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Required Activities and Coursework

Coursework

MDID 6500 Introduction to Global Health Principles (1 credit) 
AND
MDID 6510 Preparation for Global Health Service & Learning (1 credit)
AND
MDID 6530 Global Medicine (1 credit)
AND 
MDID 6515 Maternal & Newborn Survival: Theory to Practice (3 credits) 
OR
 
PBHLT 5520 Public Health Perspective on Surgery in the Global Context (3 credits)
 

Independent Learning

Student Global Health Initiative (SGHI) membership and participation for 2 semesters
OR 
Submission of a project to the Bench-2-Bedside Competition (B2B) in the Global Health category

International Elective

MDID 6520 Global Health Mentored Scholarly Elective (4 credits; 160 hours effort)
OR
MDID 6540 Global Health Clinical Elective (4 credits; 160 hours effort)
OR
PBHLT 6531 Global Public Health in Ghana (4-5 credits)

Capstone Project

Issues in Clinical Care – White Poster
Medical students enrolled in MDID 6540 Global Health Clinical Elective will prepare and present a poster related to an issue or problem in clinical care as their Graduate Certificate in Global Medicine Capstone Project.

Global Health Research – Scholarly Poster
Medical students enrolled in MDID 6520 Global Health Mentored Scholarly Elective or FPMD 6531 International Field Work in Public Health will prepare and present a scientific poster related to their research as their Graduate Certificate in Global Medicine Capstone Project.