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Faculty Development Workshop: Integrating Experiential Learning into Global and Public Health Programs & Courses
Faculty and administrators alike recognize the importance of experiential education (where students are learning in a community-based or other ‘real world’ setting) for undergraduate and graduate global health, health professions and public health programs. However, successful integration of these experiences into the curriculum requires knowledge of theories, practices, frameworks, and collaborations that often go beyond our expertise in academic content areas.
The Workshop is a collaboration of the Interamerican Center for Global Health (CISG), American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH), Allegheny College, Working Group on Global Activities of Students at Pre-Health Levels (GASP), Child Family Health International (CFHI), and others. As such the Workshop draws on leaders in Global Health Education, International Education, Higher Education, Community Engagement, and Experiential Learning.
Applications for 2025 are now closed. Stay tuned for updates on our 2026 program!
General information
Costa Rica
Faculty Development
English
1 Week - $2550
About this program
This Workshop is appropriate for faculty, global education directors, instructional designers and administrative teams who have interest in integrating experiential learning (including community-engaged learning, volunteering, study abroad, internships, and transformative learning) into Global Health and Public Health courses and programs.
The program is committed to fostering spaces for educators and administrators to share with each other and allow a deep process of peer-to-peer learning in an inter-professional and international environment. The goal of this workshop is to model effective and ethical experiential learning in global health education. This workshop brings together diverse perspectives and harnesses educational processes for cross-fertilization across disciplines. Participants experience first-hand what global health experiential education can look like, with its different nuances, challenges, and opportunities.
The Faculty Development Workshop caters to educators and administrative teams passionate about Global Health and Public Health courses. Join us this January for an immersive experience designed to equip you with tools and peer insights for integrating experiential learning into your programs. This Workshop draws on leaders in Global Health Education, International Education, Higher Education, Community Engagement, and Experiential Learning and includes best practices, case studies, demonstrations, curriculum tools, checklists, peer sharing, and critical discussion.
This Faculty Development Workshop allows participants to gain essential ‘how-to’s’ of integrating experiential learning into coursework and programs. This includes:
- Development of measurable learning outcomes
- Ethical engagement for both participants and the communities in which they are working
- Assessment and evaluation of experiential engagement
- Issues of inclusion, accessibility, and engagement
- Competency-based education
- Logistical, financial, and safety considerations.
The Faculty Development Workshop will take place in San Vito, Coto Brus, Costa Rica from January 25 to February 1, 2025.
Experiential learning is seen to be an important component of Public Health and Global Health education programs. Institutions are often challenged with limited bandwidth, expertise, or partnerships to meet student demand. This Workshop allows faculty and administrators to develop experiential learning components to on-campus programs, with a focus on international and global community-based education.
By attending this program, participants can expect to:
- Identify the strengths and opportunities of various educational models for integrating experiential learning into undergraduate and graduate global health curriculum;
- Review common institutional structures, curricular tools, assessments, and competency guidelines to enhance student learning;
- Overcome key challenges to offering experiential learning by institutional type and structure, student body size and experience, faculty and staff FTE, and community partnerships;
- Engage with faculty, staff, and administrators from a variety of disciplines and institutions to explore collaborations both at the course and curricular level;
- Strengthen experiential program or course with dedicated time to integrate practices into your own curricular structure and time for peer review and critical feedback.
