All posts tagged: cultural competency

September 13, 2013 Academic Partnerships, Global Health, Global Health Education, Global Health Elective, medical electives, Rotations, Volunteering internationally

CFHI Voices: One Northwestern Med Student’s Summer in the Himalayas

Nothing can beat that kind of immersion; nothing can beat waking up in a tiny mountain village everyday at 5:30AM with my fellow travelers to do yoga, or getting woken up in the hospital by a nurse to aid in a delivery or assist in the emergency department. India left a lasting impression – one that no doubt will shape my medical career, but also my personal life. It left me wanting to..

June 25, 2012 CFHI Model, Ethics, Global Health, Global Health Education, Local Experts, medical electives, Public Health

Trends in Global Health Education: UT Health Science Center, San Antonio

Berggren explained she conceptualizes fundamental global health knowledge as ethics, critical thinking and an astute grasp of collaboration- with knowledge of infectious disease, chronic disease management, epidemiology and other medical topics as really being secondary building blocks of a core competency in ethics.