Global Health in Health Management & Policy (GHMP)
A great experience for those interested in health services and health policy in a
global context.
Global health is exciting, growing, diverse, and competitive. The HMP Global Health
Program prepares a small number of students to work in global health policy and management,
either in the United States or abroad. The HMP global health degree is pursued by
a small set of students within the larger MHSA and MPH programs, chosen at admission, who are training to apply their health management
and policy skills in a range of international contexts. Students will combine the
general skills of the HMP MPH/MHSA with coursework and internships that give them a broad understanding of health policy
and management issues around the world and practical experience of health policy and
management in a specific healthcare system, non-governmental organization, or international
organization.
Many HMP faculty members have active research agendas regarding health systems and
health policy in other nations, including both developing and developed countries.
These professors bring their knowledge and experience into the classroom, and hire
students as research assistants on their project.
The HMP core curriculum, while primarily focuses on the U.S., provides students with
a broad set of competencies and skills that are applicable to multiple countries and
contexts. Students leave the program with a deep knowledge of core issues in health
systems and public health, and a broad set of analytical, communication, and leadership
skills that are transferable and applicable across countries.
The curriculum includes several courses that focus on health systems and services
issues in other countries. In many core courses, students also examine the U.S. health
system in a comparative context, relative to other nations.
Each year, several HMP students go abroad to do their summer internships. Recent examples
include NGOs in India, Rwanda, and Kenya; the United Kingdom National Health Service
Fife in Scotland; the Strategic Health Authority in England; the Council of Women
World Leaders in Finland; and the World Health Organization in Geneva.