its expansion is a major focus of
the medical school. Global
partnerships provide remarkable
training opportunities for students,
and each year the
their awareness of global issues
related to health and immersing
at least 40 medical students with-
in the culture and health system
of other countries. Traveling
abroad, which is offered in the
spring of the third or fourth year
as a global health elective,
provides medical students the
opportunity to participate in
sharpen students' interviewing
and physical examination skills,
their understanding of cost-
constrained care, and the impor-
tance of public health.
established relationships with
20 institutions around the world
including four in
at least 12 international medical
students annually from these
institutions to learn about health
care in the United States.
students who are interested in
global health and the opportu-
nity to go abroad is offered
ened through close collaboration
with the
Affairs
activities. The office also facilitates
rotations of visiting students from
collaborating institutions around
the globe, thus promoting peer
education. Students are encour-
aged to advocate for the needs of
underserved patient populations
at home and throughout the world.
offer students and faculty the best
opportunities for learning.
Through a collaboration with the
Care Fellowship program
surgeons who are seeking training
in trauma, emergency general
surgery and surgical critical care
have the opportunity to travel to
surgical disease.
fellowship, one of 18 in the
approved by the
Trauma
month-long program immerses
second-year fellows into an
advanced penetrating operative
trauma, advanced burn, and
emergent general surgery experi-
ence. During the rotation, fellows
can gain a better understanding
of global health surgical needs
and develop specialized skills due
to the higher volume of emergent
surgical cases. The international
feature also offers administrative,
research, and trauma system
afford fellows personal and
academic growth in global
health roles.
global health component of the
Acute Care Fellowship expects to
broaden its capacity by working
with health professions schools
across
School
burden worldwide, positioning
our faculty and students as
leaders in the development of
a global health surgical
infrastructure.