Global Health Clinical Scholars Program
Program Summary
The McGaw Global Health Clinical Scholars Program offers Northwestern University’s McGaw Graduate Medical
trainees (residents and fellows) a two-year certificate program. Curricular requirements include eight of ten core
lectures, five of six specialty lectures, participation in a quarterly professional development and journal club,
faculty mentorship, web-based training modules, simulation training, contribution to cross residency skills
exchange, global health field experience, and production and presentation of a scholarly project.
These curricular components have been created to meet the following global health competencies:
1. Describe global burden of disease and demonstrate understanding of epidemiologic tools and methods
2. Understand health implications of travel, migration, and trade
3. Recognize the major determinants of health
4. Explain the role of community-engagement strategies in capacity strengthening
5. Demonstrate high standards of ethical conduct and quality in global healthcare;
6. Provide culturally sensitive care and support to patients
7. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the relationship between health and human rights
8. Develop global health-focused scholarly work.
Goals:
To offer a competency-based global health certificate program to McGaw residents and fellows that will train
them in clinical care delivery in resource-limited settings worldwide.
The program components are based on recommendations by global health educators that fulfill ACGME
competencies.
Objectives:
• Provide an education in core concepts in global health for residents and fellows across specialties
• Provide high-quality global health training experiences
• Mentored scholarly projects
Participating Programs:
 Pediatrics
 OBGYN
 Internal Medicine
 Family Medicine
 Dermatology
 Additional Programs will be added on a rolling basis, all residents and fellows are encouraged to
participate in the lecture series regardless of program participation.
Ashti Doobay-Persaud, MD - Associate Director of Global Health Graduate Education, Center for Global Health - adoobayp@nm.org
Outline of Requirements
I.
Attend Program Orientation and Introduction to Travel Medicine
a. Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at 6:30PM
II.
Attend 8 of 10 the Core Lectures – 1st Wednesday of each month at 6:30PM
a. Introduction to Global Health and the Global Burden of Disease
b. Immigrant/Refugee Health {this one will likely take place at a noon conference )
c. Global Maternal and Child Health
d. Global Mental Health
e. Global Health and Climate Change
f. Global Burden of Surgical Disease
g. Health and Humanitarian Disaster Response
h. Global Health and Human Rights
i. Ethics in Global Health
j. Alternative Medicine
III.
Professional Development & Journal Club (date/time TBD)
a. Residents will meet quarterly to:
i. Discuss relevant scholarly articles
ii. Develop and present Global Health lectures on relevant topics: Clinical pearls from their specialty,
EBM in resource-limited settings, Curriculum development initiatives, Site training modules and
lectures
iii. Create online affinity space for residents to discuss Global Health
IV.
Asynchronous learning modules
a. Residents will be able to access lectures online to facilitate learning for residents with diverse schedule
restrictions.
b. Residents will be asked to interact with each other and faculty via various social media platforms to
increase effective communication.
V.
Cross Residency Skill Practicum
a. Residents will participate in a:
i. Simulation-training focusing on skills needed in a resource-limited setting to improve and diversify
procedural and patient care.
ii. Skill exchange and mentorship day with other residents to reinforce and review new skills learned
at the Skill Lab.
VI.
Pre-departure training and global site orientation
a. Attend pre-departure training on safety and wellness
b. Attend site specific orientation
VII.
Global Field Experience*
a. Residents will choose from an approved field site.
b. Residents will receive appropriate mentorship during their field experience.
VIII.
Faculty/Resident Mentorship in Global Health
a. Residents will be paired with a Global Health Mentor
IX.
Scholarly Project
a. Poster presentations (other than at Global Health Day), opinion pieces, clinical reflection essays, peerreviewed publications, curriculum training materials, education initiatives globally for HCWs, research and
quality improvement initiatives are examples of what project may qualify.
X.
Professional Presentation
a. Residents may be asked to present on a Global Health topic for at least one lecture for their program as
well as to present a poster at Global Health Day.
* Participating programs are asked to have sufficient mentorship, site capacity and logistical framework to
facilitate the exchange.
Ashti Doobay-Persaud, MD - Associate Director of Global Health Graduate Education, Center for Global Health - adoobayp@nm.org