We believe global health is founded on the principle of health as a human right and, for medical students, involves understanding the challenges health systems face in attaining equitable health care access for all.
Special Programs & Student Opportunities
Your reasons for coming to medical education are as varied and individual as each of you. We have a multitude of ways to bring your learning beyond the essential curriculum. Work in the local community, internationally, as an editor for a science journal, in biomedical ethics, or the humanities in medicine. The world is your oyster, and it starts at Yale.
Global Health Yale Center for Healthcare Simulation A state-of-the-art center promoting the acquisition of basic and advanced clinical skills that are essential for medical students and residents.HAVEN Free Clinic The HAVEN Free Clinic is a student-run primary care clinic that partners with Yale University to provide the New Haven community access to comprehensive, high-quality health care free of charge.Neighborhood Health Project Since 2002, the Neighborhood Health Project (NHP) has been providing free blood pressure and blood glucose screenings for those within the New Haven community. Throughout the years, it remains an interdisciplinary collaboration between students at Yale School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Public Health, and the Physician Associate Program.Program for Humanities in Medicine The Program for Humanities in Medicine at Yale School of Medicine offers a lively, meaningful, and provocative approach to the art and practice of medicine.Program for Biomedical Ethics The Program for Biomedical Ethics at Yale School of Medicine provides multidisciplinary leadership regarding the ethical and social aspects of health care and medical research.Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine is a PubMed-indexed, open access, quarterly journal edited by Yale medical, graduate, and professional students and peer reviewed by an extensive network of experts in the fields of biology and medicine.University Engagement Opportunities Community Engagement Opportunities
The Yale curriculum was very intriguing, as it allowed students the flexibility to manage their own time and allow them to participate in extracurriculars that would further make them better physicians.