Global Health

The need to address health disparities and strengthen emergency health systems is critical. At UVM, our International Emergency Medicine Program fosters socially conscious, globally minded residents who apply a public health perspective to their care delivery.

The global health faculty have diverse experiences in Central America, South America, South East Asia, and Africa. Mentorship and field experience will be available in additional regions of interest with partners that have been established all over the world. Additional opportunities may include partnership with major international health policy and advocacy organizations.  Residents interested in careers in Global Health will be paired with an experienced faculty member who will serve as a longitudinal mentor throughout residency and beyond. The Department of Emergency Medicine has four primary areas of focus in global health: electives, sustainable partnerships, advocacy and research.


 

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Global Health Resident Opportunities 

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Residents in the Department of Emergency Medicine will have up to 8 weeks of elective time that can be used toward global health electives and research opportunities. Elective opportunities will include, but are not limited to;

  • International Trauma Rotation: A four-week rotation at Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, South Africa, allowing residents to work in a busy trauma center and collaborate on EM-focused education or research projects with a South African registrar.
  • Uganda (ECSU): Collaborate with the Emergency Care Society of Uganda to develop the emergency care system. Opportunities include bedside rotations, curriculum development, research, and teaching nurses through partnerships with Makerere University and Mbarara University.
  • Uganda (Global Emergency Care): Work with Global Emergency Care to train nurses in rural Uganda using a train-the-trainer model. Residents will engage with physicians and emergency care practitioners at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital and Nyakibale Hospital.
  • WHO Partnership: Serve as trainers in the World Health Organization's Emergency, Trauma, and Acute Care Programme, completing the Basic Emergency Care Training of the Trainer Course to certify for global training opportunities.
  • Additional Sites: Opportunities also available in Vietnam, Zimbabwe, and the Dominican Republic through the Larner College of Medicine.