GLOBE Track

GLOBE Track: Global Health Overview by Education and Engagement

Goals

The GLOBE Track: Global Health Overview by Education and Engagement is a 24-month (or more) track organized by the Global Health & Equity Office at the School of Medicine to support residents and fellows to gain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to prepare them for careers that incorporate global health endeavors, leadership, and administrative responsibilities.

This 24-month (or more) track combines asynchronous course work, case-based exercises, live panels, and didactic sessions. The track culminates in a global health experience and scholarly capstone project.

Learning Objectives

It is the goal of the GLOBE track to develop physicians that can:

• Employ the practical, clinical, and academic skills required to deliver quality care in a resource-limited setting.
• Demonstrate a fundamental understanding of social, ethical, and geopolitical concerns relevant to global health engagement.
• Design, analyze, and review projects and partnerships in low-resource settings.

Outcome

Upon completion of the track, residents and fellows will be awarded a certificate of distinction in Global Health from Emory University School of Medicine at the time of their residency/fellowship graduation. This certificate will be given only to trainees that have completed the GLOBE Track and the clinical and academic requirements of their individual residency/fellowship programs.

• For residents/fellows enrolled in departmental global health tracks, they must be in good standing within their respective residency/fellowship global health track.
• For residents not enrolled in department global health tracks, they must be in good standing within their respective residency/fellowship programs and complete their guided independent study requirements (see details below).

Eligibility and Track Requirements

• For residents and fellows whose departments have department-level global health tracks (see list below), they must have departmental permission before nomination to the GLOBE track. These departments have specialty-specific curricula in global health and have pathways for their residents to combine their department specific tracks with the GLOBE Track for a comprehensive global health experience.
• For residents and fellows that do not have a departmental global health track, they should apply directly to the GLOBE track directors, via Saiza Jivani, with departmental permission. GLOBE leadership will then work with their department mentor to provide guided independent study in lieu of participation in a formal global health track (see “Guided Independent Study” below).
• Attendance & Participation:
  • Participate in asynchronous and in-person meetings
    • Participants should have at least 75% attendance and have completed 100% course requirements within each module
    • Active participation includes contributions to discussions.
    • Professional behavior online and respect for colleagues is expected – while exploration of different perspectives is encouraged, flaming, or canceling is not acceptable.
  • Participate in multidisciplinary team project production and presentation
  • Participate and successful completion of global/local project
• Complete requirements of respective residency global health track or guided independent study
• Participate in pre and post-evaluation

Application Process

Application to the GLOBE Track is open to all residents or fellows in good standing with their graduate medical education training program.

• For residents/fellows enrolled in departmental global health tracks:
  • Residents will be nominated by department Global Health Faculty lead/designee and Program Director. The Program Director will submit a letter of endorsement to the GLOBE Office. Each year, please contact your department for their application process.

• For residents/fellows in departments without a formal departmental global health track:
  • Open to all rising PGY2 or higher residents or fellows in good standing with their graduate medical education training program; participants will have the opportunity to participate in a guided independent study in lieu of a formal departmental track and in addition to the GLOBE curriculum. Once accepted, the resident or fellow will work with their departmental mentor to supervise guided independent study, including identifying a 24-month schedule with requirements.
  • Please submit your application to GLOBE Office and cc Anna Yaffee no later than March 15 for consideration in the cohort starting in July/Aug.
    • Personal statement describing why you would like to participate in the GLOBE Track, your interest in global health, and your expected goals and outcomes. The personal statement should be limited to no more than 1 page.
    • A brief letter of support from the Program Director. A letter of support from the applicant's program director must be included as part of the application process. The letter should indicate support for the resident's participation in the GLOBE track and support for global health elective or independent guided study.
    • Departmental mentor letter of support.

Guided Independent Study Requirements:

• Journal discussion on a global health topic within the field
• Scheduled meetings with global health leaders in field to discuss career path
• Lectures to partner international institutions in field of study
• Conference lecture to co-residents/co-fellows on global health topic
• Participation in relevant learning activities sponsored by other departmental global health tracks

Program Structure

GLOBE Course Schedule (tentative) 

Year 1:

Includes asynchronous modules and in-person meetings.

• Introduction to Global Health and understanding its history
• Social determinants of health and sustainable development goals
• Health systems strengthening
• Health Equity, social justice and ethics, climate change, and global health

Adjunct meetings will occur at individual departmental track level, or individual resident level for those without departmental tracks, to supplement interdisciplinary learning with specialty-specific global health topics.

Year 2+:

• Independent and Interdisciplinary study (Simulation Labs, Project Design, Interdisciplinary Forums)
• Capstone project such as [Global Health Residency Scholars Program (GHRSP), Fogarty, Departmental or Independently Designed Fieldwork.] Year 2+ may culminate in a global/local rotation experience, pending funding, and travel restrictions.
  • Global/Local Elective Program Requirements and Responsibilities:
    • Track participant’s responsibilities for the international or local-global experience will be based on the individual elective choice and may include pre-departure and on-return checklist. Details for the same will be shared later.
• Opportunities to mentor current GLOBE scholars and transition international projects.
• Moderate curriculum/forum help with events such as journal club and case competitions.
• Stewards of sustainability

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