Global Health Track

Global Health Track

Offers training in global health equity practice, education, research, and advocacy. One resident per year will be chosen to be a Global Health Equity Scholar. Applications will be due in January of intern year with acceptance notification given in February. On top of the pediatric program curriculum, residents in this track:

• Receive preference in scheduling their call-free month in their second and third years to support one month of contiguous global health training and travel each year
• Receive research mentoring to complete a scholarly project focused on global health equity
• Receive guaranteed funding for travel in both years
• Must complete comprehensive online global health curriculum over three years and complete required reading
• Attend Ethics/Cultural Competency and Procedural Skills Workshop prior to global health rotation
• Must facilitate a global health journal club session for peers and faculty and attend a minimum of 50% of global health journal clubs annually
• Will apply for Section on International Child Health (SOICH) grant for travel
• Will be encouraged submit one case report written with trainees and faculty from an global health partner site for publication
• Create and deliver lecture in collaboration with global health partners
• Share what was learned with co-residents and faculty in CHKD Grand Rounds or other academic forum

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Global Health Experience

Global Health Experience

The Global Health Experience is available to any pediatric resident in good standing. We request that residents interested in the experience meet with the Assistant Residency Program Director of Global Health by end of intern year for discussion of goals, timelines, and responsibilities

• The Global Health Experience includes:
• Opportunity to complete a global health training experience ranging from 1 week to 1 month with some funding support (Funding will depend on the number of participating residents each year)
• Encouraged to attend all journal clubs, workshops, and training
• Encouraged to complete any/all online modules in the core training and required to complete one designated online module related to Disaster Response and Clinical Medicine in Resource-Limited Settings
• In return, Global Health track Residents will be expected to:
• Attend an Ethics/Cultural Competency Workshop prior to travel
• Pre-brief prior to travel and debrief after global health elective with Global Health director
• Create and deliver a short educational talk in collaboration with global health partners
• Journaling/reflective writing
• Share what was learned with fellow residents (noon conference, etc)

Although protected time and funding cannot be guaranteed for all residents, any interested resident can request a global health mentor and the residency program will make every effort to financially and academically support residents interested in pursuing the Global Health Equity track. A Residents who completes all track requirements will earn a Global Health Equity track certificate even if they are not the Global Health Equity Scholar of their resident class.

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