Peace, Health and Medical Work (PHMW) is an elective module at the University of Tromsø, North Norway. It is intended for students who are interested in health-related peace and conflict work.
Course code: HEL-3011
As the world's first of its kind, this Master-level module 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 elective consists of four weeks reading, one intensive teaching week and a ten-day home exam.
| Please note: The next PHMW course will run in the autumn semester of 2010, and not in the spring semester. We apologize for the misleading information in the course catalogue of the University of Tromsø. |
Websites of earlier courses: PHMW 2009, PHMW 2008, PHMW 2007, PHMW 2006, PHMW 2005
The module was designed by a peace-health working group at the University of Tromsø and the University Hospital North Norway, consisting of Nina Emaus, Knut Holtedahl, Tordis Høifødt, Klaus Melf, Jochen Peters, Kristin Scharffscher, Lars Småbrekke and Solveig Wiesener.
