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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:
- 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
Requirements
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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
| 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 multidisciplinary primary care clinic for uninsured patients | 2/session |
| 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
| 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 |
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Scholarship: Project and Presentation
| Experience | Description | Credits |
| Research or Curriculum Building | Projects may involve hypothesis-driven, mentored investigation or curriculum development related to ongoing global health activities | Required |
| 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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Activities
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GHEDP Activities 2025-2026
Timeline of Events for the Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway for residents in the Yale Department of Internal Medicine, 2025-2026
July 2025
1. GHEDP Cross Distinction Introductory Meeting
September 2025
2. GHEDP Welcome Dinner
October 2025
3. Current Topics in Global Health: AI and Global Health
4. Yale/Stanford Global Health Scholars Program Overview
November 2025
5. U.S. Government and Global Health
Mike Skonieczny
December 2025
6. Global Health Advocacy Writing – Part 1
with Pranay Sinha
January 2026
7. Global Health Advocacy Writing – Part 2
with Pranay Sinha
February 2026
8. Careers in Global Health – Panel Discussion
March 2026 – Global Health Week
9. Global Health Week:
"Physician Advocacy: Promoting Public Health Policy in CT"
with Commissioner Juthani
10. Global Health Week:
"How to Survive a Plague"
followed by Q&A with Gregg Gonsalves, PhD
11. Global Health Week:
Virtual Global Health Poster Session
12. Global Health Week:
Medical Grand Rounds:
"From Conquest to Covenant: Reimagining Global Health for a Shared Future"
13. Global Health Week:
Innovations in Global Health Collaborations
14. Global Health Week:
Physical and Mental Health of Refugees and Immigrants: From Policy to Practice
April 2026
15. Beyond the Bars: What Every Clinician Needs to Know About Healthcare for Incarcerated People
June 2026
16. Graduating Scholars Work / End of the Year Celebration
Note:
Events and dates are subject to change. Please check GHEDP communications for updates.