Global Health Stream
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What is the UOttawa Faculty of Medicine Global Health Stream?
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The uOttawa Faculty of Medicine Global Health Stream is a student initiated program that is aligned with AFMC’s (Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada) Global Health objectives and University of Ottawa’s 2020 Strategic plan of developing leaders through internationalization. It was identified in uOttawa that students wanted to learn more about health policy, maternal and child health, role of physicians in humanitarian aid, and role of medical students in global health advocacy and research.
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The Global Health Stream is in its infancy, with the first cohort of ‘enrolled’ students being Class of 2019 students.
The aim of this stream is to provide a platform for students to come together to reflect and share their learning on global health concepts and to receive formal recognition by the Faculty of Medicine – through the awarding of Global Health Certificate and acknowledgement on the MSPR Dean’s Letter for CaRMS applications. . |
The Global Health Stream is what you make of it! The Global Health Stream leadership will not micromanage you in completing the requirements – be honest with yourself about what you are doing and the reasons that you are doing it!
If global health is something that you hope to explore further within your medical education – this would be a great opportunity to get a holistic experience and chance to learn from and reflect with other students interested in similar topics. |
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How do I participate in the Global Health Stream? |
All students are welcome to participate in the Global Health Stream. Students have all four years of their undergraduate medical education to complete the requirements of the Global Health Stream.
To get involved with the stream, check out the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2086908161536653/ Requirements
Students are asked to…
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How do I go about completing the list of global health objectives? |
Some objectives are covered within the undergraduate medical curriculum (ie. through certain SIM lectures), while other objectives can be met through various other means. Such as, through attending Global Health Stream Reflection Sessions, reading up on material, online training modules, attending guest lecturers, attending interest group talks, attending international health and development course offered through uOttawa, etc., the list goes on!
As long as you are able to speak towards these experiences and reflect on them briefly and justify the learning somehow within the objectives tracking document, it should suffice! Choosing a Global Health Project
A Global Health project can look very different from person to person, depending on your own interests in medicine and global health. It can be local work involving research, or marginalized/vulnerable populations in the context of Canada, etc. There is no official pre-approval process, but it would be a good idea to discuss the proposed project idea with the Global Health Stream leadership prior to starting. Choosing a Global Health Elective
The length of the elective is a minimum of 2 weeks, in a setting at home or globally that is affected by the social determinants of health such as a low resource setting or locally a setting serving marginalized populations. There are various means of finding elective opportunities. Such as, through an IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students Association) elective, various local ambassadors and NGOs (http://www.med.uottawa.ca/globalhealth/eng/electives.html), and perhaps through the Ottawa-Shanghai Joint School of Medicine etc. Please note that pre-approval for international electives is required. Global Health Reflection Sessions
Monthly sessions to go over certain global health competencies, ie. 1) Global burden of disease, 2) Health implications of travel, migration and displacement, 3a) Social and economic determinants of health, 3b) Population, resources, and environment, 4) Globalization of health and healthcare, 5) Healthcare in low-resource settings, 6) Human rights in global health. These sessions are meant to give an opportunity for students to learn and teach each other various Global Health objectives and competencies to advance everyone’s learning and achievement of the objectives for the Global Health Stream. They are a resource to help provide structure and build community, continuity, and accountability to the Global Health Stream. Resources
The Consortium for Universities of Global Health (CUGH) has extensive lists of resources as well as educational often lectures that are open access: http://cugh.org/educational-resources/cugh-annotated-list-online-global-health-resources UNICEF State of the World’s Children Report: https://www.unicef.org/sowc/ uOttawa Aesculapian Society Interest Groups: http://www.uottawameds.com/interest-groups.html Action Global Health Network Training Modules: http://www.actionglobalhealth.ca/ |
If I have more questions who can I contact? |
Desiree Miller-McCaughey, Global Health Program Coordinator (globalhealth@uottawa.ca)
Dr. Anne McCarthy, Global Health Program Faculty (amccarthy@toh.ca) Yipeng Ge, Local Officer of Global Health Education (yipeng.ge@uottawa.ca) Shanza Hashmi, VP Global Health uOttawa Aesculapian Society (vpglobalhealth.aesc@uottawa.ca) |