Course Catalogue

Global Public Health in Action: Tackling Health Inequalities and Advancing Wellbeing MED1021

  • Academic Session: 2026-27
  • School: School of Health and Wellbeing
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 1 (SCQF level 7)
  • Typically Offered: Summer
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

 ​This innovative summer school offers a unique interdisciplinary learning experience that explores wicked global public health challenges through the lens of health, wellbeing, and sport. Set in the School of Health and Wellbeing, will inspire transformative approaches to public health. Participants will engage in interactive lectures, hands-on workshops, guided by international experts in topics such as suicide prevention, public health, nutrition, mental health, and physical wellbeing. The program will emphasise real-world application, empowering participants to understand innovative, evidence-based interventions that promote health equity and sustainable wellbeing.

Timetable

​​There will be 4 weeks of teaching.

​Each day there will be a 1.5hr interactive lecture (7.5 hrs/week). 

​Then there will be 3-hour workshop/seminar style interactive session (15 hrs/week)

Total contact time/ week = 22.5 hrs​ 

Requirements of Entry

 

​​Summer School all applicants must have a GPA of 3.0 and IELTS level 6.0 with a score of no lower than a 5.5 in any subtest​ 

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

​There are three forms of assessment:

Part 1: Group presentation, podcast or vlog (worth 25%) - submitted at the end of the course. Length determined by number of group members (no longer than 10min). Must cover a public health issue in the low and middle income and high income settings. Each group will be required to provide a contribution statement (using a template provided) outlining the ways in which group members contributed. This will be similar to the expectation set by academic journals - e.g. CRediT 

 

Part 2: Critical review of a complex public health problem and its potential solutions (50%) (1200w)

 

Part 3: A reflective piece - reflecting on their personal learning that has occurred across the course (800w) (25%).

Course Aims

​​This course aims to equip students with interdisciplinary knowledge and practical skills to address complex global public health challenges through innovative, evidence-based approaches, using the themes of health, wellbeing, and sport, leveraging the context of the Glasgow to inspire transformative solutions that promote health equity and sustainable wellbeing.​ 

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

​​By the end of this course, participants will be able to: 

1. ​Analyse complex global public health challenges through an interdisciplinary lens, integrating perspectives from health and wellbeing. 

1. ​Critically appraise the literature surrounding a complex global public health challenge. 

1. ​Evaluate evidence-based public health interventions, to improve health and wellbeing. 

1. ​Develop a clear, well-constructed oral presentation describing a complex public health problem and its potential solution.​ 

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

No exceptions