Program Overview

The pandemic has taught us that health is indeed global and anyone working in the health sector needs to have an awareness of how key global health issues such as climate change, pandemic preparation and management, and health inequalities impact the local health contexts. The global health programme is designed to develop knowledge and skills as innovators, leaders, strategists, advisors, facilitators and medics in global health.

Key Features

• This programme is targeted towards all healthcare professionals, sustainable development professionals and graduates with a specific interest and/or career trajectory in global health development initiatives and systems strengthening. A part-time (7587) route is also available for this programme.
• Supported by leading experts who have considerable experience of living and working in lower and middle income countries and remote and rural regions; leading expedition teams; supporting humanitarian response; working with complex local and international health systems and initiatives.
• Offering a blended learning delivery including: online, classroom and field trip opportunities to demonstrate learning within a global or remote/ rural practice setting.
• All students will become members of the Global Health Collaborative at the University of Plymouth, benefiting from collaborative educational partnership between local NHS services, higher education with staff drawn from the University, clinical services within partner organisations and experts spanning the local and international.
• Benefit from our links to the British Antarctic Survey Medical Unit (BASMU) based at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and the Diving Diseases Research Centre (DDRC) adjacent to the headquarters of the Faculty of Health.
• Choose shared optional modules and teaching with other postgraduate programmes including: MSc Healthcare Management, Leadership and Innovation and MClinEd Clinical Education to facilitate cross-programme learning from a broader sphere of faculty specialists and to enable students to pursue clinical education or leadership interests in global health.
• Choose from two distinctive modes of study: Standard (blended) delivery mode, available on both a part-time and full-time basis, and Distance learning delivery mode, taught exclusively online, available on both a part-time and full-time basis from 2024-25.
• The global health programme at the University of Plymouth is widely recognised for its interactive engagement, collaborative learning approaches, and applied subject matter.