GLOBAL HEALTH DELIVERY

In collaboration with experts in online education, GetSmarter

Duration

10 weeks, excluding
orientation

Effort

8–12 hours per week,
entirely online

Learning Format

Weekly modules,
flexible learning

You'll Walk Away With:

1

An actionable health intervention designed for a real-world challenge that you’ve identified, as the primary piece in your Portfolio of Evidence.

2

Meaningful connections and deep, shared understanding with a diverse community of global health professionals through graded small group discussions and class-wide forums.

3

Your premier certificate from HarvardX, in association with the Harvard Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning — a statement of your commitment and considered approach to health delivery.

Your Course Convenor

Robert A. Lue

The Late Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director, Harvard’s Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning

As a professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Lue was responsible for fostering innovative teaching in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and elevating its profile on campus. Lue earned his Ph.D. in biology from Harvard and had taught undergraduate courses since 1988, garnering recognition as one of the University’s foremost leaders in undergraduate education.

Lue had a longstanding commitment to interdisciplinary teaching and research. From 2004 to 2015, he served as the director of life sciences education at Harvard, where he led a complete redesign of the introductory curriculum that created some of the largest and most popular science courses on campus.

In 2012, Lue’s extensive work on using technology to enhance learning took a new direction when he became the faculty director of HarvardX. At HarvardX, the university-wide initiative that includes the edX partnership in online education with MIT, Professor Lue helped shape the University’s engagement in online learning in a way that reinforces its commitment to teaching excellence and works to expand its reach and impact globally. In addition, as the now former faculty director of the Harvard Ed Portal, Lue oversaw the integration of undergraduate education with community outreach on Harvard’s Allston campus. Professor Lue passed away in 2020 and is thanked for his contribution to his academic field.

An Unprecedented Collaboration

Harvard’s Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning is collaborating with online education company, GetSmarter, to create a new class of learning experience that is higher-touch, intimate and truly transformative. Prof. Robert A. Lue, Faculty Director of HarvardX, believes that in addition to a focus on the quality of content, an online learning model built on human mentorship and performance coaching, administrative and academic support, individualized assessment feedback and rich social interaction with peers, “leads to much more impactful and significant learning outcomes.”

Course Curriculum

Module 1:
Introduction to the Biosocial
Module 2:
Why Ideas Matter: Social Theory in Global Health
Module 3:
The History of Global Health and Colonial Legacy
Module 4:
Political Economy and Foreign Aid
Module 5:
The Global AIDS Movement
Module 6:
Challenges in Healthcare Delivery: Lessons From Liberia and Haiti
Module 7:
Building an Effective Rural Health Delivery Model in Rwanda
Module 8:
Critical Perspectives on Metrics of Disease
Module 9:
The Unique Challenges of Mental Health
Module 10:
Values and Global Health

An Online Education That Sets You Apart

This online short course from Harvard’s VPAL and HarvardX is delivered in collaboration with online education provider, GetSmarter. Join a growing community of global professionals who have already benefited from the opportunity to:

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Develop relevant, sought-after skills and earn invaluable recognition from an international selection of universities, entirely online

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Enjoy a personalized,
people-mediated online learning experience created to make you feel supported at every step

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Gain verifiable and relevant competencies through a career-focused curriculum that achieves specific learning outcomes and skill gains

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