1.Course Goals
This course provides a conducive environment to prepare students, who are globally competent, guided by ethics,
equipped with an entrepreneurial outlook, and who have acquired high achievement and motivation while honing
their analytical, collaborative and managerial skills, leadership in solving issues related to tropical diseases through
field practicum in the community which is facing with tropical diseases or health problems.
2. Objectives of developing/revising this course
2.1 Course Objectives
1. Has strongknowledge and critical understanding of principal concepts of tropical diseases and principles and current
applications of diagnostic tools, risk analysis and communication to field practicum. Consistently applies practical and
theoretical knowledge in dealing with a wide variety of issues and health problems at the community level.
2. Accepts full responsibility for own work and cooperates fully and constructively with others in dealing with issues and
problems, exercising both informal and formal leadership and managerial skills where appropriate.
3. Acquire, critically evaluates, and makes effective use of mathematical and statistical data, and uses a wide range of
appropriate information and technology to communicate for health risk and recommendations for community
prevention to various targets.
4. Actively encourages others to apply sound ethical and moral judgments in dealing issues affecting themselves and others
and exercises leadership in promoting sound ethical and moral practices in field practicum environment and the wider
community.
2.2 Course-level Learning Outcomes: CLOs.
At the end of the course, the students should be able to
CLO1: Integrate fundamental knowledge and skills in pathogens, hosts and vectors and socioenvironmental
factors to address tropical diseases and health threats in field practicum.
CLO2: Plan for community communication and multi-sectoral effort on health risks and prevention of tropical
diseases and health threats
CLO3: Participatory work with multi-disciplinary team and community for health risk identification and prevention of tropical diseases and health threats at the community level
CLO4: Develop of primary solutions or multi-disciplinary plans to address tropical diseases or health threats of
the community
CLO5: Persuade multi-disciplinary team and community with respect to their personality, culture and belief