UF Medicine Residency Global Health Track residents can gain their global medicine experience in multiple locations. These include cities in Colombia, India, and Taiwan. While at these locations, residents can work with refugees to see pathologies including severe malnutrition, tropical diseases, and advanced chronic diseases, all while doing this in resource-limited areas.
Clinical training and professional development objectives:
- Personal mentorship-guidance on how to make a career in global health, no matter your interests or specialty pursuits
- Research and publications-from case reports to joining on-going research projects
- Tropical parasitology-a two week course is planned with the Department of Infectious Diseases and Global Health; livestream collaboration with residents and fellows at international partner sites
- CBRNE training-knowledge we hoped would never be relevant again, revived in the light of conflicts in Syria and Ukraine
- Global health lecture series-a mix of topics from famine, humanitarian aid, conflict and security studies, tropical medicine, and more
Cucuta, Colombia
This site is on the border with Venezuela and is coordinated with UNHCR, NRC, ICRC, and WFP. It is a large volume and high acuity care setting.
Karnataka, India
This site is situated at the Rural India Health Project in Kodagu, South India, and at the Karuna Trust Primary Health Care Centers. At the Rural India Health Project, residents will engage in an inpatient experience. The center features a 10-bed ICU and provides treatment for staff from the local coffee and tea plantations. Meanwhile, at the Karuna Trust Primary Health Care Center, residents will take part in outpatient clinics and receive an overview of public health care.
Hualien, Taiwan
Residents have the chance to participate in a global health rotation at a rural community-based medical center in Hualien, Taiwan, affiliated with Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital.