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PCS-40030 - Module Specification
School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2025/26 Last Updated: 15 December 2025

PCS-40030 - MPH - Global Health
Coordinator: Ross Wilkie Room: MSPC1.74 Tel: +44 1782 7 34845
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 7
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733928

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

This 15-credit module examines health and wellbeing from a global perspective which gives you a wider view of key contemporary population health issues across countries with different climates, economies and culture. This global perspective will be useful for a future career choice when relating to people who live in different geographical regions.

Aims
This module aims to enable students to explore the nature and scope of global health issues, and how they are managed through policy, systems and agencies. Students will have the opportunity to examine a range of issues affecting health and wellbeing around the world including the political economy of health and wellbeing, trade, work, health care systems, and the impact of global poverty, hostilities and natural disasters on health and wellbeing.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/pcs-40030/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

critically examine contemporary global health and wellbeing challenges and how they are addressed: 1
critically evaluate the role of multifactorial and multi-system approaches to improving population health and reducing inequalities: 1
identify differences in global health data relating to population health and wellbeing and critically evaluate how these relate to a country's wealth or poverty, and other determinants of health: 1
critically examine the relationship between colonialism and contemporary global health issues, inequalities, and governance structures and how these can be challenged: 1
critical reflection of how personal understanding of the issue evolved, ethical dilemmas encountered during research, and how this informs an approach to global health practice: 1

Study hours

Lectures/workshops 36 hours; these will include practical sessions, lectures, workshops, small group work, case based discussions and critical appraisal sessions on scientific literature.
114 hours of independent self-study broken down as follows:
60 hours - background reading, reviewing given material, private study, preparation for online and in-person activities (this includes the materials provided for asynchronous study)

54 hours – completion of summative and formative assessments.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Assignment weighted 100%
Global health challenge analysis and reflection
A 3,500-word case study analysing a global health challenge, incorporating: 1. Select a global health issue and outline why it is a challenge by analysing local/national/international data on inequalities, the role of a range of multifactorial risk factors and the potential relationship with historical issues linked to colonial issues. The assignment should then outline approaches (preventative or to reduce impact) to manage the challenge. This should include evaluation of the role of multi-system approaches and systems and how these may be improved. 2. This essay should also include a 500-word personal reflection on how your understanding of the issue evolved, ethical dilemmas encountered during research, and how this informs your approach to global health practice.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 15 December 2025