The Curriculum includes: • Two courses during the first year of medical school - Introduction to Global Health: A Case-Based Approach Introduction to Global Health: A Case-Based Approach introduces first-year students to fourteen key topics in global health through 1.5 hour weekly seminars. Speakers include global health leaders from academia, policy institutions, and the private sector. The course is intended to be engaging and informative. Each seminar is designed to be interactive and discussion-based. This
course will be an introduction to hands-on global health work. Specifically, it
will address the obstacles of executing projects in a resource-poor
environment, provide tools for achieving project goals and equip students with
a service mentality aligned with the needs of the community with which they
propose to work. This interactive course is intended to offer practical
knowledge about global service that will serve as a foundation for all future
work, abroad and at home. • One course during the fourth year of medical school This elective teaches high-yield skills in preparation for common clinical encounters in resource-poor settings. Geared towards students who plan to serve abroad or who have interest in this area. Hands-on teaching workshops and lab, which span a wide range of disciplines ranging from Infectious Diseases to Mother-child Health to Emergency Medicine and more, will be given by global health faculty and global health practitioners from multiple institutions including: Weill Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Mt. Sinai Medical College, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York University School of Medicine, and more. |
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