MED800C

037891

Goals/Objectives: To demonstrate content mastery of an important issue in clinical Global Health prior to graduation with Distinction in Global Health. The course requires completion of an evidence-based synthesis paper. The paper is the culmination of a student's participation in the Global Health Distinction Track. It is intended to demonstrate a synthesis of knowledge learned during his or her participation in the Global Health Distinction Track.

Format: Students will complete a paper in a format suitable for publication (e.g. as a fully referenced meta-analysis). The topic, preferably drawn from the student's Track experiences, will become the subject of an oral examination prior to graduation.

Evaluation Methods:
Faculty will evaluate the student on:
* quality of the student's paper synthesizing the current literature on their research topic
* quality of student-developed research protocols
* quality of student-developed research study
* student's ability to conduct data analysis, on the quality of the conclusions drawn and student's ability to support those conclusions with data from observations or the peer-reviewed literature
* factual/content knowledge (using an oral examination)

CLK - Clerkship H,HP,P,F

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