The Pediatric Hospital Medicine Global Health Pathway is designed to foster personal growth of hospital medicine fellows while teaching topics and providing tools that will serve them in their future careers as global pediatricians through a mix of global and local experiences. View a summary of individualized curriculum opportunities available to Global Health Pathway participants (link opens PDF).
Formal Curricula
- Fundamentals of Global Health Graduate Medical Education Course. This occurs over 1–2 weeks each fall, offering didactics, simulations, procedural training, and in-depth discussions. The course provides a comprehensive overview of core global health topics and engages GME trainees from Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Obstetrics-Gynecology, Anesthesia, Internal Medicine, and Emergency Medicine.
- Other electives. Fellows can participate in other electives that help to augment their preparation for global health work, including transport electives, Point-of-Care Ultrasound electives, and leadership/advocacy training.
Experiential Training
- Global health elective. A 2–4 week elective at a global health site
- International opportunities: King Faisal Hospital (Kigali, Rwanda); ATLAS International (Mbale, Uganda)
- Domestic opportunities: IHS (Gallup, New Mexico), Clinic for Special Children (LaFarge, Wisconsin)
Scholarship
- Global Health Pathway participants have the opportunity to pursue mentored scholarly opportunities, depending on their areas of interest and faculty availability.
- Potential for projects in Medical Education and Quality Improvement
Supplemental Educational Offerings
- There are many supplemental educational opportunities for fellows, depending on their areas of interest. These include the Division of Global Pediatrics monthly meetings, Pediatric Residency Global Health Track monthly evening meetings, online courses (e.g. University of Colorado Pediatrics in Disasters Course; UW Professional Certificate in Global Health; World Health Organization Academy; Harvard University Global Health Courses; etc.)
Mentorship
- Direct mentorship is available from faculty in the Division of Global Pediatrics
