Students who enroll in SSIM 673-5 in Winter Quarter will automatically be enrolled in SSIM 673-5 in Spring Quarter. Students will earn one credit (.5 in Winter and .5 in Spring) and receive a grade at the end of Spring Quarter. The class meets during the final five weeks of Winter Quarter and the first five weeks of Spring Quarter.

The Medical Technologies in Global Public Health course provides students the unique opportunity to inform the design and launch of global health medical technologies by conducting market research. The students' findings will be shared with the developers of the medical technologies, including Northwestern University, several companies, and philanthropists. Prior market research trips have taken place in India, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi and Zambia, each with a focus on medical technologies such as digital health, point of care tests, and/or medical devices. The class meets during the final five weeks of Winter Quarter, the first five weeks of Spring Quarter, and includes a two-week market research trip to an African country during Spring Break. Students will spend five weeks of Winter Quarter (Part B) in the classroom gaining a holistic understanding and a broad overview of global health through interactive case studies and prominent guest lecturers. Students will also learn the science of high-burden communicable and non-communicable diseases; the background on medical technologies under development; and the essentials for conducting medical product market research in these geographies. During this time, students will also begin working on their Experiential Learning projects to better understand their products, needs and challenges. Following this initial coursework, students will spend Spring Break focused on field work.This includes conducting user interviews to understand how the medical technologies are perceived by key stakeholders in the market, including end-users at hospitals and clinics, government officials, and NGOs and distributors. Students will then return for the first five weeks in Spring Quarter (Part A) to continue gaining a holistic understanding and a broad overview of global health through interactive case studies and prominent guest lecturers. Students will also analyze their field work, synthesize key findings, and provide recommendations to the developers of these medical technologies.

**Admittance to this course is by application only.**
Your accepted application for this class will also ensure that you will be enrolled in SSIM-673-5 in Spring Quarter.

This course may not be dropped once the student has been matched with a project or sponsor.

More information about the application and due dates can be found here.