hours)
Note: Flipped classroom is applied prior to a session in classroom, students study the basics on the topics through watching videos and reading selected texts.
- Problem Based Learning (PBL) sessions 4x2 hours
- Group works and presentations (2x2 hours)
- Individual preparation for group work sessions, reading the required literature
- Exam 2h.

Teaching language

English

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Further information

Quota for UTA Open University students 3-5.

Belongs to following study modules