Medical StudentsMeaningful participation in real life surgical situations is often the inspiration for a medical student to elect to pursue a career in a surgical specialty. We aim to provide information relevant to medical students interested in participation in both domestic and international surgical volunteerism opportunities via this resource center. Please feel free to provide any suggestions you may have on appropriate volunteerism resources for medical students via the feedback form found in the "Contact Us" section. Please note that the following links are provided as a courtesy to those with an interest in humanitarian outreach. Unless otherwise indicated, the General Resources Global Health Education Consortium (GHEC) A non-profit organization of health professionals, educators and institutions dedicated to global health education. Through its focus on education, GHEC provides dedicated global health leadership to educate, train and mentor health care students, faculty, professionals and practitioners to address global health challenges.
Provides information on short-term medical mission trips for students with information available on elective rotations, specialty medical training, and non-medical trips.
AMSA Global Health Scholars Program Website 2008-2009 progam focuses on Humanitarian Assistance and Displaced Populations. This site includes a forum for discussion and recommended reading on the topic. Educational Resources Child Family Health International A global family of committed professionals and students who work at the grassroots level to promote the health of the world community. Since, 1992 CFHI has run international health, service-learning electives for over 5,000 pre-medical, medical, and other students of the health profession. Students travel to
Residency Programs
Brown Medical School Department of Surgery The goal of the Brown Medical School Department of
Surgery is to foster an environment for the optimal education of
residents and medical students and to prepare them to assume their roles
in scientific and medical communities. The Department offers the
Africa/Tenwek Hospital surgical elective to one or two third-year
residents annually. More information about the
elective is available here or by contacting Mrs. Pamela Richardson
in the Surgical Education Office at (401) 444-5180. The article "An
International Volunteer Program for General Surgery
Residents at
Brown Medical School: The Tenwek Hospital Africa Experience"
discusses the program in detail.
Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health at Duke University Medical Center Participants
in the Global Health Residency Program will learn firsthand how to
effect systemic change for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people
through comprehensive advanced training, education, and fieldwork in a
resource-poor setting. The 32-credit curriculum includes five core
courses, a field experience to apply learned research methods, and a
research-based scholarly thesis. The program includes one to two
rotations totaling nine-months in a resource-poor setting. During the
field experience, trainees will have opportunity to apply newly acquired
skills in both a clinical and research capacity while developing
leadership skills in community coalition building, program development,
and cultural competency. For more information, contact Cecelia Pezdek
at 919-668-5976 or cecelia.pezdek@duke.edu.
Global
Health Institutes and Departments
Department of Global
Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Johns Hopkins University
Center for Global Health The mission of the Johns Hopkins
University Center for Global Health is to facilitate and focus the
extensive expertise and resources of the Johns Hopkins institutions
together with global collaborators to effectively address and ameliorate
the world's most pressing health issues. Founded in May of 2006 to lead
the University in developing solutions to these health challenges, the
Center pulls together Hopkins' extensive knowledge base to develop
sustainable solutions that transcend the borders preventing good health
throughout the world — borders between disciplines, languages,
countries, governments, funding streams, drug availability, education,
health care, and more.
Oregon
Health and Science University Global Health Center The Global Health Center facilitates OHSU collaboration with the global health community to promote quality and equity in healthcare worldwide. Through the Global Health Center, OHSU networks with domestic and international communities and is developing programs for students, faculty, staff and partners that will promote global health awareness, research, education and advocacy.
University of California,
San Francisco Global Health Sciences UCSF Global Health
Sciences (GHS) is dedicated to improving health and reducing the burden
of disease in the world's most vulnerable populations. It integrates
UCSF expertise in all of the health, social, and biological sciences,
and focuses that expertise on pressing issues in global health. GHS
works with partners in countries throughout the world to achieve these
aims. Established in 2003 to create a vision and provide institutional
leadership for global health at UCSF, its creation underscores UCSF's
commitment to global health and to the care of vulnerable populations at
home and throughout the world.
Center for Global Health at
the University of Michigan The Center for Global Health builds on the University of Michigan's legacy of tackling critical health issues through research and action by generating novel approaches and partnerships that improve health and redress pressing health inequalities. Through its research, training, and service activities the Center is centrally concerned with work that aims to promote global health equity. The Center offers a Certificate in Global Health, which entails a minimum of 11 credits of coursework focusing on public health issues resulting from the globalization of the world's economies, cultures, production systems, transnational policies, and increasingly shared environments.
University of
Utah Global Health Alliance The University of Utah Global
Health Alliance (UUGHA) is a network of faculty, students and staff that
provides medical humanitarian education and outreach for sustainable
health care in targeted countries. These programs underscore principles
of training, teaching and support models that have proven to be the most
effective approach to international help. Since 2003, over 300 people
from the University of Utah School of Medicine and Health Sciences have
participated in medical exchanges. The goal is to engage local
hospitals, universities and communities as collaborators to identify
priority needs, local resources and applicable research; then, determine
a course of action.
University of
Washington Department of Global Health The Mission of the
University of Washington's Department of Global Health is to close the
gap between the world's 1 billion people who experience relatively good
health and the 5 billion who experience much poorer quality of health,
accomplishing this through a collaboration among the University's 17
schools and colleges, other Seattle-based institutions, and partners in
Africa, Latin America, and Asia. The goal of the Department is to
address the causes of, and help provide solutions for, disparities in
health around the globe, and to enable international partners to achieve
sustainable and independent control of their global health programs.
Vanderbilt
Institute for Global Health
Global Health Initiatives at the Yale School of Public Health The
fundamental goal of Global Health Initiatives at Yale School of Public
Health is to strengthen the capacity of countries and communities to
ensure equity in health for all of their citizens. This is accomplished
with a strong commitment to collaborative and participatory approaches,
and with particular attention toward health problems that
disproportionately affect higher-risk, resource-limited populations.
Global Health Initiatives at YSPH seeks to contribute to an inclusive
and collaborative global community of researchers and practitioners
committed to improving health, to contribute to a strong evidence base
for improving health outcomes globally, and to develop, implement and
evaluate initiatives that are linked to sustained benefits for affected
populations
Fellowships and Scholars
Programs
Paul
Farmer Global Surgery Fellowship
Yale / Johnson and Johnson Physician Scholars in International Health Program Annually selects up to 15 physician-in-training scholars from institutions outside of Yale during their residency for 4-8 week rotations in overseas sites.
Online Courses and Resources
Global Health Education Consortium: Library of Resources GHEC provides articles and presentations for students and faculty on global health and education.
Medical Peace Work has created an online course to offer information to health professionals on how they can become engaged in peace work through the practice of medicine. Medical Peace Work is a transnational partnership of health professionals coordinated by the Centre for International Health at the University of Tromsø in Norway.
Unite for
Sight Global Health University
University
of British Columbia "Surgical Care in International Health" Course
Catalogues different international opportunities, resources, and travel tips.
Overseas Fellowships in Global Health and Clinical Research The Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Support Center at Vanderbilt University offers a one-year clinical research training experience for graduate-level U.S. students in the health professions. This is an opportunity for highly motivated individuals to experience mentored research training at top-ranked NIH-funded research centers in developing countries. Financial Resources Listed below are web sites that provide information on possible financial resources for international volunteers. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School List of recommended fellowship programs and funding information. A compilation of possible sources of financial support for international health opportunities. University of Washington, International Health Group Provides information on funding sources for international opportunities. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Global Health Provides information on funding sources for international opportunities.
Online Articles and News The American Medical Student Association's online international health journal featuring research articles, editorials, personal accounts, and other materials from medical students, practicing physicians, and others working on global health issues.
From the Global Health Council, Global Health TV is essentially a "YouTube" for international health which enables you to view and share the work being done and provides a forum for education about the health issues faced by communities around the world.
What Do You Really Know About Surgery? Student BMJ 2009;17:b482 Iain Maronge Ethical Considerations for Short-Term Experiences by Trainees in Global Health JAMA, 2008, Volume 300, Issue 12, pp 1456-1458 John A. Crump, MB, ChB, DTM&H; Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH, MA
Using CANMEDS to guide international electives: an enriching experience in Uganda defined for a Canadian surgery resident
The New Medical "Missionaries" - Grooming the Next Generation of Global Health Workers
Career influence of an international health experience during medical school Academic Medicine, February 2008 The February 2008 issue of Academic Medicine profiled a variety of global health initiatives at several institutions. All articles are available for free at the Academic Medicine website.
Learning without borders: Medical students take on the world - "Medical schools are offering overseas clerkships and students are eager to go." Myrle Croasdale, AMNews, March 12, 2007, published on amednews.com. |
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