Creating Global Experiences With Local Impact for Pharmacy and Medical
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Brueckl, Mark; Carey, Gregory B.; Tofade, Toyin

doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2016.11.002

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“…Global health experiences aim to advance the competencies of health professions trainees in various ways, including health systems comparisons, interculturality, self-awareness, social justice orientation, commitment to primary care or underserved practice, and awareness of social determinants of health [25][26][27]. Despite the growth in the number of trainees pursuing place-based global health opportunities (onsite learning in a different country), increasing the participation of students from minoritized backgrounds persists as one of the biggest challenges in international education.…”

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Impacts, Learner Diversity, and Curricular Framework of a Virtual Global Health Elective Catalyzed by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Luaces

Cochran

Finocchario-Kessler

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Annals of Global Health

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Background: Place-based international electives that build global health competencies have existed for decades. However, these electives require travel and are infeasible for many trainees around the world, particularly those with insufficient financial resources, logistical complexities, or visa limitations. The emergence of virtual approaches to global health electives, catalyzed by the travel pause related to the COVID-19 pandemic, necessitates the exploration of learner impacts, participant diversity, and curricular frameworks. Child Family Health International (CFHI), a non-profit global health education organization that partners with universities to expand immersive educational offerings, launched a virtual global health elective in 2021. The elective drew on faculty from Bolivia, Ecuador, Ghana, Mexico, the Philippines, Uganda, and the United States.Objective: This study aimed to describe a newly developed virtual global health elective curriculum and evaluate the demographics of and impacts on trainee participants.Methods: Eighty-two trainees who were enrolled in the virtual global health elective from January to May 2021 completed both 1) pre-and post-elective self-assessments of domains of competency mapped to the elective curriculum and 2) free text responses to standardized questions. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistical analysis, paired t-testing, and qualitative thematic analysis.

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Impacts, Learner Diversity, and Curricular Framework of a Virtual Global Health Elective Catalyzed by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Luaces

Cochran

Finocchario-Kessler

et al. 2023

Annals of Global Health

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“…Interprofessionality is another component of global/local education and practice, and this theme is illustrated in the articles by Brueckel et al 12 and Glickman et al 13 These papers describe activities that faculty from all disciplines can use to link international experiential opportunities with local (US) opportunities and how doing so enhances students' personal and professional development and fosters ongoing lifelong engagement with local disadvantaged communities. Experiential learningdor teaching students through structured hands-on didactic experiencedis a fundamental feature of global/local education but requires focused attention on the community in which the students will work.…”

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