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Participants
In total, 20 participants will be selected.
Two separate calls for participants will be made. The first one, will be broad aiming to attract a
large pool of participants interested in the course. The second one, will be targeted to healthcare
professionals with a global health background (i.e. active students of the master’s programme and
alumni, travel medicine professionals etc).
The main criteria for selection include academic and/or working experience in the field of global
health, scientific interest in specific global health domains, personal traits that safeguard security in
the destination country, motivation to acquire scientific knowledge in global health. A careful
evaluation of their CVs and the attached cover letters for the following points will enable an
efficient shortlisting. Interviews with shortlisted participants will be organised, if detailed
evaluation of the participants’ profile is required.
Priority will be given to students and alumni members of the MSc programme “Global Health -
Disaster Medicine”. These are healthcare professionals already trained in the field of global health
who will be an added value to the seminar. Other healthcare professionals with relative background
or particular interest in global health will be accepted to participate in the course, if the number of
the former does not reach the required one. Special effort will be made for the formation of an inter-
professional team, so that a multidisciplinary approach can be applied during the course.
After the selection, all participants will be informed about their status via e-mail. Until their journey
participants will be provided detailed information regarding the country of destination, the local
community, the facilities, the programme of the course etc. This will be achieved via e-mail and the
formation of a special participant booklet.
Approximately a month before departure, participants will be asked to take part in a preparatory
workshop, during which accurate information will be provided to them. The information will refer
to the journey, the stay in Tanzania, the educational programme, the post-course activities etc.
Security issues and code of conduct will hold an important position in the agenda of the workshop.
Questions will be answered and possible misinformation will be made clear.
The organising committee will create a survival booklet to be carried by participants in Ifakara. It
will include all the important information about the course, as well as useful information for going
around in Ifakara.
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