GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVE SPRING SCHOOL DRESDEN 2026
The Department of General Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine at TU Dresden, together with the Chair of Public Health (ZEGV) and the Institute of Political Science, is organizing the interdisciplinary "Global Health Initiative Spring School" for the fourth time in March 2026. The one-week event will take place during the lecture-free period from March 23-27, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Dresden University Hospital, Building 160.
For the fourth time, 30 students from different fields at the TU Dresden will participate in this one week course, which will feature speakers from national and international universities, institutes and organizations, including the Robert Koch Institute, Doctors without Borders, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and Health for Future Dresden. Ukrainian medical residents and students will attend online. In addition to lectures, the students will work together on interactive case studies.
The goal of the Spring School is to introduce students to general concepts of global health, such as the social determinants of health, the role of primary care and public health in ensuring universal health coverage, comparative health systems, and the landscape of global health actors. The program will address three global health topics - migration and health, community engagement and One Health, and Planetary Health and climate change.
The emphasis will be placed on providing basic knowledge and tools, such as analytical skills, related to cultural sensitivity competencies and transcultural communication, to help students to engage with and find solutions to the global health challenges. The course will be conducted in English and is desiged as an interdisciplinary blended learning event for all interested students at the TU Dresden.
Further information about the program will follow shortly.
For more information, please contact:
Projektassistenz M. Bothur
Global Health Initiative, Bereich Allgemeinmedizin,
Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden
