All posts tagged: NAFSA

May 15, 2014 CFHI Model, Cultural Humility, Global Health Education, study abroad, Volunteering internationally

Internationalizing Medical Education: Shaping Healthcare Providers for Global Health

Fast forward to 2014. Global health has become a buzzword, conjuring up images of Bill and Melinda Gates projects and Partners in Health initiatives. Once a field that rallied for press, global health is receiving increasing limelight. Global health teaching in undergrad and medical curricula is also increasing and the 2013 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, states study abroad by U.S. based students is steadily increasing and is at an all time high.

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May 31, 2013 CFHI Model, Cultural Humility, Global Health Education, Global Health Elective, Public Health

Social Justice: Embracing Global Health Complexities

At the recent NAFSA conference CFHI paused to reflect on the role of social justice in health. Social Justice has been studied as one of the key ethical principles for students wanting to be involved in Global Health. Increasingly there has been discussion on whether social justice should be a factor when selecting students for admission into medical school.

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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.

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