OHSU

Global Health Fellowship

The increasing trend of globalization in all areas, including medicine, gives physicians the ability to be involved worldwide in healthcare. The OHSU Department of Emergency Medicine's Global Health Fellowship provides an opportunity to contribute to this growth.


Overview

The increasing trend of globalization in all areas, including medicine, gives physicians the ability to be involved worldwide in healthcare, and this fellowship is an opportunity to contribute to this growth. Examples of Emergency Medicine involvement include: reciprocal overseas training programs and infrastructure development, research focused on public health interventions as well as foci of disease, and provision of further education for physicians.

Mentorship

The Fellowship director will assist the fellow in gaining an understanding of the roles of NGOs, GOs, private foundations, and academic centers in the establishment and maintenance of a successful international program.

Global Health Fellowship Brochure

IN THE NEWS

Portland Tribune features Dr. Marr Re-learning medicine for another world
OHSU class teaches docs to provide the basics that Third World needs

Global Health Fellow, Amy Marr, was recently pictured in an article written and published by the Portland Tribune on an OHSU internal medicine class that focuses on retraining physicians looking to become volunteers overseas through organizations such as Doctors Without Borders.

Download a pdf of the article here.