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Global Health & Equity

The Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway aims to provide internal medicine residents with the skills to understand health disparities and serve as advocates for patient/population health both domestically and abroad. Through a combination of immersive clinical experiences in resource limited settings, public health didactics, and scholarly endeavors, Yale residents will be informed leaders in ethical and professional healthcare.

Our graduates will develop core competencies in leadership, advocacy, ethics, and social justice by:

  • Exploring definitions and building meaningful language surrounding the practice of global health
  • Understanding population health and geographic burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases
  • Learning to apply multidisciplinary and sustainable methods to issues impacting health globally
  • Demonstrate knowledge of evidence-based medicine and systems-based practice concerns in resource limited domestic and international settings

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Requirements

Requirements for the Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway are divided into three categories:

  • Clinical Opportunities (both General and Immersive)
  • Didactics
  • Scholarship (Project and Presentations)

Clinical Opportunities



General Activities (Achieve 10 Credits)
Experience Description Credits
HIV Training Track Three-year track within the Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program focused on HIV medicine 10
Collaborative Behavioral Health & Addiction Medicine in Primary Care (CHAMP) Training Program
Three-year track with in the Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program focused on addiction medicine 10
Elective in HIV Care / Urban Health Two-week elective based in a multidisciplinary HIV outpatient clinic 10
Home Visit Elective Two-week elective focused on developing skills and comfort with conducting primary care home visits 10
Street Medicine Elective Two-week elective focused on developing skills and comfort with providing care to homeless populations 10
Alternate Approved Elective Must be approved in advance by the GME Office and GHEDP Leadership to receive credit 10
Community Care Van Outreach/direct care program for early intervention and linkage to care for individuals in low-income neighborhoods 2/session
Refugee Clinic (beyond required sessions) Resident-run clinic that provides care to newly arrived refugees and links them to community providers 2/session
Center for Asylum Medicine Evaluation Participation in forensic medical evaluation of asylum applicants 2/session
HAVEN Free Clinic Student-run multidisclipinary primary care clinic for uninsured patients 2/session



Immersive Clinical Opportunities (Required Four-Week Rotation at One Site)
Experience Description Credits
Yale/Stanford Global Health Scholars Program Six-week elective based at one of six partner sites Required
Global Health Elective – New Haven Four-week New Haven-based elective Required
Indian Health Service or Grundy County, Tennessee Elective Rural, domestic, cross-cultural experience in providing outpatient and/or inpatient care Required
Alternate Approved Site Must be approved in advance by the GME Office and GHEDP Leadership to receive credit Required


Didactics



Interdisclipinary Seminar Sessions (Achieve 10 Credits)
Experience Description Credits
Global Health Seminar Weekly introductory seminar addressing key issues in global health research and practice 2/session
Topics in Global Health Weekly student-led, case-based seminar focusing on key clinical issues in global health. 2/session
Critical Issues in Global Health Weekly seminar focusing on the health of vulnerable communities in LMICs, including the politics and governance of global health, and low-cost solutions. 2/session
Global Mental Health Program Seminar Series of lectures focused on key issues in global mental health 2/session
Global Health Night Out Quarterly journal club/discussion sessions bringing together trainee and faculty discussants from different clinical disciplines/health professions around one topic 2/session
Alternate Educational Session Must be approved by CHEDP Leadership to receive credit 2/session

Scholarship: Project and Presentation

Global Health Project
Experience Description Credits
Research or Curriculum Building Projects may involve hypothesis-driven, mentored investigation or curriculum development related to ongoing global health activities Required




Presentations
Experience Description Credits
Conference Presentation or Manuscript Submission May take advantage of local, national, or international opportunities for presenting scholarly work (poster or oral), as well as peer-reviewed publications opportunities in journals or MedEdPORTAL Required
Dissemination Back to Target Community Demonstrate an implementable plan for sharing scholarship results with the subjects of that work Required
Communicating About Global Health Global Health Night Out (Discussion Lead) or Op-Ed submitted for publication or Noon Conference (Global Health-focused) or Global Health Week activity (leadership role) Required
Immersive Clinical Activity Presentation Lecture presentation related to immersive clinical activity - focus on linking clinical case to global burden of disease Required


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2023-2024 Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway Activities

  • September – GHEDP Welcome Dinner
  • November - Global Health Night Out: Sickle Cell Anemia & Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa; Global Health on Tap: Funding Opportunities in Global Health
  • January – Global Health on Tap: Community Engagement & Community Participatory Research
  • February - Global Health Advocacy Writing - Parts 1 & 2 (feat. Dr. Pranay Sinha)
  • March - Global Health Night Out: Global Frontiers in Palliative Care
  • March (Global Health Week) - Caring for Displaced Persons: Fair Have Community Health Center Response to Hurricane Maria; Documentary Screening: Climate Refugees; Virtual Global Health Poster Session; Medical Grand Rounds - Climate Migration is Happening: What Does This Mean for Medicine?; Faculty Panel: Climate Change and Health; Refugee Health Conference - Physical & Mental Health of Refugees: Advancing Refugee Healthcare in Connecticut
  • April - Global Health Night Out: Dengue Fever; Global Health on Tap: Ethics in GH Work: Conceptualizing 'Voluntourism’
  • May - GHEDP Graduating Resident Celebration

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