- Identificar los enfoques educativos que facilitan la formación de médicos orientados a la práctica de APS; - Reconocer las principales características de un currículo integrado para responder a las exigencias de la enseñanza orientada hacia la APS renovada.

- Reconocer cómo la educación médica ha reflejado los distintos abordajes del proceso de salud-enfermedad y los modelos de atención de la salud; - Analizar críticamente las tendencias vigentes en Educación Médica, su impacto en relación con las necesidades de salud de la población y de los servicios de salud; - Identificar los atributos distintivos de la APS renovada en relación con los procesos de cambio en la Educación Médica.

- Reconocer las competencias a desarrollar en la formación de médicos, considerando las distintas dimensiones involucradas en la práctica de APS renovada; - Identificar el papel de distintos actores individuales e institucionales que inciden en las iniciativas de cooperación entre la Universidad y los servicios de salud orientadas a la formación y práctica en APS renovada; - Analizar las estrategias de negociación que faciliten la articulación entre las instituciones formadoras y los servicios de salud, para orientar el aprendizaje hacia una práctica reflexiva en escenarios educacionales diversificados.

Identify core issues that should be addressed when deciding whether to announce or withhold information during a public health emergency.

- Understand the need to integrate risk communication into the planning process of national risk management and emergency response strategies. - Understand the conceptual and theoretical foundations of risk perception and their applicability during a response to a public health emergency. - Learn basic principles for strengthening internal and inter-agency communication coordination during a public health emergency response.

- Introduce basic concepts about effective communication with the public and the media during public health emergencies. - Demonstrate how "listening" to the public helps the authorities develop responses that effectively address public concerns. - Identify tools for effective communication with the public and the media.

Integrate risk communication into the public health emergency planning and response processes.

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to describe the crucial steps that have been made by PAHO and WHO in the area of human rights; and identify the current obstacles in the Americas and PAHO’s strategies for overcoming them. You will also be able to describe the new trends that are strengthening health as a human right in the Americas. Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to define the terms public health, health, and human rights; and understand the relationships between health and human rights. You will also be able to recognize the most critical human rights instruments that promote and protect the right to health and other related human rights; recognize the differences between binding and non-binding human rights instruments; and identify the international guidelines on the limitations of human rights.

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to describe the fundamental elements of the right to health, identify key articles of UN and OAS treaties that recognize the right to health, define the responsibilities of PAHO Member States and other responsible parties, and describe the different accountability mechanisms at the national and international level. Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to Identify other human rights that are most closely related to the right to health and wellbeing, and that are enshrined in binding instruments.

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to identify some of the most vulnerable groups in the Americas; understand how UN and OAS human rights instruments protect health and other related human rights in practice; understand why the enjoyment of the right to health is indispensable for the exercise of other human rights; understand why a greater fulfillment of human rights contributes to the enjoyment of health and wellbeing; and become familiar with practical applications for accomplishing the Regional Expected Results on human rights based approaches to health within PAHO’s Secretariat and at national, regional, and global levels in a manner consistent with PAHO strategic plan.