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SCHOLARSHIP AND APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING: CFHI VIRTUAL GLOBAL HEALTH ELECTIVE
What? Virtual Global Health Elective hosted by non-profit Global Health education leader Child Family Health International
When? July 1-31, 2024
Where do I find out more information? https://www.cfhi.org/program/virtual-global-health-elective/
Who can apply? This is a four week full-time (40 hours per week) elective for final year medical students, residents, advance practice provider students (PA/NP), and clinical officers. Students, residents, and clinical officers from HIC (such as United States, UK, Canada, UAE), and LMIC (such as Kenya, Mexico, India, Philippines) are welcome to participate and can expect to collaborate with colleagues from across the globe.
What competencies are built by the elective? The elective builds competencies in Global Health in areas including: Global Burden of Disease, Low Resource Clinical Reasoning, Planetary Health, Ethics, Intersectoral Global Health, Colonialism & Global Health, Health Systems Development, Human Resources for Health, Social Determinants of Health, Cross-Cultural Effectiveness and Adaptability, Community-Based Engagement and more.
What's the application Deadline? May 15, 2024
What's the Cost? Tuition for the elective is $495 (which includes all materials, instruction, access to professional development tools/instruments). Full ride scholarships (covers 100% of tuition) are available for all students in LMIC settings (here is scholarship link: https://www.cfhi.org/virtual-global-health-elective-scholarship/
What do alumni say?
"CFHI Virtual Global Health Elective, a four week elective, offered me a great opportunity as a final-year medical student to explore global and public health issues broadly. I learned how different communities are addressing their most pressing health challenges, such as chronic disease, maternal-child health, infectious disease, and reproductive health, while also gaining insights into the region's public health realities, reverse innovation, and international development and health interplays. The global health skills gained from this elective provide me a platform to impact not only an individual patient but also the global community as a whole. I am grateful to the organization for providing me with the scholarship. This elective is worthwhile."
-Sandra, Medical Student, University of Nairobi-Kenya
"I am a final year medical student from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. I feel honoured and immensely grateful for the opportunity to learn from and experience Global Health through this virtual elective. It has been such a pleasure to be able to gain all this knowledge about other countries, perspectives and approaches. Especially, being able to work together with other students and health professionals from countries with health systems I have not personally experienced but have heard is well-regarded. I'm excited to fully reflect on this wonderful experience in order to incorporate all I've gained into my final year of medicine and future life as a clinician."
-Yasmeen, Medical Student, University of Cape Town
Interested in research demonstrating the impacts and inclusiveness of the elective? Check out the Annals of Global Health research on this elective: https://www.cfhi.org/publications/impacts-learner-diversity-and-curricul...
Have more questions? Please reach out to Dr. Jessica Evert, Course Director @ jevert@cfhi.org
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Jessica Evert MD
Global Medical Director, Child Family Health International
Clinical Professor, UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine
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