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Global Child Health Curriculum
Why a Global Child Health Curriculum?
Most of the world’s children, along with the greatest burden of disease, live not in the United States but in the developing world. Pediatricians therefore need to be trained as global physicians, with capacity and knowledge to help improve health care for all the world’s children.
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Our Mission:
For residents, fellows and faculty participating in this curriculum the goals are to:
- Increase exposure to global health issues including health care delivery, disease and resource allocation
- Increase knowledge of common illnesses and tropical diseases seen outside the U.S.
- Improve clinical judgment and diagnostic skills through experience in a lower resource setting
- Enhance cross-cultural knowledge and sensitivity
- Heighten awareness of global health policy and advocacy
- Improve standard of patient care at international sites through contributions of visiting residents and faculty
- Appropriately prepare and evaluate residents’ international elective experiences
- Help to prepare residents for future work in global health or an international setting
- Improve care for patients of diverse backgrounds cared for in our hospital
What is the Global Child Health Curriculum?
Faculty Mentorship
Faculty with varying and diverse interest and experience in international health serve as mentors to residents in choosing international sites, preparing for international electives, evaluation and advising on careers in global health.
Didactic Curriculum
Residents in the Global Health Curriculum can participate in:
- Introduction to Global Child Health one week intensive elective course. This course is included in the second year of the Community Health Track, but is open to all residents.
- Evening Discussion Series
- Journal Club
- Noon conferences, Professorial Rounds and other activities with Global Health focus
Access to Resources
Residents have access to:
- Global Health Resource Library
- Access to local activities and resources in Washington DC, including Global Health Council annual conference and other events, USAID Global Health Mini-Univserity, activities through George Washington University, and others
- Web-based Resources
- Blackboard Course Website
International Experience
Residents are encouraged to pursue one-month international electives at one of the sites connected with CNMC, or propose and design an elective at another site of their choice. Guidelines are provided to assist residents choose sites where they will have adequate supervision and an appropriate experience. In past years residents have completed rotations in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia.
Certificate in Global Child Health
Residents participating in a longitudinal curriculum can now receive a Certificate in Global Child Health upon completion of residency.
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