Table 2 CUGH FRAMEWORK Global Health Competency [8]

Level I: Global Citizen

 For all post-secondary students pursuing any field with bearing on global health.

Level II: Exploratory

 For students at an exploratory stage considering future professional pursuits in global health or preparing for a global health field experience working with individuals from diverse cultures and/or socioeconomic groups.

Level III: Basic Operational

 For students aiming to spend a moderate amount of time, but not necessarily an entire career, working in the field of global health.

Level IIIa: Practitioner-Oriented Operational

 Required of students practicing 1) discipline-specific skills associated with direct application of clinical and clinically-related skills acquired in professional training in one of the traditional health disciplines; and 2) applying discipline-specific skills to global health-relevant work from fields that are outside of the traditional health disciplines (e.g., law, economics, environmental sciences, engineering, anthropology, and others).

Level IIIb: Program-Oriented Operational:

 Required of students in the realm of global health program development, planning, coordination, implementation, training, evaluation or policy.

Level IV: Advanced Level

 Required of students whose engagement with global health will be significant and sustained. These competencies can be framed to be more discipline-specific or tailored to the job or capacity in which one is working. This level encompasses a range of study programs, from a masters level degree program, up to a doctoral degree with a global health-relevant concentration. Students enrolling in these programs are usually committed to a career in global health-related activities.