Pathway - Draft
Global Health Equity
Our unique Pathway prepares highly motivated medical students to build an equity-minded and conscientious career in global health by providing a longitudinal curriculum over the course of their time at DGSOM that culminates in the completion of a faculty mentored, immersive project that prioritizes our global partners’ interests. Projects may include;
- Clinical or Social Science Research
- QI
- Capacity Building
- Med-Ed
- Policy/Advocacy Work
- Public Health Programming
Pathway students are selected each year through a competitive application process and those completing all requirements will have details of their achievement noted in their MSPE (Dean’s Letter).
- Pathway students meet with a curated list of potential mentors during the Spring of their first year of medical school.
- In their second year, students work with their mentors to define a project for the Discovery experience and can choose to participate in Foundations, which provides up to four weeks at the partner site to introduce themselves and/or develop practical skills.
- In the third year, students spend a minimum of four months on site to conduct the bulk of their longitudinal project. Upon completion of Discovery, students produce a report describing their project, outcomes, and lessons learned.
- In the final year, upon invitation from the partner site, students are encouraged to return to ensure respectful project closure/hand off and to share the results with the host community.