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The Global Health Scholars Program curriculum will focus on Humanitarian Assistance and Displaced Populations. This comprehensive 8-month long program is designed to allow promising, motivated health professional students to develop advanced advocacy, communication, and critical thinking skills with which to effect change in global health. The Scholars will be guided through critical analyses of existing literature and policies on global health through readings and discussions with peers and international leaders in the field. The Scholars will be given the opportunity to apply what they learn through advocacy, writings, and peer education.
Check out the discussion forums for each of the readings we are discussing throughout the year, as well as recommended additional readings.
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Check out the discussion forums for each of the readings we are discussing throughout the year, as well as recommended additional readings.
Look in the members tab to see who the Scholars are this year, as well as the amazing team of mentors working to administer the program.
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| Zhenya.Krapivinsky | Advocay Event - Caring for survivors of torture and the asylum process | 1 | Mar 12 2009, 1:45 AM EDT by Zhenya.Krapivinsky | ||
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For my 1st advocacy project (to take place on March 23rd At Tufts – for all you New Englanders who want to come out and support me) I am hosting an event at Tufts Medical School for students, residents and physicians centered on 1) the medical care of immigrant survivors of political torture and 2) the asylum-seeking process in the US.
A little background - I became interested in this topic my second year at Tufts when I got involved with the Asylum Network from Physicians for Human Rights (PHR). This group of doctors helps medically/legally evaluate persons seeking political asylum in the US, many of whom have been tortured. As I went out on several "asylum" evaluations with PHR's docs and as I met refugees in family medicine clinic, I realized that I did not have the requisite clinical skills to evaluate or even approach such patients. I now believe that content and skills regarding the medical, psychological, ethical, and legal aspects of evaluating and caring for torture survivors needs to be incorporated into our undergraduate medical curriculum. I have thus invited the deans and physicians in charge of the psychosocial curriculum at my school to the event with the hopes of convincing them to incorporate this topic into the 1st and 2nd year lectures as well as into the 3rd/4th year clinical experiences. In addition to “general advocacy”, part of the evening is specifically targeted towards physicians and residents who may be interested in volunteering with the Asylum network. To my surprise Massachusetts actually has a shortage of available physicians to do asylum evaluations and hopefully this event will inspire some attendees to join the network. The head of PHR’s Asylum network will be there to head the recruitment.
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