From July 21st to August 11th 2007, the Department of Health Policy and Management of the University of South Florida College of Public Health will offer a graduate public health field course in collaboration with the
Jamaican Southern Regional Health Authority http://www.srha.gov.jm/ in Treasure Beach Jamaica http://www.treasurebeach.net/guide/default.cfm. The course is Global Primary Health Care Strategies.

The 3 credit course will be coupled with an hour of field practicum credit for a total of 4 semester hours of credit. Mornings will be spent in the field in the Black River Health District on Southern Regional Health Authority Primary Care projects that will feed into class sessions in the afternoons.

The 4 credit program, including tuition, lodging, field travel, course materials, pickup and return to Montego Bay airport and 12 dinners will cost $3500 for both Florida and out of state participants. Airfare will be extra.

For further information, please contact:

Bill Ward, MA, MPH, DrPH
Course Director
[email protected]
http://hsc.usf.edu/publichealth/hpm/wward/index.html
813-205-6269