Students who want to get academic credits for Medical Peace Work will now have the possibility to gain 10 ECTS on Master's level. The Medical Peace Work online course is used in an elective graduate course at the University of Tromsø in North Norway.

Name of the course: Peace, Health and Medical Work (PHMW)
Examination semester: Autumn 2010
Work load: 6,5 weeks (incl. 1 lecture week)
Language of instruction: English

Objectives:
The optional module "Peace, Health and Medical Work" (PHMW) is aimed at students who are interested in health-related peace and conflict work. It focuses on positive and negative approaches to peace, provides theoretical and analytical tools for comprehending the basic mechanisms of medical peace work, and it introduces necessary skills, knowledge and values. The module's main objective is to create awareness about the potential role of health professionals in violence prevention and sustainable peace building.

Contents:
The students will learn about different threats to peace and human security (such as proliferation of arms and unequal access to healthcare), and the various ways in which health professionals can act to counter such threats. It will deal with the impacts of humanitarian aid and development assistance on conflict, and the peace building capacity of health professionals when working either in Norway or in violentprone settings abroad.

Form of learning
• Four weeks of reading, self-study and online testing
• One intensive teaching week, totalling 45 contact hours (seminar style
lectures, group workshops, experiential exercises, and a film screening)
• A ten-day home exam

Level of course/Year of study: Eligible applicants are students with a completed Bachelor's degree or similar level (more than three years of higher education) in medicine, health or social sciences.

Exam and assessment: The home exam consists in an essay and answering of five questions, and is graded as pass or fail.

Reading/syllabus: The reading includes about 1000 pages. Half of them exist in the Medical Peace Work online course (textbook, e-cases, and questions); another 500 pages have to be selected from a list of relevant articles and book chapters. The syllabus will be announced at the module’s homepage.

May 1st 2010: Application deadline for free-movers from non-Nordic countries. Other students: Please check the website.

For more information: http://phmw.wikidot.com