The minor Global Health offers you the unique opportunity to familiarise yourself with an increasingly globalised world and its effects on health. The minor focuses on trends in health and health care viewed from a global perspective, and the challenges that we as health professionals will face over the next 10 years and beyond.  How do these developments relate to the desire to live longer while staying healthy and active as we age? How can we cooperate on an international level to organise prevention and self-management? How can we encourage healthy behaviour in such a way that everybody receives the care they need, not only in the Netherlands but in other countries around the world?

The minor Global health brings together a range of disciplines such as epidemiology, sociology, cultural studies, technology, public health reflecting the collaborative approach in addressing the key health concerns that adversely affect human populations.

The framework of the minor programme consists of the following inter-related modules:

Future of Health
How do societal developments in health care impact individuals and populations? What measures can be taken to ensure healthy ageing? Preventative steps and self-care? What processes of growth, change and stability will we be dealing with as we age? This module examines future challenges faced by health care professionals of the future.

Health & Technology
Here we look at how e-health and health technology can successfully contribute to changes in health care. In part as a result of an ageing population, the need for cost effectiveness, knowledgeable and empowered patients – there is an increasing need and demand for self-management. The ways in which E- health and health technology can contribute to the various challenges facing health care systems and health care delivery are key aspects of this component.

Global Health
It takes into account the influence of wider aspects such as globalisation, social determinants, health systems and international policies that lie outside the direct sphere of influence of an individual or population. The newly acquired knowledge can be used to set up effective strategies for policy advice in one’s own professional field.

Culture and Health
This module provides cultural insights related to health, disease, the body and ways of communication and allows opportunities to improve intercultural skills. Here you will also explore how your own perspectives are shaped by cultural background and experiences.

Innovation Project 1 & 2
The minor additionally prepares students to cooperate in international, multidisciplinary teams by executing a real project about a health problem in an international context. Within this integral task, which makes up the core of the minor, you will develop a  health solution for a Global Health problem in a group setting. The project module is a compulsory component in the first period of the minor and runs for 10 weeks. This allows students to work together in small groups, following the stages of the design thinking approach to find an innovative solution to a real life problem. 

ALL modules are 5 credits and run for a period of 10 weeks. 

1. Gathering of knowledge and insight

2. Application of knowledge and insight

3. Comes to a thought-out point of view / judgement,  based on relevant information 

4. Professional communication with clients and peers from one’s own and other cultures

5. Independent learning and working

Admission requirements

• You are a third-year of fourth-year student (Bachelor level undergraduate or associate degree).
• You have completed your first year of your education and have obtained at least 45 ECTS in the main phase (year 2, 3 (or 4)).
• You have experience with project management and you have developed research skills. No general education on these two topics will be offered.

You will need to work in an international interprofessional multidisciplinary team and master the English language (graduation level secondary school). Useful additional personal characteristics for participation in such a team are: an open mind, the ability to listen actively, tolerance, flexibility, transparency in motives, interests and values.

 Language requirements for international students

• Academic IELTS 6.0 overall

Please note that the programme is subject to cancellation if the minimum number of registered students has not been achieved.

Will be published in August / on the intranet (blackboard).

Will be announced after registration. During the teaching weeks, there is an average of 12-20 contact hours per week consisting of lectures, tutorials, trainings and workshops. 

Future and Health
- Assessment: Essay

Health & Technology
- Assessment: Infographic/ presentation/ debate

Global Health
- Assessment: Written report

Culture and Health
-Assessment: Digital story telling/ Reflective report

Innovation Project 1 & 2
- Assessment: Product/ report/ presentation

In the minor Global Health we expect active participation from the students. That means students prepare for the classes, according to the instructions in the study guide, are in time for the lessons, take an active attitude in class and adhere to the agreements made in the lesson.