Global Health Comparative: Virtual Internship
The virtual comparative internship offers undergraduate, pre-health, and graduate-level participants a unique opportunity to enhance fundamental knowledge and skills in Global Health. Interns will engage in deep learning around healthcare systems in one country and receive a comparative aspect through seminars and facilitated sessions with CFHI's wide network of Global Partners. Participants will see how communities across the globe address their most pressing health challenges.
In this internship, participants will choose a “focus country” with which they will receive virtual sessions on country-specific health topics and cultural learning and immersion. This internship also incorporates two different health systems lectures led by the CFHI global team, weekly Global Health seminars and bimonthly Round Tables attended by CFHI’s Medical Directors to provide participants with a comparative lens on Global Health. Participants will receive a certificate of completion upon request.
Program components:
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Competency-informed readings and content
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Intercultural training through CFHI partner Aperian Global
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Virtual sessions led by CFHI Global Team
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Facilitated group reflection sessions
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Cultural learning/virtual immersion
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Seminars on health topic
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Depending on the location, internship may include project-based work to deepen understanding of local health realities and support operations and objectives of the host organization/partners
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30 hours of Spanish language learning (for Latin American countries)
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Final presentation and report to synthesize learning
The Global Health Comparative: Virtual Internship is an unpaid experience. Student fees will be used to compensate CFHI's Global Partners-- in line with our Fair Trade commitment.
Duration
On a weekly basis, interns will engage in seminars, workshops, and trainings to improve foundational knowledge, skills, and attitudes in Global Health. Sessions will include seminars presented by CFHI's Global Partners, interactive modules focused on developing competencies and understanding best practices in Global Health, and reflection sessions facilitated by CFHI's team of experts.
Students will select one country of focus and complete its Virtual Global & Public Health Internship. For the comparative component of the internship, students will attend Global Health Round Tables. These sessions bring together CFHI's Medical Directors, spanning 12 countries, to discuss a chosen topic. Past Global Health Round Table topics include Maternal-Child Health, COVID-19, and Cross-Cultural and Care of Diverse Identities in Global Settings.
This program is ideal for undergraduates, pre-health students, graduate students, and non-students who have a demonstrated interest in Global Health, Public Health, and related fields. To confirm you are eligible, please read CFHI's general eligibility requirements.
Language Required: English
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Competency-informed readings and content
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Intercultural training through CFHI partner Aperian Global
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Virtual sessions led by CFHI Global Team
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Facilitated group reflection sessions
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Cultural learning/virtual immersion
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Seminars on health topic
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Depending on the location, internship may include project-based work to deepen understanding of local health realities and support operations and objectives of the host organization/partners
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30 hours of Spanish language learning (for Latin American countries)
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Final presentation and report to synthesize learning
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Certificate of completion (upon request)