Lecturer of Contemporary Challenges in Global Health (taught in English)

Área: Docencia y Gestión de Formación

Lugar: Madrid (in person)

Tipo contrato y/o duración: October 2 – November 6 

Horario: 

• The course is scheduled to meet M/T/Th 4:00pm - 6:30pm. 
• Classes meet on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday for intensive 2.5-hour class sessions.

Funciones:

The course is in-class work focused on place-based, experiential learning for students to engage with local communities, museums, institutions, and the host culture in a variety of disciplines. In this course students examine the economic, cultural, ethical, and structural challenges faced by health care systems today. The course explores different approaches to health care system organization and financing, strategies for using limited resources, and challenges to providing universal access to health care. Students address specific approaches to these challenges, with a comparative focus. 

The methodology used throughout this course will include teacher presentations with student-teacher dialog and discussion, as well as prepared debates in which students are expected to give presentations to argue a specific case and defend it to an “opponent” and the class. Presentations will be enhanced using multimedia elements wherever useful and/or pertinent. Students are expected to participate actively during site visits.

Requisitos:

• Licenciatura/Grado o Máster o Doctorado en CC. Políticas, Sociología, Relaciones/Estudios Internacionales o Gestión y Administración Pública
• Colegiado/a (en caso de que aún seas precolegiado/a aún no puedes participar en este proceso selectivo, pero podrás hacerlo en los procesos para este tipo de vacantes en cuanto termines la carrera y te colegies)
• Be able to teach at college level in English.
• Experience teaching college-level courses in English Familiarity with U.S. higher education 
• Enthusiasm for interactive, student-centered learning 
• Teaching experience with students from U.S. colleges and universities is valued.