Free Educational Offerings
We are delighted to be able to offer you some of our educational materials free of charge.
New feature: Rheumatic Heart Disease Screening course: A Training Course for School Based Screening Teams. For free access to this course, email Dr. Zachary Kaltenborn at kalt0020@umn.edu
Caring for Newly Arrived Afghans
This 3-4 hour, CME-bearing course helps medical professionals get ready to welcome newly arrived Afghans. Experts discuss Operation Allies Welcome, Afghan history and culture and how that might affect your Afghan patient. The course includes best practices on the refugee health domestic medical exam, skin exam, immediate clinician considerations in Afghan arrivals, psychological first aid, and mental health and trauma considerations in Afghans, all through the framework of cultural humility.
Long Term Travelers: A Peace Corps Experience
In this 53-minute talk, Dr. Maddy Wilks shares some fascinating insights into health care for the Peace Corps.
Introduction to Immigrant and Refugee Health
This 7-hour, lecture-based introductory course in immigrant and refugee health is offered free of charge. Lectures included here are by global health experts who also lecture for our annual Global Health Course.
Introduction to Medical Interpreting
In this self-paced online module, students and practitioners learn to understand the basics of interpreting, comprehend the ethics of interpreting, and understand the guidelines and pitfalls of interpreting.
Principles of Disaster Preparedness & Infectious Disease Outbreaks
This 9-hour, lecture-based course helps individuals to understand infectious disease outbreaks and control. While it was crafted in response to (and during) the COVID-19 pandemic, it does not contain COVID-19 specific lectures, as all lectures predate this pandemic, dating from 2015-2019.
CASE PRESENTATIONS FROM TANZANIA
Live case presentations with colleagues from Selian Hospital in Arusha, Tanzania.
End of Life and Advance Care Planning: Honoring Choices Across Cultures
This 3-4-hour, lecture-based course prepares individuals in many disciplines who provide clinical care or support for patients and their families and will provide practical advice and a useful toolkit to direct discussions about advance care planning and to provide end-of-life care using core values of compassion and cultural humility.
Interactive Cases
These online interactive tropical, travel, and refugee health clinical cases are free for you to explore and learn from. Cases from around the world and in many different areas encourage you to test your thinking and extend your learning!
Rheumatic Heart Disease Screening
A Training Course for School-Based Screening Teams. For free access to this course, email Dr. Zachary Kaltenborn at kalt0020@umn.edu.
Additional free resources from Dr. Bobbi Pritt at the Mayo Clinic: