MPW case study collection

These twelve case studies are intended to be used as the basis for group work and class discussion in both, formal and non-formal educational settings for health professionals and their students. Accompanying teaching notes are available for teachers and trainers upon login at the Case Centre.

Bridging the divide: Crisis at the district hospital (A) Breaking the barriers (B)

Caught in the middle: Free circulation amidst conflict

The price of unhealthy working conditions: Sugarcane workers in Nicaragua

The day of the Berlin explosion: The humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons

Health impact of European refugee policies

Cultural awareness in times of Ebola

Structural violence: Understanding mother & child health and Ebola in Sierra Leone

Adressing domestic violence: The Bascomb Street surgery in transition

Under pressure: A different story about relief work in post-earthquake Haiti

Encountering victims of torture in a GP´s surgery

Is climate change the biggest threat of the 21st century?

Leadership for sustainable healthcare

Case-based learning

Case-based learning is a methodological learning approach in which students in groups try to understand a fictive or real case situation and to solve presented challenges. It enables active peer learning.

New A-V teaching cases

Teaching notes

Are you teacher or trainer for health professionals? Please access cost-free the teaching notes for each of the case studies at the webpage of the Case Centre. In order to view and download the teaching notes, you will need to create an account and to identify yourself as teacher or trainer.

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A European partnership

The Medical Peace Work project is funded with support from the European Commission.