Section: Module 11: Lesson 1: Global Health and Cross-Cultural Practice | Humanism in Health and Healthcare | NextGenU.org

  • Learning Objectives:
    Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:
    • Articulate best practices for conducting ethical and humanistic global health work.
    • Analyze the ethical dilemmas inherent to global health work and offer insights into how to navigate the potential for harm by medical volunteers to underresourced countries by drawing on global health best practices.
    • Identify the causes and ethical dilemmas posed by medical “brain drain” (the migration of health professionals from relatively resource poor nations to wealthier nations with less actual need).
    Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 2 hours and 45 minutes.

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