Table 1.
Course competencies in digital media for global health studentsa
| Theme | Competencies |
|---|---|
| Partnership and teamwork | (1) Understand the importance of promoting teams with varied backgrounds and expertise in global health. (2) Function effectively as a member of a diverse multi-disciplinary team. |
| Sociocultural and political determinants | (1) Ability to develop and visualize stakeholder maps in support of global health policy and programs. (2) Be able to describe and visualize differences in national health systems and their influence on transnational health issues. |
| Strategic analysis | (1) Be able to interpret and visualize metrics used to characterize global health problems, including mortality and incidence rates, prevalence, and disease burden. (2) Present data in multiple forms to assist in identifying how demographic and other factors shape health in a specified community, country, or region. (3) Identify appropriate digital tools and resources for application to global health problems. |
| Capacity strengthening | (1) Assess and address the capacity of partners and collaborators in regards to digital media. (2) Understand the importance of communicating information about local capacity as a means to promoting sustainability. |
| Project management | (1) Design context-appropriate digital resources based on scientific evidence in consultation with stakeholders. (2) Develop digital resources to secure donor funding and stakeholder support. (3) Utilize digital tools for program monitoring and evaluation. |
| Health equity, human rights, and social justice | (1) Apply social justice and human rights concepts and methods to the design, implementation, and evaluation of new media pieces about global health topics and themes. |
| Ethical reasoning and professional practice | (1) Analyze ethical and professional issues that arise in conducting and communicating global health work, including in response to public health emergencies. (2) Produce digital media that upholds public health practice standards. |
a
Categories based on the American School of Public Health Global Health Competency Model. (Association of Schools of Public Health. 2011. Global Health Competency Model. Retrieved from http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=1084; cited 15 January 2012.)