Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Undergraduate Global Health Programs

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Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Undergraduate Global Health Programs

• Matt Anderson, MD, MSc
• Assistant Professor
• Family Social Medicine
• MSSM 10/9/2007

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Caveats

• A variety of institutional changes will likely
  change the role of global health at AECOM in the
  next years.
• In five minutes, I can only touch on the
  curricular highlights. There are many research,
  academic and fellowship programs that I will not
  mention.

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Mission Statement (edited)

• Education, the goal of the Global Health Alliance
  (GHA) is to raise global awareness among students
  and faculty, enhance cultural sensitivity, and
  create interest in global health careers.
• Capacity-building, the goal of the GHA is to
  assist in the development of the scientific,
  educational and clinical potential of academic
  institutions and communities in the developing
  world.
• Advocacy/Communication, the GHA takes a strong
  stand for social justice globally through our
  work as physicians, educators and scientists.

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Who was Albert Einstein?

• Physicist
• Anti-militarist
• Against nuclear warfare
• Anti-racist
• Socialist
• Role at AECOM

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Course work in Global Health

• Parasitology and Global Health
• (25 hours)
• Student run Social Medicine Course (12 weeks)
• Global Health Seminars
• (new student initiative)
• Residency-based Global Health course (planned)

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Field Experiences

• Support from Division of Education x 30 yrs.
• First year Spanish and overseas experiences
  Guatemala
• Fourth Year Global Health Fellowship
• Uganda (Paccione) DGH (various)
• Working in the Bronx Tropical medicine clinic,
  Human Rights Clinic, Immigrant and Travel Clinic
• Role in MEDICC

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Guatemala

• Collaboration x 10 years with a major AIDS clinic
  in Guatemala City.
• 10 Einstein students, many studied Spanish prior
  to working in the clinic.
• Exposure to both clinical and social aspects of
  AIDS.
• Involvement in research projects one published
  paper, another submitted, several in process
  several posters.

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We can offer

• Experience in sending students overseas.
• Longstanding collaborations throughout the world
  clinical, academic, advocacy, teaching.
• Outstanding clinical and research setting in the
  Bronx (and elsewhere).
• A commitment to social justice.

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Lessons learned

• Students have often taken the lead in promoting
  global health involvement and learning.
• Evaluating the impact of global health programs
  has been problematic.
• We need to approach working overseas with
  humility.
• Future endeavors involvement w/ ELAM