Loading...

Description

Interest in global health has rapidly grown in popularity over the past decade. Health care providers of all kinds are seeking out and making opportunities for short-term international medical trips that allow them to have a positive experience while seeing the world, using their skills in resource-poor settings, and maintaining their careers here at home. Yet, despite their skilled practice and good intent, if not planned properly, there may be unintended consequence of  these short-term trips have on their host communities that linger long after the team has returned home.

This one-day course will feature speakers from around the world with backgrounds in multiple health-care fields and extensive experience in the field of global health. Participants will gain insight into common ethical pitfalls of planning and participating in short-term global health projects and discuss how they might use their resources, skills, and training in ways that provide a positive impact not only to themselves but also to the patients and communities that they hope to serve and improve the health of these communities beyond the short term.

Course Cancellation and Refund Policy

Following this course you will be able to:

  • Understand potentially adverse effects of short-term international medical trips
  • Identify common ethical pitfalls in short-term international medical trips
  • Learn how to partner with host-communities
  • Learn how to best prepare for a short term medical trip
  • Employ ethically responsible and meaningful short-term global health opportunities
Loading...
Thank you for your interest in this course. Unfortunately, the course you have selected is currently not open for enrollment. Please complete a Course Inquiry so that we may promptly notify you when enrollment opens.
Required fields are indicated by .