Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine course

Individuals with a degree in Medicine (MBBS or equivalent) from a medical school in any country and a minimum of two years clinical experience working as a medical doctor (excluding mandatory internship) can apply for the GHHM. 

Places on the course are not allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. We will prioritise your application if you have worked in or intend to work in in poor resource settings or humanitarian crises.  

Time zones 

If you are applying for GHHM UK and are based outside of Europe time zone differences may impact on your ability to join lectures/sessions.  

Lectures/sessions are typically held 18:00 – 20:00 BST/GMT. Please consider this as you apply for the GHHM UK. 

Language  

This is an English language course. A good standard of English comprehension is required.  

Internet connection  

A stable internet connection is essential for participating in this course. It is recommended you have a minimum 400 Kbits/sec in internet bandwidth speed.  

Applications are closed.

Read the FAQs page for further details.  

The GHHM course costs:

• £2760 if you are residing in a high-income country
• £750 if you are residing in an upper middle-income country
• £650 if you are residing in a lower middle-income country
• £550 if you are residing in a low-income country

The course fee includes the cost of undertaking the Basic Microscopy and Parasitology Training required of all students and online access to the Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine, 5th edition.  

The fee does not include travel and accommodation costs require Basic Microscopy and Parasitology Training if the Basic Microscopy and Parasitology Training is delivered face-to-face. 

The course fee does not include the cost of the DTM&H exam. 

Read our FAQs page for further details.  

The 2023/24 UK-led programme will be delivered fully online.

However, as per the current requirements of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) UK, you must attend an in-person laboratory training to be eligible to sit the DTM&H exam. 

Any exemptions to this are granted solely at the discretion of the RCP.

Teaching includes weekly lectures every Wednesday 18:00 – 20:00 BST/GMT, weekly online moderated case discussions and quizzes via an interactive online platform. 

Read our FAQs page for further details.  

The GHHM UK is delivered as a part-time course.

Students require a minimum average of eight hours per week to participate.

There are three teaching days on Saturdays in December 2023 and April 2024 one additional teaching day will be incorporated into the course for the 2023/2024 – this is yet to be scheduled.

• Weekly lectures are a minimum two hours commitment. 

• You'll be expected to contribute to online moderated classes as part of a group of students from across the globe, which equate to a minimum two-hour commitment. 

• The weekly activities require a minimum two-hour commitment each week to complete and submit. 

• Self-directed learning requires an additional one to two hours of self-directed learning per week.   

You must also attend one of the laboratory-based training sessions of a minimum of 16 hours. We offer laboratory training at our Royal College of Physicians accredited laboratories in London, Johannesburg, and Amsterdam.  

The ability to offer in-person laboratory training will depend on the progress of the current global COVID pandemic.

If we are not able to offer in-person training we will run the parasitology training online. We have carried out successful online training for our last two cohorts.  

Overall, commitment to the GHHM course is the equivalent of a three-month full-time study commitment.  

The GHHM course is highly demanding and there is a strict attendance requirement. If you are undertaking any other full-time courses or have other pressing professional commitments, we encourage you to defer your application for GHHM.  

MSF-UK collects your personal data on this form for the sole purpose of administering the Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine Course.

The data is processed under Article 6(1)(b) (performance of a contract) of the General Data Protection Regulation. It is shared only with the academic institutions providing the course.

If unsuccessful in your application, we will securely retain your data for one calendar year.

If successful in your application we will securely retain your data for five years following your completion of the course, and after this will retain only basic contact information in order to maintain records of the course.

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