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HomeONGOINGThe Practitioners Guide to Global Health

The Practitioners Guide to Global Health

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Course Description

Most global health experiences are safe and effective, however without proper preparation and debriefing, problems can occur. This is a 3-part timeline-based course designed to help you prepare for a global health learning, work, or volunteer experience that is safe, culturally sensitive, and maximizes benefit to both you and the host population you’re visiting. It has been created by a diverse team of experts who are passionate about global health and have come together to share their experiences and advice.

The 3 parts of The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Health are:

  • The Big Picture (3 hours)
  • Preparation and On The Ground (4 hours)
  • Reflection (2 hours)

No previous global health or healthcare experience is required.

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Course Team

Gabrielle A. Jacquet, MD, MPH, FACEP

Dr. Jacquet is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and an Attending Physician in the Emergency Department at Boston Medical Center. She received her MD from the University of Vermont and her MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Jacquet completed residency training in Emergency Medicine at Denver Health and a fellowship in International Emergency Medicine and Public Health at Johns Hopkins. She focuses her work on medical education and strengthening emergency care in resource-limited settings. Dr. Jacquet has taught Emergency Medicine, assisted in developing systems, or conducted research in India, Ghana, Sudan, Rwanda, South Africa, Haiti, and Colombia. Dr. Jacquet is the Director of Global Health for the BMC Emergency Medicine Residency Program, the Assistant Director of Global Health at the BU School of Medicine, and Associated Faculty in the Boston University Center for Global Health and Development. She serves as the Alternate Councilor for the ACEP International Section and as an Advisor for the Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review.

Stephen Dunlop MD, MPH, CTropMed, FACEP

Dr. Stephen Dunlop is an attending physician at Hennepin County Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota, Director of the Fellowship in International Emergency Medicine with an appointment as an ASTMH certified Global Health Course Co-Director focusing on education in Ultrasound, Trauma and Simulation in resource poor settings.  He received his Medical Doctorate and Masters in Public Health from the University of Minnesota before completing his residency in Emergency Medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center.  Dr. Dunlop earned his CTropMed from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene during his fellowship in International Emergency Medicine Fellowship.  He is the Vice President of the Global Emergency Medicine Academy for the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine and has years of on the ground experience in East Africa focusing on education, research and systems development of Acute Care systems.

Mark Hauswald, MS, MD, FACEP

Dr. Hauswald is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Patient Safety (Emeritus) at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. He is Co-Director of both UNM Global Health Programs and the UNM – PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center on Innovative Health Workers Education, Service and Research Models. He also has appointments with the US Public Health Service / Indian Health Service and the National Disaster Medical Assistance. He has been academic coordinator of the PAHO/WHO Internet based primary care course and Co-PI of a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Exploration Grant. Mark was trained at UC Berkeley (MS), UC San Francisco (MD), Stanford (residency) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (DTM&H). The primary focus of his work has been EMS and Global Health. He is the senior associate editor for global emergency medicine at Academic Emergency Medicine and has been an editorial board member at Prehospital Emergency Care.

Payal K. Modi MD, MPH

Dr. Modi is an Assistant Professor at UMass Medical School and director of the International Division at University of Massachusetts Emergency Department. She received her medical degree from the Baylor College of Medicine and a Master of Science in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Modi completed her Emergency Medicine residency at Alpert Medical School of Brown University and her fellowship in International Emergency Medicine at Harvard University/Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Modi’s main focus is research in the humanitarian and disaster setting.  She has worked on a range of topics including mass casualty management, trauma training, Ebola response, pediatric illness, and sexual reproductive health with a personal interest in refugees and IDPs. Her research and projects have taken her to Pakistan, Liberia, Bangladesh, South Sudan, Nepal, Rwanda, India, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Thailand. Dr. Modi is currently Secretary for the SAEM Global Emergency Medicine Academy, affiliate faculty at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, and serving on a taskforce with the Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review.

Justin Myers DO, MPH

Dr. Myers is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in the Division of Global Health and Emergency Care. He trained in Emergency Medicine at the Virginia Commonwealth University and completed a Global Health Fellowship and an MPH degree from the University of North Carolina. He has worked alongside US medical students while in Venezuela, El Salvador and Kenya, providing direct clinical care, conducting research, or implementing health care strengthening programs. He is currently the Director of the Global Health and Leadership Fellowship at UNC and facilitates research, service and educational opportunities for medical students, residents and fellows

Megan Rybarczyk, MD, MPH

Megan Rybarczyk is currently the Associate Fellowship Director of the Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and an Instructor at Harvard Medical School. She is an Attending Physician at BWH as well as South Shore Hospital.  She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame in 2009 and her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2013. She completed her residency training in Emergency Medicine at Boston Medical Center in 2017, serving as Chief Resident her final year. Additionally, she completed a two-year Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship at the BWH Program in June 2019. To date, her experiences in the field of Global Health have involved clinical work, research, and/or medical education in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, India, Pakistan, Uganda, and South Africa. Her primary areas of focus are Emergency Medicine education/program development and emergency care systems development.

Suzanne Sarfaty, MD

Dr. Sarfaty is Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, Director of Global Health Programs, Associate Professor of Medicine, and Associate Clerkship Director of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). She practices Internal Medicine at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center while maintaining her academic schedule of advising and teaching medical students. Dr. Sarfaty directs BUSM’s Office of Enrichment that supports learning experiences for medical students that enhance the curriculum and cultivate professional competencies in global health, research, and service learning opportunities.

Janis P. Tupesis, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Dr. Tupesis is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.  He completed his residency training at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics and was subsequently appointed as the Associate Residency Program Director, a position he held until joining faculty at Emergency Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health.  During his time there, his research interests focused on the intersection of resident education and global health.  Dr. Tupesis’ primary interest lies in the development of new and innovative educational curricula and learner evaluation methodology.  He served as the Department of Emergency Medicine’s Residency Program Director until 2014, overseeing the program’s initial accreditation and expansion to its current form.

Currently, he is involved in projects involving establishing graduate medical education programs in resource limited settings in both Liberia, Ethiopia and South Africa– partnering with multiple other academic institutions.  He serves as the chairperson of UW Health’s Graduate Medical Education Global Health Committee and is the institution’s Graduate Medical Education liaison to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Global Health Institute.  He serves on multiple international global health education committees, including the International Federation of Emergency Medicine, African Federation of Emergency Medicine among others.  He currently has ongoing projects that focus on the intersection of education, health systems and technology, partnering with The Open Medicine Project South Africa and EM Guidance in Cape Town, South Africa and with the Emergency and Trauma Care program at the World Health Association in Geneva, Switzerland.  Dr. Tupesis’ outside interests include: international travel, adventure medicine and mountaineering and University of Wisconsin athletics!

Rachel A. Umoren MB, BCh, MS

Dr. Rachel Umoren is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine and the Director of Immersive Learning for the UW Neonatal Education and Simulation-Based Training (NEST) Program. She received her medical training at the University of Calabar, Nigeria and completed her pediatric residency and neonatology fellowship at the Indiana University School of Medicine with additional training in clinical, educational, and quality improvement research. Her research focuses on improving neonatal outcomes and enhancing global-public health partnerships through team science and simulation education. She has published and presented internationally on using virtual learning environments for health professional education.

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