Office of Global Health Education Ohio State University College
of Medicine
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Office of Global Health Education Created in 2005 in response
to student interest Sarah Mirza, Class of 2007 Unite for Sight in
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Office of Global Health Education Vision Inspire future
physicians to become champions for global health, and for improving
the quality of life for all. Prepare future physicians for practice
in a diverse world. Foster a spirit of service, cultural
appreciation, and global partnership that will lessen the burden of
disease worldwide, particularly among those most vulnerable.
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Office of Global Health Education One-stop resource for
students global health needs Creates affiliations with institutions
around the world that offer unique learning opportunities Provides
funding for medical student Global Health Elective program Supports
student global health organizations
www.medicine.osu.edu/orgs/globalhealth/
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Global Health Electives Available to fourth-year OSU medical
students Students apply for a stipend ($2,500) and receive elective
credit Each student submits a detailed report of their
experience.
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Global Health Electives Focus on the developing world (World
Bank). Papua New Guinea
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Global Health Electives Preparation Initial meeting with the
program coordinator for GHE requirements and pre-departure meeting:
information on travel safety, cultural awareness, history and
current events.
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Global Health Electives Preparation USAID modules: each student
must complete nine online modules from the USAID Global Health
eLearning Center. 1.Antenatal care 2.Emergency Obstetric and
Newborn Care 3.Population, Health & Environment Basics
4.Diarrheal disease 5.Essential newborn care 6.HIV basics
7.Immunization essentials 8.Malaria 9.Tuberculosis Basics
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Global Health Electives 166 students have gone to developing
countries over the past five years Latin America & the
Caribbean Argentina Belize Bolivia Costa Rica Dominican Republic
Ecuador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Peru Africa Ghana Lesotho Senegal
South Africa Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Oceania Papua New
Guinea Samoa Europe Switzerland Asia Bangladesh China India
Malaysia Philippines Thailand
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Global Health Electives Lenore Jarvis, Class of 2010 United
Methodist Mission, Dakar, Senegal Comprehensive community-based
health care and village consultations Rotation Schedule See
patients onsite at the Wellness Office in Dakar See patients at
locations outside of Dakar
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Global Health Electives Lenore Jarvis, Class of 2010 Typical
Pathologies Infectious Diseases included malaria, TB,
parasites/worms Malnutrition Congenital malformations Dermatologic
conditions Cough/cold, flu Respiratory problems/allergies From her
report:
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Global Health Electives Katherine Bracke, Class of 2010
Uttarakhand, India Rural/Urban Himalayan Rotation Initial week
learning about public health programs with an NGO, Survival For
Women and Children (SWACH). SWACH goal: improving the survival and
quality of life of underprivileged women and children in the
rural/urban slums.
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Global Health Electives Katherine Bracke, Class of 2010 SWACH
Reproductive and Child Health Program: immunization of children,
distributing health goods (condoms, pills, iron tablets, oral
rehydration solution), training community health workers, and
conducting health camps.
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Global Health Electives Emily Schwartz, Class of 2010 CURE
Dominicana Hospital, Dominican Republic Pediatric Orthopaedics
Established: 2003 Specialty: Pediatric Orthopedics Number of
Doctors: 5 Number of Nurses: 20 Number of Beds: 40 Patients seen
annually: 8,000 Number of operations annually: 1500
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Global Health Electives Emily Schwartz, Class of 2010 Common
orthopaedic diseases at this site Club Foot Congenital
Malformations Osteogenesis Imperfecta Lengthening and Rotating Long
Bones
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Global Health Electives Alan Bock, Class of 2010 Kudjip
Nazarene Hospital, Papua New Guinea Community-based health care
Doing an ultrasound prior to draining a pericardial effusion
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Global Health Electives Alan Bock, Class of 2010 Journal entry
after first day: We rounded first on half of the adult patients,
saw a couple people with TB, a young lady with a molar pregnancy
and possibly invasive choriocarcinoma and drained a septic joint.
We also looked at a smear from an older man who probably has
leukemia. Then we went to the outpatient department and started
seeing patients. We switched time between the ER and clinic. I
drained a large injection abscess on a 2-month old, then did a
lumbar puncture on a 5-week old. Saw a lot of kids with pneumonias
vs bronchiolitis, a lot of people with pain complaints related to
injuries from many years ago (usually ibuprofen is the cure along
with convincing that a random blood draw will not do anything). Saw
an infant with an ileus probably due to an infectious cause, did
another incision and drainage on a 5 year-old, checked a few
prostates and a cervix, diagnosed TB in a couple people, saw a
large pelvic tumor (probably a benign cystic growth), watched a
chest tube be put in a 1-month old for a large pneumothorax,
diagnosed a pleasant old gentleman with bladder cancer via
ultrasound, and aspirated another knee joint. So today equaled
about 7-8 months of American medical school.
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Global Health Electives Alan Bock, Class of 2010 Presumptive Dx
Burkitts Lymphoma and started on chemotherapy. Bx sent to
U.S.A.
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Global Health Electives Lauren Haveman, Class of 2010 McCord
Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa In my month on service
I saw at least twelve cases of cryptococcal meningitis, many
disseminated TB infections (I learned that TB can cause everything
except pregnancy and should always be at the top of your
differential), a few cases of toxoplasmosis, two Kaposis sarcoma
patients
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Global Health Electives Lauren Haveman, Class of 2010 McCord
Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa Macular Kaposis
SarcomaNodular Kaposis South Africa continues to be home to the
worlds largest population of people living with HIV5.7 million in
2007. UNAIDS AIDS Epidemic Update 2009
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Global Health Electives Jacob Bryan, Class of 2009 Northern
Mariana Islands
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Global Health Electives Clare Kelleher, Class of 2009
Ghana
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Global Health Electives Annie Hoopes, Class of 2009 Uganda
Patient with marasmus-type malnutrition
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Global Health Electives Allison Janusz, Class of 2009 Uganda
Arm swelling from snake bite
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Global Health Electives Traditional Chinese Medicine Wenzhou
Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Global Health Electives Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Global Health Electives Grace Lee, Class of 2007 (pictured
below, far left) Institute for International Medicine, Zambia "I am
thankful for the opportunity of a lifetime. It was truly an
experience I can never forget and has reignited a flame to dedicate
myself to international medical work.
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Global Health Electives Jennifer Ling,Class of 2007 World
Health Organization, Switzerland Sanford Institute of Public Policy
Global Health Fellows Program
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COM Global Health Student Interest International Medicine
Interest Group
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The sun never sets on Ohio State, for Ohio State is a truly
global university. President Gordon Gee
